To be clear from the first minute. Most importantly, this car is its hybrid engine or its positioning within the range of Volkswagen. No. The most important thing about this car is that it anticipates a new design language for the Bavarian giants, a new brand image that we will see over the next year Volkswagen models entering the market . Therefore, it is one of the most important vehicles Hall. Its yellow and aggressive design and makes it clear that a more passionate and dynamic era for a brand that has traditionally been accused of playing safe approaches.
The Volkswagen Sport Coupe Concept GTE’s interesting, at least.
A penetrating gaze, daring LEDs and curves
surfaces
The sum of the front and rear overhangs fails to add even two meters. Their battle is over 3 meters.
The look from Volkswagen Sport Coupe Concept GTE is of that trap us. It is pervasive, with a grille that takes center stage. And it is almost inevitable, because you have no more than fijaros in daring daytime LEDs available. Almost like someone who does not like things, strips of LEDs – enclastradas in some optics also LED – merge with horizontal bars of the grille , extending the wide and wicked smile this four-door coupe. Air inlets are also marked by strips of LEDs.
Being based on a platform MQB , has been achieved an enormous space for the interior, extend at will a battle reaches 3.02 meters , an impressive figure in a car that measures 4.87 meters long. Both front and rear overhang are very short, a detail that helps give the car a more elegant presence. A silhouette level, we were soft roof fall on her body hatchback. Body even offering a sober look, not shun curved lines, something that seemed to have allergy Volkswagen few years ago, and a constant bother in the industry.
The rear is compact pickup, with optical LED already very much in line with current optical as the Passat saloon or CC. It’s easy to confuse this car with the Volkswagen CC or a four-door coupe a step above. And although the team to beat would be an Audi A7 than an Audi Sportback A5 Sportback – to understand the comparative – must remember that the Volkswagen Sport Coupe Concept GTE does not seek to replicate production only comes to teach Volkswagen follow the guidelines in the design of its upcoming vehicles from the Polo to the Phaeton.
A minimalist interior envelope for a connected future
The panoramic roof of this prototype is one of the biggest I’ve seen in a while, giving a great sense of space inside.
The interior of the Volkswagen Sport Coupe Concept GTE is very minimalist, but at the same time cozy. It’s almost contradictory, or perhaps good design can combine both adjectives effectively. Consider that. But the truth is that striking the large amount of clean surfaces and a center console in which all are capacitive buttons and a screen TFT without physical buttons just beyond the futuristic gear lever or button that activates the electronic handbrake. Another thing is cleaning so tactile surfaces with glossy finish, but it is not the concern of this prototype.
The atmosphere is enveloping, using clear high quality leather and a digital instrumentation based on a screen TFT more than 10 inches, which joins the presiding center console 12 3 “. Passengers also have available screens for personal use and enjoyment. As technological climax, a browser that is able to maximize our enjoyment at the wheel and take different routes according to our biometrics. Science fiction? What is not science fiction is the huge space for rear passengers, and its own center of infoentretemiento.
prestacional plug Hybrid, the answer to all ills
The future that awaits us in the industry is full of turbos, electricity and automation. Is what emerges powertrain Volkswagen Sport Coupe Concept GTE consisting of a motor 3.0 V6 TSI supercharged connected to an electric motor acting on the rear axle, generating total capacity of no less than 380 hp . With them, he is able to accelerate to 100 km / h in just 5.0 seconds, achieving a top speed of 250 km / h. This plug-in hybrid can travel up to 50 km in 100% electric mode, with a combined fuel consumption of less than two liters per 100 km.
Source: Volkswagen
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