The new Volkswagen ID.3 GTX was supposed to be an electric answer to the Golf GTI. But the electric car is both slower and more expensive than the petrol car.
There are several reasons to choose a Golf GTI over an ID.3 GTX. The electric car is both slower and more expensive than the petrol car.
Without taxes, an ID.3 GTX starts from 50,795 euros in Germany. In comparison, a Golf Mk. The 8.5 GTI Clubsport can be picked up for 48,075 euros.
The GTX produces 286 horsepower, and it takes 5.9 seconds to move from 0 to 100 km/h. By comparison, the cheaper GTI Clubsport is good for 301 horsepower and a 0 to 100 km/h time of 5.6 seconds. Furthermore, the ID.3 GTX is limited to 180 km/h.
The Clubsport first runs out of power at 270 km/h. However, with the right ticks added to the optional equipment list, Volkswagen will raise the top speed of the electric car to 200 km/h.
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Something completely different is that the ID.3 may have a much shorter life than both the Golf GTI and the Clubsport version. Volkswagen is considering keeping the petrol-powered Golf alive until at least 2035. Read more about it here.
In addition, Volkswagen is now taking DKK 500 billion from a pool that would otherwise be used to develop only electric cars. The group has come to realize that motorists are increasingly looking for something completely different to drive in. Namely, hybrid cars.
At the same time, the sales figures do not lie. In markets without government subsidies, the electric car has a hard time coping. In Europe's largest market for new and used cars – namely in Germany – sales of electric cars have collapsed for the 7th month in a row.
At home, it looks completely different due to state subsidies. More than every other new car now runs on electricity in one form or another. But one type of electric car has completely disappeared from the sales statistics. Read more about it here .
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