What fly has stung the manufacturers?
Unable to offer anything else to stand out, electric vehicles are racing for power.
It ends up becoming laughable.
Some models access inappropriate or even indecent values.
Sometimes superior to the references of sports cars with thermal engines.
Is it really reasonable to put in the hands of ordinary mortals cars that tear off the asphalt like catapults, delivering all the power and torque when starting?
Volkswagen did not really ask the question, following in the footsteps of other players in the sector.
After GTI for the gasoline versions, GTD for the vitaminized diesels, GTE for the most powerful plug-in hybrid version, Volkswagen is adding the GTX particle to the most powerful electric vehicles.
The entire ID range is entitled to it.
After the ID.4 and ID.5, it's the turn of the compact ID.3, the high-end ID.7 and the ID.
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An ID.3 as powerful as a Porsche 911
VW ID.3 GTX.
Manuel Hollenbach
Decked out with the GTX particle, the ID.3 therefore becomes a formidable compact, going from 204 to 286 hp and even 326 hp in a Performance variant.
Did this model really need this to attract more customers?
At Volkswagen, we recognize that we are following the trend and approaching the most efficient versions of electric compacts.
It is true that the Chinese MG and Smart offer electric models with more than 400 horsepower with the MG4 (435 hp) and Smart#1 (428 hp) respectively.
This is how the 286 hp ID.3 GTX reaches 100 km/h in 6 seconds while the 326 hp version only needs 5.6 seconds.
The increase in power comes largely from the installation of a larger 79 kWh battery.
It guarantees a range of 600 km.
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VW
As for the ID.7, it is the turn of the station wagon Tourer version to access the GTX label.
Power reaches 340 horsepower but with two motors, one per axle.
This electric traction chain also invests the ID.
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Both motors are powered by a 79 kWh battery for the base version and 86 kWh for the long wheelbase version.