The Wolfsburg company presents its show car Volkswagen ID.5 GTX Xcite : a unique model produced by the brand’s apprentices at the three Volkswagen plants in Saxony, in Zwickau, Dresden and Chemnitz. for one year, 14 best apprentice specialists worked on this project to demonstrate their skills, creativity and responsibility under expert supervision.
Thus, they worked on design, bodywork, painting, as well as technical commissioning. This is the eighth project of its kind since 2014: this year, the theme highlighted sustainability with a vegan leather interior, as well as global mobility with an electric skateboard for the last meters of the user.
Volkswagen ID.5 GTX Xcite: unique style
The Volkswagen ID.5 GTX Xcite is based on the new ID.5 GTX, which has an 82 kWh battery and a top speed of 180 km/h. On this basis, the apprentices brought their vision and skills in mechanics, body work and painting.
From an aesthetic point of view, the model received advantages from a full body work : modified wheel arches, widened thresholds, adapted front and rear fenders. AND single picturecombining matte and gloss was created using the Lamborghini and Volkswagen color chart, and his 22-inch forged aluminum wheels have an individual shape for an aggressive look.
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Volkswagen ID.5 GTX Xcite: strong interior
On board there is a finish that combinesAlcantara and vegan leather, which decorate the cabin, steering wheel, door trim and roof trim. The seats and door trim were redesigned by apprentice upholsterers who created a full honeycomb pattern with orange stitching, while the project logo was embroidered on the front seatbacks.
The car also received a full digital audio systemconsisting of Gladen, Musway and Bang & Olufsen equipment: there are 10 amplifiers and a subwoofer in total 2000 W. In the trunk is a Teamgee H5 electric skateboardwhich is the ideal companion for overcoming the last meters that separate the parking lot from the driver’s destination.
Volkswagen ID.5 GTX Xcite: ambitious plans
Volkswagen Sachsen is the largest employer in Saxony and trains 130 to 160 young apprentices every year. Since 2014, apprentices at three Volkswagen plants have implemented a unique automotive project each year, completely independently but with the support of five experienced project mentors.
14 young students who took part in this year’s project are in 2thousand and 3thousand years of training construction mechanics, technology technicians, painting technicians, automotive mechatronics technicians, electronics technicians for automation, warehouse logistics operators and mechatronics technicians.
The new ID.5 is sure to turn heads. pic.twitter.com/ArzgiNmm3o
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Source: Auto Plus
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