X the new I: Sporty GTX version of Volkswagen ID.4 revealed
At Volkswagen, X is the I of the EV era. The ID.4 GTX, revealed in Germany overnight, is the electric equivalent of a Golf GTI.
The GTX is the first dual-motor and all-wheel drive from Volkswagen’s electric-only ID sub-brand, based on the Volkswagen ID.4 mid-sized SUV. Together, its two motors punch out 220kW.
VW claims the ID.4 GTX can accelerate 0-100km/h in 6.2 seconds. This beats the front-drive Golf GTI, but the EV is slower than the quickest Golf of all, the all-wheel-drive R. The top speed of the ID.4 GTX is limited to 180km/h.
“This SUV is a sports car,” said VW development chief Thomas Ulbrich at the online presentation of the ID.4 GTX from a hangar at Berlin’s historic Tempelhof Airport. “The handling is simply amazing.”
Europeans will soon be able to find out if he’s telling the truth. Deliveries of the ID.4 GTX will begin in June or July. Its price in Germany will be the equivalent of $80,000, though current government incentives in that country reduce this by more than $10,000.
The ID.4 GTX has a 480km driving range according to the WLTP test standard. Its 77kWh battery pack can accept DC fast-charging rates up to 125kW.
Visually, the GTX is differentiated from other ID.4 models by a front bumper with extra lighting elements, a new rear bumper design, special tail lights and its black-painted roof and rear pillar. It rides on big 20- or 21-inch wheels.
Inside, the fast ID.4 features special blue dash and door insert trims, red upholstery stitching and GTX logos.
The GTX family will grow quickly. Volkswagen execs confirmed the coming ID.5, basically a coupe version of the ID.4, will get the same treatment.
