322 HP VW ID.3 GTX Performance Is The Golf GTI’s Electric Alter Ego

➡️Forty-nine years after Volkswagen revealed the first ever Golf hot hatch we’re still waiting for an electric GTI-branded production car. But there’s the next best thing, the ID.3 GTX. Base models, branded simply GTX, get the same single 282 hp (286 PS / 210 kW) motor now fitted to the two-wheel drive ID.4, and can scramble to 62 mph (100 kmh) in 6.0 seconds. That’s not exactly lightning fast for an electric car or a hot hatch these days, but puts it narrowly ahead of the recently facelifted Mk8.5 Golf GTI, which sends 262 hp (266 PS / 195 kW) to its front wheels and takes 6.2 seconds to hit 62 mph. Pushing the electric envelope a little harder, and introducing us to VW’s most powerful individual motor yet, is the GTX Performance. That makes the same 402 lb-ft (545 Nm) of torque as the base GTX but bumps the output to 322 hp (326 PS / 240 kW), again using just one motor, helping cut the sprint time to 5.6 seconds. A 79 kWh battery gives a claimed range of 373 miles (600 km) in each car, both of which get 20-inch wheels, though only the Performance grade comes with DCC adaptive dampers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 ► ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗨𝘀 𝗢𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google News ► Youtube ► Facebook ► Twitter ► Instagram ► ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #shorts #vw #electricvehicles #gtx