Top-of-the-line ID.3
The new ID.3 GTX sits at the top of the ID.3 model line and also benefits from Volkswagen’s most powerful electric drivetrain for the small hatchback. “the new ID.3 GTX Performance is for me the electric counterpart to our sporty compact icon, the Golf GTI Clubsport”, said Kai Grünitz, a member of Volkswagen’s board of management.
The new ID.3 GTX boasts a rear-wheel drivetrain, which can be specced with two trims. The top-level ID.3 GTX Performance puts out 326PS of power and 545Nm of torque, from a single rear electric motor, which is the most powerful motor Volkswagen makes. As a result, the ID.3 GTX Performance can sprint from a standstill to 100kmph in under 5.6 seconds. Since the ID.3 shares its platform and underpinnings with the Cupra Born VZ, its power output is also similar to its hot hatch sibling.
Volkswagen has also made ample changes to differentiate its exterior appeal from the vanilla ID.3. The key changes include a different DRL pattern for headlights and tail lights, a new bumper design with larger air intake, gloss black trim pieces for side skirting and boot lid, 20-inch alloy wheels and GTX badging all across the bodywork. The interior also packs GTX-spec seats with red stitching while the Performance trim also rides on DCC adaptive dampers.
Most powerful Volkswagen wagon to date — the new ID.7 GTX Tourer
Unlike the ID.3 GTX, the ID.7 GTX boasts an all-wheel drivetrain, making it the most powerful Volkswagen wagon to date. It shares its platform and motors with the ID.4 and ID.5 GTX models and adds the large boot space of a wagon. Both of its motors, combined, churn out 340PS of power whereas individually, the rear and front motors put up 285PS and 108PS, respectively.
Surprisingly, Volkswagen has not revealed the acceleration figures of the ID.7. Since it is an all-wheel-drive, it should catapult itself to 100kmph from a standstill in around six seconds. Volkswagen shares that the rear electric motor, which is also the more powerful of the two, primarily powers the ID.7 whereas the front motor comes up to speed when needed, in a fraction of a second.
The ID.7 GTX Tourer also boasts a few GTX-exclusive body elements, which include sportier bumpers, different LED DRL patterns, a honeycomb mesh pattern for the radiator grille, 20-inch alloy wheels and gloss black trim elements.