Today, Volkswagen’s sports range is focused on thermal models such as the Golf GTI or Golf R, as well as several electric cars such as the ID.4 and ID.5, which are entitled to their GTX variants.

More dynamic than sporty, the GTX label doesn’t really impress with its sportiness, but Volkswagen would have other ideas in mind to generate more interest in its range of electric cars, specifically a more pleasure-oriented model. At least that’s what the recently published press release says.

Production model or another concept car?

Such exciting concepts as the W12 Nardo or the XL Sport with a Ducati V2 engine have unfortunately never been produced and probably never will be produced for obvious reasons of cost, but thanks to synergies within the Volkswagen group, the manufacturer could offer a sports car “at a lower price”.

Indeed, in the press release about the complete internalization of the development of electric power units, a sentence caught our attention. It’s about opportunity to create a very powerful powerplant for a sports car.

In addition to developing its own battery cells and electric motors, Volkswagen is now developing inverters and temperature management systems.

Over 700 hp at an electric Volkswagen?

The German brand also confirms than a potential 500+ kW electric sports car (ie about 680 horsepower). That’s basically the power level of the Porsche Taycan Turbo S and the other Audi RS e-tron GTs, which are based on the same platform, except that this model, mentioned by Volkswagen, will be based on the MEB Evo platform.

This “new” platform will appear on the restyled ID.3 and ID.7 and will allow the manufacturer to reduce development costs by approximately 20%. It remains to be seen whether Volkswagen will actually develop a production sports model, or whether it will be just another attractive concept car with no future.