There's the Golf R, the GTD and now this, the GTE ... It can travel at up to 81 mph on electric power alone, but with both motors engaged, it'll hit 62 miles per hour from a standstill in 7.6 ...

As Volkswagen prepares for the launch of the seventh-generation Golf ... GTD has an EC combined fuel economy figure of 56 mpg, some feat considering the car can also reach a top speed of 143 mph.