THE LIMITING X-FACTOR(some text hidden)

By Jonathan Crouch

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Volkswagen's ID.3 GTX Performance doesn't send its EV power to both axles like some rivals but still manages to offer a satisfying take on the electric hot hatch genre. And of course that comes with all the usual practical benefits of owning and running an electric ID.3.

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Just when we'd started to doubt that 'GTX' was indeed a Volkswagen brand aimed at performance (ID.7 GTX and ID.Buzz GTX anyone?), along came this car, the ID.3 GTX Performance hot hatch. The 'EV version of a Golf GTI Clubsport' apparently. It's the brand's fastest-accelerating EV to date. We've already seen this top ID.3 variant's engineering in a rival VW Group model, the CUPRA Born VZ. In this case, it's delivered with packaging that's a little less in-your-face but there's no less intent here. "Volkswagen is transferring the almost 50 year tradition of its compact GT models into the world of electric mobility and driving pleasure is guaranteed" says the brand. Quite a claim.