VW’s Most Powerful GTI Ever Is A RWD Electric Hot Hatch

ID.3 GTI gets a single rear motor and can go from zero to 62 mph in 5.6 seconds. 79 kWh net battery gives a WLTP range of 373 miles, can charge at up to 183 kW. 20-inch Wörthersee wheel design lifted from the smaller, also-electric ID. Polo GTI. VW celebrated its GTI badge’s half-century earlier this year with the launch of the first-ever electric hatch to wear those three letters, the ID. Polo GTI. The ID.3 GTI then is only the second-ever electric GTI. But it is a pioneer in other ways. It’s the first ever VW GTI to send its power to the rear wheels, rather than the front.Europe’s…

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