Hot Volkswagen ID.5 GTX teased

Volkswagen has previewed the quick 2022 Volkswagen ID.5 GTX ahead of the swoopy electric SUV's reveal on November 3 and its launch in Europe next year.

Already partially unveiled as a camouflaged pre-production prototype, the Volkswagen ID.5 GTX is the first coupe-style SUV to be built using the German car-maker’s versatile Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB) platform, which also underpins the Volkswagen ID.3 hatch, ID.4 mid-size SUV, ID.6 seven-seater and others such as the Audi Q4 e-tron and Cupra Born.

With a 77kWh lithium-ion battery, it’s also set to come with an impressive (projected) 497km driving range and, according to Volkswagen, offer “strong driving performance, superior traction and sporty handling”.

Power is provided by a pair of electric motors – one for each axle – and although outputs are yet to be revealed, it's expected to produce the same 220kW/460Nm as the closely-related Volkswagen ID.4 GTX.

This should see the ID.5 GTX sprint from 0-100km/h in less than 6.0 seconds and top out at 180km/h.

Sporting short overhangs and large wheels, the Volkswagen ID.5 GTX will also be ready for over-the-air updates and fully connected, thanks to Car2X technology.

Other standard features include IQ.Light LED matrix headlights, along with a light strip that tapers towards the VW logo and three illuminated honeycomb elements on both the driver and passenger side up front.

The ID.5’s front-end looks almost identical to its conventional SUV sibling, the ID.4 GTX, which donates several other styling cues too.

At the rear, the swoopy and rounded-off SUV gets its own boot-lid spoiler, with a full-width light bar connecting each LED tail-light.

According to Volkswagen, the new GTX sports sub-brand, which joins the German giant’s GTI, GTD and GTE monikers, ushers in a new era of performance electric vehicles.

The new Volkswagen ID.5 GTX is due in European showrooms from 2022, but there’s no word yet on when we can expect it to lob Down Under.

Electric SUVs like the ID.4 – and hopefully the ID.5 GTX – are expected to spearhead Volkswagen Group Australia’s long-awaited EV onslaught, even if it doesn’t happen until at least 2023.