Volkswagen offers a sports car that has never happened

This image. It is 2017. Diesel is in full swing. Volkswagen tries to turn attention from a chaotic scandal surrounding TDI cars that link emissions by offering a wave of identity. Concepts. The original identifier. Showcar had already appeared for the first time a year ago, followed in 2017 by ID Crozz as an early look at what would become ID.4. But behind the scenes in the design studio, there was something more exciting is crystallization: a sports car.

Unprecedented graphics reveal the presence of the VW Group MEB platform. štěpán řehákThe spokesperson for the auto design and concept, recently shared amazing drawings LinkedIn From a fully electric sports car. Designed by Tibor Juhasz, EV performance aims to honor SP2. No, not Monza SP2 SuperCar from Ferrari, but Volkswagen’s sporty coupe is from the 1970s.

The original SP2, developed in Brazil, has been developed on the current type 3 to maintain low costs. It has appeared to plan a rear engine and rear wheels. Its spiritual successor, although he never realized, get rid of the bridge engine and four -speed guide in favor of an electric motor, which is supposed to be installed in the back, as all MEB cars are yet against the background or wheels.

While the original SP2 is not designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, the identifier. Sports cars were inspired by the legendary designer behind the first concepts of golf, Passat, Scirocco, Jetta, and Wild W12 Supercar. in LinkedIn mail, Tipur The vision behind the SP2 drawing in the modern era, which was created again in 2017:

“My SP2 proposal was born of pure intuition. I imagined an electrical future supported by progress, but it is deeply rooted in classical values. My goal was clear: my son forward without losing what determines us. Emotion, energy, and the vision came to create something still hesitate today.”

But the low coupe with its muscle brackets did not exceed the drawing plate. VW had larger frying fish than launching what had been a suitable product in the end. Instead, focus on large EVS such as ID.3, ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7. However, I found space to play with Identification card. buzzDespite the sad, the sports car left on the floor of the proverb room.

This performance, which is not revealed by EV is not the first exciting concept of VW in the modern era that has not reached production. Since we have launched diesel, some may remember the Bluesport 2009, which is Roadster, medium engines with 2.0 -liter TDI. Before that came Ecoracer 2005, another diesel concept. Then there was 2014 Xl sportEquipped with a V-2 engine from Ducati Superleggerra. However, they are all pale compared to the legendary W12.

With the sales ban in Europe on new cars looming on the horizon, the combustion engines, it is too late on VW to launch a new sports car with a combustion engine. However, this spiritual successor SP2 offers a glimmer of hope that the designated performance model may one day be achieved. Wolfsburg promise to carry GTI And R badges in the electric period, but the independent sports car in the template of this bipolar concept will be more exciting.

Certainly, he will not sell like hatchback or cross. But the sports car can do wonders for the Volkswagen brand brand after years of damage. Audi prepare for her “TT moment 2.0,” So maybe it is time for the prevailing brother’s feeling?