Italdesign Go!

The Italdesign Go! is an electric city hatchback concept that Italdesign Giugiaro developed in 2011 for Volkswagen on the group's modular transverse architecture and showed at the Geneva Motor Show beside the Tex. Giorgetto Giugiaro used it to apply more than thirty years of experience in interior packaging. It shares the 2,700 mm wheelbase of the Passat but is only 3,990 mm long because of its short overhangs, and the battery pack sits under the front and rear seating positions, giving a weight distribution of 58 percent on the front axle and 42 percent on the rear. Extensive glass, including a totally glass roof, fills the cabin with light, the A pillar stands well forward and cameras replace the door mirrors. An electronically driven system pushes the door outwards and pulls it back parallel to the body for access to the rear seats, and the tailgate opens electrically or by a foot sensor under the bumper. The Blue-e-motion electric system was designed and developed by Volkswagen and gives about 240 km in the combined cycle. Carstyling.ru, summarising Russian press, adds a boot of 400 to 525 litres.