Volkswagen’s ID. Polo has won the budget category in the German Car of the Year awards, the first award for the hugely important new small electric supermini. Along with the Kia PV5, electric Mercedes-Benz GLC, Xpeng X9 and Hyundai Ioniq 6 N, it’s now in with a chance of winning the overall German Car of the Year award, which will be announced on 3 November.
An independent jury of 47 German and international automotive journalists including myself, The Independent’s electric vehicles editor, selected the winners from new models launched over the past 12 months. There’s another round of judging ahead, with two days of test drives to decide which of the five takes the overall title.
