Within the UK, the brand new Volkswagen mannequin is offered solely in range-topping ID 3 GTX Efficiency guise with 322bhp and 402lb ft of torque.
Even with a kerb weight of 2000kg, that’s adequate to supply probably the most highly effective Volkswagen ID 3 mannequin but with a 0-62mph time of 5.7sec and restricted 124mph prime velocity, inserting it into direct competitors with the heavily-related Cupra Born VZ alongside which it’s produced at Volkswagen’s Zwickau manufacturing facility in Germany when it comes to efficiency and, at £46,225, pricing.
With manufacturing of the ID 3 GTX Efficiency nonetheless within the ramp up part, although, it’s the much less highly effective ID 3 GTX mannequin, we drive right here. With a milder 282bhp and the identical 402lb ft of torque, it comes with a claimed 0-62mph time of 5.9sec and 112mph prime velocity.
The ID.3 is the sixth electric-powered Volkswagen mannequin to obtain the GTX badge, following the four-wheel drive ID 4, ID 5, ID Buzz, ID 7 and ID 7 Tourer. Like them, it adopts various distinctive styling touches, together with a restyled entrance bumper with a high-gloss central black air consumption and arrow-shaped LED daytime working lights both facet.
Additional again, there are reshaped sills and a redesigned diffuser factor inside the decrease part of the rear bumper – once more, each in high-gloss black. The ID.3 GTX’s customary 20-inch alloy wheels function a black internal part, however they are often ordered in all-black as an possibility.
