VW has just announced a Pike’s Peak challenger that is positively electrifying. Yes, it’s an electric car powerful enough to conquer the infamous hill climb. Called the I.D. R Pikes Peak, the reveal, about which we know nothing other than it’s four-wheel drive, is determined to break the standing electric vehicle record of 8 minutes and 57 seconds.
So we can assume it will have serious power, as the present record is held by the 1 596HP Drive eO PP100 piloted by Rhys Millen.
VW isn’t shy about its intentions, with motorsport boss Sven Smeets saying: “It’s time to settle the score.”