Volkswagen is preparing to give its reborn electric Kombi a sting in the arm, with the upcoming, all-wheel-drive ID. Buzz people mover.
All new Volkswagen ID electric vehicles will offer GTX performance variants – including the ID. Buzz people mover, the rebirth of the iconic 1960s Kombi.
Detailed in a press release late last week, the GTX brand – which signifies Volkswagen’s new moniker for sporty electric vehicles, near GTI, but below R – should endow the ID. Buzz with dual-motor all-wheel drive.
Specifications have yet to be confirmed, however Autocar reports the performance ID. Buzz will share its running gear with the current ID.4 GTX and ID.5 GTX SUVs, offering dual electric motors good for 220kW and 460Nm.
While the ID.4 GTX can do 0-100km/h in 6.2 seconds, the ID. Buzz’s less aerodynamic body is likely to push the benchmark acceleration time closer to seven seconds – unless it is bestowed with more power and torque.
For comparison, the standard ID. Buzz is powered by a 150kW/310Nm electric motor on the rear axle, good for an unofficial 0-100km/h time of about eight or nine seconds, and a top speed electronically limited to 145km/h.
Volkswagen has never built an official performance version of one of its people movers, not venturing beyond sports styling and suspension packs paired with standard diesel engines.
Silke Bagschik, Volkswagen ID head of sales and marketing, said in a statement: “We will continuously expand this [GTX] brand and offer a GTX variant for every ID. model in future – from the ID.3 to the ID. Buzz.”
In addition to the ID.3 GTX – due as soon as next year, and previewed by last year’s ID.X concept – the GTX range should expand to the upcoming ID.7 sedan and ID.7 Tourer wagon, VW’s electric equivalent to the Passat.
Launch timing for the Volkswagen ID. Buzz GTX is yet to be confirmed, however Autocar reports it could arrive as soon as next year.
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