Volks wagen ID.3 GTX Fire + Ice

FIRST DRIVE VW resurrects nineties Golf special edition for its sporty ID.3 GTX. We discover if it'll lead to a purple patch for the electric hatch

- Ellis Hyde [e-mail]

IF you're a Games of Thrones fanatic who I came here thinking Volkswagen had made a hot hatch inspired by your favourite TV/book series, we're sorry to disappoint you. But if you're a hardcore VW fan who remembers the Mk2 Golf Fire and Ice edition from 1990, you're in the right place.

Don't worry if you've not heard of the Golf Fire and Ice before because, while around 16,700 examples were made, it was never sold in Britain.

The special edition was a collaboration between Volkswagen and the fashion designer Willy Bogner, whose namesake brand creates luxury sportswear.

Then, in 2024, VW created a one-off ID.3 GTX Fire+Ice that had a specially developed Electric Violet pearl-effect paint finish with glass beads that changed colour depending on the light, while the interior took inspiration from Bogner's clothing.

The best feature had to be the seats' quilted centre section that was not only similar to Bogner's Fire+Ice down jackets, but came with a zip that when undone revealed the seat fabric used in the original car.