#LiNeX Posted June 30, 2020 Posted June 30, 2020 A hotted-up 'R' version of Volkswagen’s upcoming all-electric ID.3 hatch could arrive as soon as 2024, according to a new international report. British magazine Autocar (which created the artist impression above) reports senior management at Volkswagen is close to signing off on the ID.3 R project, which would see extra electric grunt added to the standard ID.3 hatch. This could mean a power increase to 223kW from the standard ID.3’s 150kW, according to Autocar. By comparison, the 2020 Volkswagen Golf R produces 213kW thanks to a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The performance ID.3 R would also likely see the addition of an all-wheel drive system – versus rear-wheel drive in standard ID.3. “The ID.3 can accept four-wheel drive, although it’s unlikely to receive it during the first generation,” Volkswagen’s development chief Frank Welsch told Autocar. In a previous interview with the publication, Welsh also said an R variant ID.3 would need “a performance e-motor and four-wheel drive”. above and top of story: Autocar's rendering of what the ID.3 R may look like. Will the Volkswagen ID.3 R electric hot-hatch come to Australia? While Volkswagen Australia has plans for a local introduction of models from the ID family from 2022 onwards, it says it is too soon to comment on the ID.3 R – however is interested. “Our performance vehicles remain po[CENSORED]r models with Australian buyers,” a Volkswagen Australia spokesperson told CarAdvice. “We would certainly consider offering something like [the ID.3 R] if it was made available.”
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