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Volkswagen only recently started making the ID.7, but the model is about to welcome additional variants. Spy shots have indicated that a five-door wagon is in the pipeline, and we also know about a hot derivative, which will add the GTX suffix.
The latter was already teased a few months back, and the German automaker has just put the spotlight on it once more, this time by unveiling a hot concept. Called the ID.X Performance and unrelated to the study that previewed the ID.3 GTX a couple of years ago, the one-off vehicle is being shown to the world at the ID. Treffen in Locarno, Switzerland.
Looking like a normal ID.7 equipped with a sporty body kit, the ID.X Performance Concept features a new front bumper with bigger intakes and an apron attached to it. It also has fender flares, side skirt add-ons, a four-fin diffuser at the rear, and a large wing mounted on the tailgate (it's not a trunk lid, as the ID.7 is a liftback and not a sedan). It rides on 20-inch alloys wrapped in 265 mm Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires and features several red accents contrasting the silver and black look of the exterior.
Save for a few updates, the interior carries over from the regular car. It does, however, feature a pair of bucket seats, a flat-bottom steering wheel, and a 17-cm (6.7-in) display on the center console. We don't expect the final production version to be this wild, though it will likely sport new front and rear bumpers, different wheels, and some tweaks on the inside, such as the red stitching and trim decorating multiple parts.
VW's engineers have increased the toe by 80 mm (3.1 in) and dropped the body by 60 mm (2.4 in). The car manufacturer also mentions the Vehicle Dynamics Manager that controls the drive torque, which manages the rear-axle differential lock. And it is this function that the small screen mentioned above controls.
Power is supplied by a dual-motor setup, which produces more than the regular ID.7. According to Volkswagen, the study boasts a combined 558 ps (550 hp/410 kW) and features fast charging up to 200 kW. There is no word about the 0 to 100 kph (0 to 62 mph) acceleration, but chances are it needs less than four seconds for it. The normal ID.7 has 286 ps (282 hp/210 kW) on tap and promises a range of up to 700 km (435 miles) on the WLTP cycle. It's impossible to tell whether the GTX will be as powerful as the ID.X Performance study, but we will likely find out more about it soon, as the unveiling is believed to be around the corner.
Looking like a normal ID.7 equipped with a sporty body kit, the ID.X Performance Concept features a new front bumper with bigger intakes and an apron attached to it. It also has fender flares, side skirt add-ons, a four-fin diffuser at the rear, and a large wing mounted on the tailgate (it's not a trunk lid, as the ID.7 is a liftback and not a sedan). It rides on 20-inch alloys wrapped in 265 mm Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires and features several red accents contrasting the silver and black look of the exterior.
Save for a few updates, the interior carries over from the regular car. It does, however, feature a pair of bucket seats, a flat-bottom steering wheel, and a 17-cm (6.7-in) display on the center console. We don't expect the final production version to be this wild, though it will likely sport new front and rear bumpers, different wheels, and some tweaks on the inside, such as the red stitching and trim decorating multiple parts.
VW's engineers have increased the toe by 80 mm (3.1 in) and dropped the body by 60 mm (2.4 in). The car manufacturer also mentions the Vehicle Dynamics Manager that controls the drive torque, which manages the rear-axle differential lock. And it is this function that the small screen mentioned above controls.
Power is supplied by a dual-motor setup, which produces more than the regular ID.7. According to Volkswagen, the study boasts a combined 558 ps (550 hp/410 kW) and features fast charging up to 200 kW. There is no word about the 0 to 100 kph (0 to 62 mph) acceleration, but chances are it needs less than four seconds for it. The normal ID.7 has 286 ps (282 hp/210 kW) on tap and promises a range of up to 700 km (435 miles) on the WLTP cycle. It's impossible to tell whether the GTX will be as powerful as the ID.X Performance study, but we will likely find out more about it soon, as the unveiling is believed to be around the corner.
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