Volkswagen's first electric ID GTI will be 'a real go kart' to drive
Volkswagen's first electric ID GTI will be 'a real go kart' to drive
The Volkswagen GTI badge will live on in the electric era. Volkswagen’s first electric ID GTI “will be a real...
According to Grunitz, Volkswagen’s first electric GTI will be “a real go kart” to drive. He’s already driven a prototype, claiming, “It’s really amazing.”
You can see the concept pulls design features from VW’s classic GTI models. However, the company promises new tech will enable even more control and handling for that “go kart” like feel.
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Would love an electric hatch back. Wish they'd bring more of them to the US.
Leaf and Bolt are about it. There are bigger hatchback vehicles like the Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq5, but they are more SUV like. There was an electric VW Golf and a Mitsubishi, but they had really limited range. I am definitely the target market for the electric GTI - I have owned two Leafs and have purchased both of them even though I preferred the gas GTI driving experience more.
Ioniq 5?
The Ioniq 5 looks nice, but usually hatchback isn't referring to a crossover SUV sized vehicle so much as a VW Golf sized vehicle.
I was going to retort they're similar sizes but the ioniq 5 is almost 20" longer, damn. My perception is so warped because everything is a god damn SUV and I get excited even when someone makes a large hatchback.
That's what the first reviews of the Ioniq 5 all said, it's proportioned like a hatchback but it's quite a bit bigger in person. Which is a shame, I don't need or want bigger. The VW Golf or Polo presents a nice niche that no one wants to fill in the North American market.
I literally wouldn't be able to open my doors in my garage. Ioniq too fat.