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We've heard that in Austria, the e-Golf is now the most popular electric car. So we should be surprised that Volkswagen is pushing for more fully plugged-in versions of its MQB compacts.
This is the e-Golf SV or something of the sort. Our spies stationed in Scandinavia have captured the first photos of this mystery car, and it looks entirely built. We see that it has streamlined bumpers with blocked off intakes, a bit like classic BlueMotion models, but also the e-Golf.
However, a few things don't add up. For example, Volkswagen was supposed to discontinue the SV. A prototype for the replacement model, which is a coupe-like MPV, has already been spotted. Secondly, some of the design features could have just been borrowed from the e-Golf to make a misleading prototype.
The thing that really bothers us is the bottom of the car. The Golf SV has gained about two or three inches of extra bodywork at the bottom, which is not something you see on the e-Golf hatch. Also, the wheel arches clearances aren't the same on both on both axles, suggesting this is not a production body.
Then again, that extra bodywork is useful for installing an underfloor battery pack which would give the SV model a lot more range than the normal e-Golf. But we were of the impression that most EVs they make are going to be bespoke from now on, starting with that little hatchback they showed in South Africa.
There's also the ID Vizzion, which is sedan-like, but the proportions of this test vehicle are more in line with the ID Crozz, a supposedly 500-km (311 miles), $30,000 (base) crossover. This doesn't look like a 300-horsepower, Tesla-rivaling EV. And at 4.6 meters long, the concept was about 20cm longer than a Golf SV, but testing has got to start somewhere, right?
However, a few things don't add up. For example, Volkswagen was supposed to discontinue the SV. A prototype for the replacement model, which is a coupe-like MPV, has already been spotted. Secondly, some of the design features could have just been borrowed from the e-Golf to make a misleading prototype.
The thing that really bothers us is the bottom of the car. The Golf SV has gained about two or three inches of extra bodywork at the bottom, which is not something you see on the e-Golf hatch. Also, the wheel arches clearances aren't the same on both on both axles, suggesting this is not a production body.
Then again, that extra bodywork is useful for installing an underfloor battery pack which would give the SV model a lot more range than the normal e-Golf. But we were of the impression that most EVs they make are going to be bespoke from now on, starting with that little hatchback they showed in South Africa.
There's also the ID Vizzion, which is sedan-like, but the proportions of this test vehicle are more in line with the ID Crozz, a supposedly 500-km (311 miles), $30,000 (base) crossover. This doesn't look like a 300-horsepower, Tesla-rivaling EV. And at 4.6 meters long, the concept was about 20cm longer than a Golf SV, but testing has got to start somewhere, right?
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