Volkswagen ID. Xtreme Is an ID.4 Designed for Off-Highway Responsibility

• Volkswagen revealed the ID. Xtreme idea at present, primarily based on a check mule that was used to develop the ID.4 GTX.
• The ID. Xtreme has 87 extra horsepower than an ordinary all-wheel-drive ID.4 at 382 hp, and it rides on distinctive 18-inch wheels.
• Different modifications embody wider wheel arches, an LED gentle bar, and a redesigned bumper with a bull bar and aluminum underbody cladding.

Usually, when a brand new car debuts, the check mules that helped develop the completed product are both crushed or tucked away in a warehouse just like the Misplaced Ark in Indiana Jones. However Volkswagen took a unique strategy with certainly one of its check autos for the ID.4. As an alternative, it was transformed into the ID. Xtreme idea revealed at present in Locarno, Switzerland, giving a style of what an off-road model of Volkswagen’s electrical crossover might seem like.

The idea relies on an ID.4 GTX, which is bought because the dual-motor, all-wheel-drive ID.4 in the US sans the GTX badge. Meaning the ID. Xtreme sends energy to all 4 wheels, and software program modifications to the drive management unit enhance the output to 382 horsepower, 87 ponies greater than the usual GTX.

The ID. Xtreme additionally will get, effectively, extra excessive seems because of a raised suspension, 18-inch off-road wheels, and roughly 2.0-inch-wider 3D-printed wheel arches. A butch bull bar additionally protrudes from a redesigned entrance bumper, whereas an LED gentle bar is perched atop the roof to light up tough terrain at night time. A totally closed aluminum underbody has been put in to guard the battery from pesky rocks and different particles.

The snazzy livery on the skin is seemingly mirrored by orange accents on the inside, though Volkswagen did not present any images of the cabin. Volkswagen additionally says there are redesigned seats and that many surfaces are wrapped in Alcantara. The ID. Xtreme has been fitted with a sound generator within the wheel effectively that initiatives some form of driving noise created by Volkswagen’s design staff, though and not using a recording, we are able to solely guess at what it appears like.

We doubt something just like the ID. Xtreme will ever be provided by Volkswagen, though with Honda launching the TrailSport sub-brand, Subaru creating the Wilderness line, and Hyundai including the XRT badge, off-road look packages have change into a scorching pattern and Volkswagen is likely to be inclined to affix in.