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title: "Volkswagen to Use New ‘GTX’ Moniker for High-Performance ID Electric Vehicles: Report"
description: "The 'X' in GTX supposedly means twin-motor all-wheel drive, which is something to get excited about."
date: "2019-12-13"
modified: "2019-12-13"
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  - name: "James Gilboy"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/31470/volkswagen-to-use-new-gtx-moniker-for-high-performance-id-electric-vehicles-report"
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  - "Volkswagen"
---

# Volkswagen to Use New ‘GTX’ Moniker for High-Performance ID Electric Vehicles: Report

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Go-fast additions to Volkswagen's forthcoming family of ID-branded electric vehicles are all but inevitable, but it sounds like the automaker won't be calling its quick ID.3 a [GTI](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/29767/volkswagen-high-performance-id-3-gti-all-wheel-drive-id-3-r-could-appear-soon>). Instead, Volkswagen will reportedly use a new designation for its sporty EVs: GTX.

Citing "high-ranking sources" within Volkswagen, [*Autocar*](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/vw-build-range-hot-electric-gtx-models>) reports that the GTI-derived "GTX" moniker will adorn enthusiast-centric ID models, the X indicating that their powertrains will use twin-motor all-wheel drive. Performance variants of multiple ID products are reportedly in development, one of them a sporting derivative of the crossover currently believed to be called the ID.4 or ID.5. The standard model will supposedly be styled like the ID.Crozz concept and [be revealed in February of 2020](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/29883/confirmed-us-bound-volkswagen-electric-crossover-will-be-revealed-in-february-2020>). Also, it’ll allegedly be sold stateside with anticipated production taking place [at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee plant](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/22243/vws-i-d-buzz-and-i-d-crozz-electric-cars-to-be-made-in-the-u-s-exec-says>).

Development of the ID.4 or ID.5 GTX is reportedly ongoing at the automaker's research and development center in Braunschweig, Germany, with reveal planned for early 2021. Given that this E-CUV won't be the first ID model on the market, though, it seems likely that a performance version of the ID.3 would arrive first, if one is to come at all. Regardless of model, we speculate that ID GTXs will offer a minimum of 302 horsepower, as that's the lowest power figure Volkswagen has advertised for MEB-based vehicles with AWD. More power could be a possibility for the [confirmed line of R-branded performance EVs](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21828/what-to-expect-from-volkswagens-i-d-electric-vehicle-brand>), though these may only amount to appearance packages for these rumored GTX models.

*The Drive* contacted Volkswagen for verification of its plans to use the GTX name, but a spokesperson couldn't offer any comment on the matter.

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## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

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