Volkswagen ID.5 GTX revealed
All-new electric performance coupe-crossover will be near production-ready when it makes Munich debutVolkswagen has revealed the next model to join its fully-electric ID model range and the VW ID.5 GTX has been confirmed to make its public premiere at next month’s Munich motor show.
Set to be officially unveiled on September 7, the all-wheel drive dual-motor Volkswagen ID.5 GTX will be displayed in pre-production form as ‘a disguised concept’.
Built on 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 and ID.6 seven-seater, as well as the Audi Q4 e-tron and Cupra Born, the ID.5 GTX is the first coupe-SUV to emerge from VW’s pure-electric architecture.
With a 77kWh lithium-ion battery, it’s also set to come with an impressive (projected) 497km driving range and offer “strong driving performance, superior traction and sporty handling”, promises Volkswagen.
Power is provided by a pair of electric motors – one for each axle – but power outputs are yet to be revealed.
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 – or even if – we can expect it to lob Down Under.
That said, 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.
Stay tuned for the full reveal of Volkswagen’s latest EV next month.
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