A lightly competitive line, front-wheel drive plus four actual seats, the Tex fits into a lengthy tradition of Volkswagen brand sports vehicles.

"We deliberately held a family experience that could instantly identify it like a Wolfsburg merchandise close to creation. No airy or futuristic pick was made, but it's quite a very natural development of today's canons with the inclusion of several systems that'll shortly become accessible industry."

Its setup is that of the traditional twodoor coupe whose obviously sporty character is emphasised through an intense front and its own back flaunting two spoilers.

Roof and windshield are just one sheet of glass that becomes dim electronically.

The big rear-window accommodates two spoilers and dominates the back, together with the windscreen wiper housed in one in the base. Such as the Go! Formerly, the light clusters are below the windshield and are undetectable once the panel is off. Entry to the baggage compartment is allowed by raising only the rear window and, once it's open, the light indicators are duplicated by both supplementary tail lights situated in the lower section of the fender, at the surfaces of the rear air-intake which also features the rear fog lights.

INSIDE

As in the Go!, the Tex's interiors are also made to provide the occupants maximum area and maximum ergonomics. All the devices sit in a practical way and wrap round the driver in order to leave an unbelievable sense to the passenger of space. The big dash driving advice and including the controls develops smaller as it approaches the door panels in order to make getting into and away from the passenger compartment simpler.

"The motorist must have the ability to locate himself, and that is the reason why we picked complete details and components that refer back to the traditional notion of the sports-car. We've adopted the big gear knob and leather interiors, together with the speedometer and rev-counter located within the classic location supporting the steering-wheel and with 'analogue' images, exactly for that reason".

The contents are rather filled with the technology available now, when the outfitting is traditional in design. As-is the console placed on a touch screen within the center of the dash, place in a clear framework that lays bare the framework, all the controls and indicators are housed in LIQUID crystal displays.

The dash is divided from the central tunnel, an uncommon remedy for an automobile, but wraps round the driver using a colour and image continuity.

Both back seats are independent and could be folded down.

POWERFUL HEART, TENDER SOUL

The Tex is fitted out with all the plug - in program called Twin Generate conceived and produced by Volkswagen.

The Twin Generate partners a 1.4litre turbo internal-combustion engine with a batterypowered 85 kW peak electrical system effective at creating 400 Nm when used mixed together.

It's frontwheel drive with a 7-gear Direct-shift gearbox with gear-shifting to the tyre.

Its functionality is that of the pure sports-car.

Nevertheless, in this event ecofriendliness and sportiness aren't worlds apart. The Tex can cover about 35 kilometers in the absolutely electrical mode, largely enough to get around through the day.

2011 ItalDesign Giugiaro Volkswagen Tex / Volkswagen Go! Concept