Volkswagen’s ID.3 electrical compact hatch offered abroad is about to spawn a brand new efficiency vary topper to be referred to as the ID.3 GTX, and a prototype has been noticed.

The GTX badge is used for essentially the most highly effective all-wheel-drive variants in VW’s ID household of electrical automobiles. It is already used on the ID.4 and associated ID.5, although not within the U.S.

It is the closest factor to a efficiency designation for VW’s EVs, although sooner or later there’ll possible be GTI variations, as indicated by the reveal of the ID.GTI idea at this week’s 2023 Munich auto present.

The ID.3 GTX prototype might appear to be the common ID.3 however the entrance fascia design is much like what’s discovered on the GTX model of the ID.4 and ID.5 crossovers. The torque sensors mounted to every of the wheels for testing functions additionally confirms the prototype as packing an all-wheel-drive system.

Relying available on the market, the ID.3 is at present provided with 45-, 58-, or 77-kwh battery choices, and a single motor on the rear rated at 205 hp. With the addition of a second motor on the entrance, peak output may eclipse 300 hp. The ID.4, which shares its MEB platform with the ID.3, has simply been uprated to 330 hp in all-wheel-drive guise.

The ID.3 was launched in 2019 and given a mid-cycle replace earlier this yr. The brand new ID.3 GTX variant ought to be a part of the vary someday subsequent yr. There are at present no plans to introduce any ID.3 variants within the U.S.