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VW ID.X Performance – ID.7 electrified!
VW can also or could build wicked electric power sedans: The dual-motor drive in the ID.X Performance produces 411 kW (558 PS) and offers a boost function. Volkswagen complements the permanently excited synchronous motor on the rear axle with an additional asynchronous motor on the front axle for all-wheel drive.
For the extra boost, you sacrifice some efficiency
The advantages of this type of drive: short-term overload capacity and particularly low drag losses. Therefore, this motor type is optimally suited to provide more power in a boost mode for a short period. However, you have to make some compromises in efficiency – here, internal combustion and electric power unfortunately do not differ...
Drive torque control is handled by a dynamic drive manager, which also manages the operation of the rear axle differential lock in the ID.X Performance. The function is controlled via a separate display with a 17-centimeter screen diagonal in the center console. VW is also upping the ante in terms of charging power: up to 200 kW are possible at the HPC charger.
Andreas Reckewerth, head of MEB complete vehicle, realized the show car based on the new ID.7 with his team and is pleased:
“The MEB offers us a multitude of fantastic possibilities to approach vehicle development with great creativity. It was clear to us that we wanted to build our new show car on the ID.7 and that we wanted to focus on performance enhancement. This way, we show what is possible.”
The design is reminiscent of wild GTI times: wings and spoilers everywhere
Visually, VW significantly pimped the ID.7: with a front splitter and rear diffuser made of carbon. The developers widened the track by 80 millimeters, and the sport suspension with particularly stiff springs was lowered by 60 millimeters. This is intended to ensure "even more agile handling."
The vehicle stands on 20-inch sport alloy wheels with central locking and 265 racing tires. At the rear, a carbon wing provides the necessary downforce. Also a tuning classic: tinted taillights.
Classics: Red Accents Inside Emphasize Sportiness
In the interior, passengers take their seats on carbon shell seats that provide the best possible support even during dynamic driving. Red accents emphasize the sportiness of the interior. Maria Soni Reissfelder, Head of Marketing & Sales VW ID. Family, added:
"Presenting the ID.X Performance to ID enthusiasts from all over Europe gives us the opportunity for direct exchange with members of the ID. Drivers Club. The development team around Andreas Reckewerth explores the possibilities of the MEB here and combines sporty performance with the elegant lines of a sedan. In addition to our emotional show car, we are also showing a range of production models such as the ID.7, whose presales started in Germany just a few days ago."
Lago Maggiore instead of Wörthersee – ID instead of GTI
VW itself keeps a low profile at fan meetings – this saves costs and, in case of doubt, trouble: On the Swiss side of Lago Maggiore, electric car enthusiasts meet to exchange ideas and go on joint drives. The meeting is initiated and organized by ID. customers who are also members of the ID. Drivers Club. According to VW, it reached a new participant record in 2023 with more than 130 vehicles. However, the VW team is on site with subject matter experts (and gladly also show cars) and provides insights into current developments in e-mobility. In addition to the ID.X Performance, Volkswagen presents other models from the ID. family in Locarno. Already in the previous year, VW delighted numerous fans of e-vehicles with the show cars ID. XTREME and ID. Xcite.
What does that mean?
At the meeting of the ID community, VW can explore what else can be done with the ID models with little effort. Among other things, a 411 kW strong ID.7, which as a production model might not have to be quite so flashy, but could certainly be a nice top model – preferably as a shooting brake or "Variant," whose prototypes have also already been sighted.
Translated automatically from German.
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