Italdesign Giugiaro unveiled their two new concept cars for Volkswagen, designed for this year’s Geneva Motor Show, called Tex and Go!. Both prototypes are the Giugiaro’s interpretation for VW’s future design.

The concepts include a sporty coupe and a functional MPV, both designed for urban use, potentially Volkswagen’s future A0 segment cars. They’re base don the modular transverse architecture (MQB= Modularer Quer-Baukasten) platform. The primary production models in accordance with this architecture will emerge next year.

In future this architecture will indeed have the capacity to house an electric plug-in system, a hybrid system, a classical internal combustion engine powered by petrol, diesel, LPG, CNG or even hydrogen fuel cells without distinction.

The Go! is an electrical car powered by VW’s Blue-e-motion electric drivetrain, while the plug-in Tw�n Drive hybrid is fitted at the Tex. Due to these technologies, both prototypes guarantee performance ever-conscious of the surroundings. The Go! is in a position to travel 240 km at zero emissions, while the Tex can run 35 km in electric mode.

The Tex features four real seats, front wheel drive and a carefully aggressive line. The auto has a truly compact size and is extremely low (1355 mm in height) and 1750 mm wide and likewise gets 19-inch wheels. Its set-up is that of a classic two-door coup� whose clearly sporty personality is emphasised by an aggressive front and its rear flaunting two spoilers.

The front is distinguished by a slender grille that encloses the sunshine clusters in an unprecedented trapezoidal shape and 3 air intakes in the bumper/spoiler zone, necessary for cooling the brake discs and 1.4-litre turbo engine. The VW badge sits inside the centre of the grille and is optically underscored by the V-shaped groove of the bonnet. Windscreen and roof are a single piece of glass that becomes dark electronically.

Its performance is that of a pure sports car. The Tex is in a position to reach 100 km/h from a standstill in about 6 seconds, and reach a top speed of 220 km/h.

The Go! is a hatchback boasting a complete length of 3990 mm because of its smaller overhangs. The battery pack is housed underneath front and rear seating positions. This vertical package allows the Go! a weight distribution of 58% at the front and 42% at the rear.

An electronically driven system pushes the door outwards and pulls it back parallel to the vehicle body for having access to the rear seats. This mechanism, which attracts at the one used at the VW Milano Taxi (presented in May 2010), offers the advantageous practicality of sliding doors but without sacrificing their section (room is located inside for a comfortable armrest) and makes it possible to put off the unattractive tracks at the body typical of this solution.