ID.Code Concept Foreshadows Future of Volkswagen Styling

•    Volkswagen's ID.Code concept has been unveiled at the Beijing Motor Show.

The Beijing Auto Show is in full swing this week. For the most part, the presentations include vehicles designed and conceived for the Chinese market, which will likely never see North America. But there are a number of new models shown there that could interest us just the same.

The ID.Code concept unveiled by Volkswagen caught our attention, not least because its styling is decidedly different from what we’ve seen from the brand over the years. Does this new design study offer a peek at the future of Volkswagen styling? 

Likely it does - at least, in so far as it applies to Chinese models being developed by VW. The design is uncluttered and very rounded, and bears no resemblance to anything we've seen from this brand in the recent past. The transition to electric models certainly represented a logical occasion to modernize the automaker’s design signature. 

This might be destined for the Chines market, but if the reaction to its look is positive, don’t be surprised to see the automaker adopt elements of it in European and North American models as well.

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