Gadgetory

Volkswagen says they've got a very different design look coming to the US and judging by this guy I'd say they're not lying they call this the ambassador for their new style this is the cross coupe GTE it's a crossover vehicle as you can see but that's a different look for Volkswagen it's a hybrid with hybrid power at the front wheels an electric motor handling the rear wheels to give you this hybridized all-wheel drive you can get 355 horsepower combined out of the powertrain but also 70 mpg/eso trying to pull it both ways and there's a GTE mode that puts all the motors together full tilt at once for super performance and you'll do that for about 20 miles before you've depleted battery and go back into a lesser mode by the way the only is this vehicle a hybrid it's a plug-in hybrid as you can see but it's a plug-in in a different sense you can also plug in appliances like your shaver that's a European outlet but you can also imagine an American three-prong in their VW says that's what it's for now inside we're seeing clearly a concept car cabin but notice some of the cues that Volkswagens moving toward generally an all LCD instrument panel a very large main LCD touch panel here they usually haven't done these will but they're trying to make catch up quickly and then down here an LCD touch panel we saw a similar arrangement on the Golf R touch at CES just a few days ago they're also envisioning this gesture control system where your hand will approach the system put you into gesture mode and you can do some simple flicks and wipes and presses simple stuff not getting into detailed gestures you