In this video I show you the exterior, interior, menus, a 0 to 100 kph launch and some fun hidden features of the 2022 Volkswagen ID.4 GTX!
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For now, the GTX is the most powerful version of the ID4, with 2 electric motors and 299 horsepower for the 4 wheels.
And something that struck me immediately when I went to pick up this car is how big it actually is, it's a real SUV size car, comparable to a VW Tiguan.
EXTERIOR
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The color of our car is a fairly neutral "Scale Silver Metallic" with a contrasting black roof.
At the front we find a long LED line across the entire width, which connects the brilliant light blocks with their LED DRL’s. The front end has a very clean and futuristic look to it with no large openings or grilles.
On the side, we see the nicely integrated and illuminated door handles and the huge 21-inch rims. Only by a label in front of the front door, you know it's a GTX.
At the back then, we find LED blocks with several illuminating little light panels that remind me very much of the blocks from the previous BMW M4 CS.
Again, these 2 light blocks are connected by a narrow LED line across the full width. And we also get to see a nice start-up animation of the taillights when we open the car.
INTERIOR
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Inside it feels very spacious, we no longer have a transmission tunnel taking up space and in the rear, the floor is nicely flat.
Between the front seats we have this convenient free standing center console with smartphone tray for wireless charging and wireless CarPlay.
The spacious feeling is further enhanced by the impressive glass roof, which runs practically over the entire length and width - in one piece!
In the center, we find a gigantic touchscreen where you can dig deep into all kinds of menus and settings. Very occasionally there is a delay after a swipe input, but eventually the command is always executed.
A lot of the interfaces look familiar if you have driven other recent Volkswagens, like for example the color settings.
The same goes for the drive modes, only here you can find an extra mode 'Traction' which permanently activates the front motor, so that you have a real 4WD system at your disposal in circumstances with less grip.
A little thing that I hadn’t seen before is the customisable home button. You can choose for the VW logo, but also for just about any flag in the world, because this car will be sold globally, nice!
In front of us we notice that there is almost no dashboard left, a very basic display behind the steering wheel, that's all.
But this is compensated by the interactive LED line against the windshield and the HUD with Augmented Reality directions projected onto the road.
As a result, the cockpit interface no longer ends at the dashboard, but is stretched out in depth, as it were, even outward.
First element is the little screen on your steering wheel, behind that the LED strip that gives you direction. Then outside, right in front of you, there’s your driving data in the HUD and behind that even, projected far down the road, the augmented reality elements.
It works really well together and I am a big fan, this just smells like the future!
DRIVING
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The GTX is heavy. Just like the other ID4s. But it is a lot faster to the 100 km/h.
It needs just 6.2 seconds, where the Pro Performance version needs 8.5 seconds. So quite a big difference.
It is still no rocket, but it is just a lot more lively to drive, the throttle response is more direct, it can handle bad roads or sand and gravel, and the GTX has a higher top speed, 180 km/h instead of 160 km/h.
It shares its 77 kWh battery with the ID4 Pro and 1st edition, and the GTX can travel 480 km on it, according to WLTP standards.
Charging is possible in three phases AC up to 11 kW or DC fast charging up to 125 kW.
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