With Volkswagen’s ID range of electric vehicles happily humming along, the brand can focus on bringing a little more zip to the lineup with its GTX branding. It looks like the ID.4 is well on its way. The rig pictured here appears to be testing Volkswagen’s high performance EV layout. Volkswagen has confirmed to the media that high performance models are coming and has previously suggested that the ID.4 was the perfect place to start.
According to Matthias
Rabe, VW’s tech chief, high-performance GTX models need all-wheel-drive. The
GTX will reportedly make 302 hp and 339 lb-ft of torque as a result of that
setup, and could hit 60 mph in 6.2 seconds. Not too shabby for a crossover.
Although VW hasn’t ruled out an ID.3 GTX, its small size means that an electric
motor in the front would take away storage space.
As well as being the big enough to fit all
of the electric motors and batteries needed to power a performance model, the
ID.4 is also VW’s first global ID car. Although the ID.3 came out before it,
the ID.4 will be sold in America, as well as in Europe and China. That makes
it, in many ways, a more central vehicle to VW’s electric ambitions. Expect
some sporty styling to help distinguish the GTX from the rest of the lineup. A
lower ride height may also help imply sportiness.
Volkswagen hopes to be selling millions of
EVs across all its brands by 2025. With Audi taking over the top spot in the
world’s hungriest EV market, Norway last year, the signs are good that VW’s
engineering can get it to its goal. As for the GTX, Volkswagen is expected to
reveal it fully this spring, with deliveries starting in the summer.
