
The Volkswagen ID R electric race car is already pretty darn accomplished.
Not only did it break the overall record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July, the automaker picked up the EV record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife just before that.
The ID R isn't done yet, though, and now its sights are set on China.
VW on Friday unveiled a new livery for the ID R ahead of yet another blast down a wild and twisty road.
This time, the electric race car will head to China's Tianmen Mountain, where it will snake its way up Big Gate Road, which has 99 different hairpin turns as it ascends towards Heaven's Gate.
There's a lot of Chinese symbolism baked into this road, which is why VW gave the ID R a new look for its latest attempt.


VW's Electric Sports Car Create The High-Speed Record In The Goodwood Festival
After cracking the records at the Pikes Peak and also the numbering with ID R electrical vehicle, Volkswagen and Romain writer extra a 3rd notch to their belts this past weekend.
The setting could not are additional completely different from Colorado's high-speed, high-altitude mountain or the course they decision the inexperienced Hell: the team visited Goodwood in England, a civilized country estate that is home to the annual Goodwood pageant of Speed.
Part garden party, part Sports Car Show, the pageant of Speed is additionally a competitive event, with a 1.15-mile (1.87km) hill climb up past Goodwood House.
That was quick enough to create Lord Charles March, the organizer, decide it absolutely was time to prevent temporal order F1 Sports Car up to the Hill.
VW and writer took the ID R to Goodwood in 2018, hoping to beat Heidfeld's record.

VW's Electric Sports Car Create The High-Speed Record In The Goodwood Festival
After cracking the records at the Pikes Peak and also the numbering with ID R electrical vehicle, Volkswagen and Romain writer extra a 3rd notch to their belts this past weekend.
The setting could not are additional completely different from Colorado's high-speed, high-altitude mountain or the course they decision the inexperienced Hell: the team visited Goodwood in England, a civilized country estate that is home to the annual Goodwood pageant of Speed.
Part garden party, part Sports Car Show, the pageant of Speed is additionally a competitive event, with a 1.15-mile (1.87km) hill climb up past Goodwood House.
That was quick enough to create Lord Charles March, the organizer, decide it absolutely was time to prevent temporal order F1 Sports Car up to the Hill.
VW and writer took the ID R to Goodwood in 2018, hoping to beat Heidfeld's record.

VW's Electric Sports Car Create The High-Speed Record In The Goodwood Festival
After cracking the records at the Pikes Peak and also the numbering with ID R electrical vehicle, Volkswagen and Romain writer extra a 3rd notch to their belts this past weekend.
The setting could not are additional completely different from Colorado's high-speed, high-altitude mountain or the course they decision the inexperienced Hell: the team visited Goodwood in England, a civilized country estate that is home to the annual Goodwood pageant of Speed.
Part garden party, part Sports Car Show, the pageant of Speed is additionally a competitive event, with a 1.15-mile (1.87km) hill climb up past Goodwood House.
That was quick enough to create Lord Charles March, the organizer, decide it absolutely was time to prevent temporal order F1 Sports Car up to the Hill.
VW and writer took the ID R to Goodwood in 2018, hoping to beat Heidfeld's record.

VW's Electric Sports Car Create The High-Speed Record In The Goodwood Festival
After cracking the records at the Pikes Peak and also the numbering with ID R electrical vehicle, Volkswagen and Romain writer extra a 3rd notch to their belts this past weekend.
The setting could not are additional completely different from Colorado's high-speed, high-altitude mountain or the course they decision the inexperienced Hell: the team visited Goodwood in England, a civilized country estate that is home to the annual Goodwood pageant of Speed.
Part garden party, part Sports Car Show, the pageant of Speed is additionally a competitive event, with a 1.15-mile (1.87km) hill climb up past Goodwood House.
That was quick enough to create Lord Charles March, the organizer, decide it absolutely was time to prevent temporal order F1 Sports Car up to the Hill.
VW and writer took the ID R to Goodwood in 2018, hoping to beat Heidfeld's record.

