The VW ID.7 GTX Is Volkswagen’s Crack At An Electric Sports Saloon

In a completionist move to offer a fast-ish GTX version of all of its European ID family of electric cars, Volkswagen has finished the set with this, the VW ID.7 GTX.

Given we’ve already seen its longroof sibling in the shape of the ID.7 GTX Tourer, the recipe here really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. It takes VW’s swoopy EV saloon and fits it out with a motor on each axle, powered by an 86kWh battery. Its twin-motor setup gives it an output of 335bhp.

We’re still short on other figures like torque, acceleration and range for now, but VW does estimate that it’ll manage a 10 to 80 per cent battery top up in “significantly less than 30 minutes” on a 200kW charger.

Visual changes are also familiar from the GTX version of the ID.7 Tourer. And the ID.5. And the ID.4. And the ID.3. And the ID. Buzz. That means it gets the lustrous new shade of Kings Red Metallic added to its colour palette, and its contrasting bits in black rather than the standard ID.7’s silver. The front and rear bumpers have also been redesigned.

The inside, too, is familiar: there are the GTX-specific sports front seats, trimmed in ArtVelours fabric, and lots of flashes of red to remind you you’re in the sporty one. Above you is a panoramic glass roof that’ll niftily flick between clear and opaque at the touch of a but… wait, this is a VW – at the touch of an annoying touch-sensitive pad.

To be fair, you can also ask VW’s ChatGPT-enabled IDA voice assistant to do that, and basic anything else in the car. It also comes with VW’s new ‘wellness app’ that adjusts interior elements like lighting and temperature and plays a series of specially-crafted soundscapes.

The other thing still to be confirmed is how much the GTX will cost when it goes on sale in spring next year, but given the regular ID.7 starts at £51,550, don’t be surprised to see it start to push above £60k.