Volkswagen has expanded its line-up of warmed-up electrical automobiles with new GTX variations of the ID 7 Tourer property and ID 3 hatchback – the latter serving as a long-awaited electrical various to the Golf GTI.

The ID 3 GTX has been on the playing cards because the EV was revealed in 2019 and at last arrives scorching on the heels of the technically an identical Cupra Born VZ, proven final month.

As normal, it’s fitted with Volkswagen’s newest APP550 electrical motor on the rear axle, which develops 282bhp – up from 201bhp in the usual automobile.

The enhance in torque is much more substantial, with the electrical motor placing out 402lb ft. That’s additionally significantly greater than the Volkswagen Golf R’s 310lb ft.

The top-of-the-line ID 3 GTX Performance is extra highly effective nonetheless, producing 322bhp for a 0-62mph time of 5.6sec, which makes it VW’s quickest-accelerating EV to this point.

Beyond the powertrain upgrades, Volkswagen’s scorching hatch has additionally gained a number of chassis and suspension tweaks supposed to present it a extra dynamic character.

The ID 3 GTX options retuned steering that has been configured to supply “greater precision”, and the Performance mannequin has a brand new Dynamic Chassis Control (DCC) system – just like the Golf GTI – which makes use of extra sensors to detect wheel motion to enhance journey and dealing with.

The battery has grown in measurement barely for the GTX model of the ID 3, from 77kWh to 79kWh. Volkswagen claims a variety of as much as 373 miles for the usual GTX, although the Performance pack is more likely to scale back that barely.

DC charging peaks at 175kW to present a 10-80% cost in beneath half-hour.

Meanwhile, the ID 7 GTX Tourer comes as normal with a dual-motor powertrain that develops 335bhp and makes use of the identical 86kWh battery because the ID 7 Tourer Pro S.