So the new VW ID 3
has been finally revealed but it’s only the beginning as the German car maker
has a lot more EV-related goodies for us. One of them is a high-performance R
version of the ID 3, which is going to arrive in the market by 2024, featuring
all-wheel drive and more powerful electric motors.
Speaking to
Autocar, VW sales boss Jurgen Stackmann confirmed that the R badge will
eventually be featured in an all electric car. “If there is a future for R it
must be electric, it’s very simple. It won’t be next year, because we need to
define what R is in the electric world.”
Offering a hotter
version of the ID 3 is one of VW’s top priorities when it comes to how the new
electric model will evolve over the coming years, according to the company’s
R&D chief Frank Welsch. “We should have the same as cars such as the Golf,
the GTI and R. People like performance and I’m sure people will love
performance in ID cars too,” Welsch said.
How do turn the ID
3 into a proper high-performance machine? “We need four wheel drive and a
performance e-motor. It won’t be called GTI, let’s see whether it’s R or
something else,” Welsch said. “In under five years is okay. We have a lot of
other work to do with other ID models and the Golf, Tiguan and so on, before
then.”
