Volkswagen is getting ready to release an electrical scorching hatch wearing the GTI badge in 2026, design leader Andreas Mindt has printed, regardless that it would possibly not be a Golfing GTI.

In an Instagram publish made previous this week, and primary noticed by way of Motor1, Mindt stated the primary GTI, in line with the Mk1 Golfing, used to be unveiled in 1975, and that during 2026 an electrical model of the enduring hatch shall be introduced.

It is conceivable the auto shall be proven a yr previous to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the unique Golfing GTI’s expose.

Integrated in Mindt’s publish used to be a cartoon appearing the unique Golfing GTI in conjunction with VW’s ID.GTI idea unveiled in September and already showed by way of VW for manufacturing.

Instagram publish by way of Andreas Mindt – Dec. 2023

The ID.GTI idea is not more likely to be badged as a Golfing GTI as idea’s subcompact dimensions level to it previewing a alternative for the Polo GTI, simply because the comparable ID.2all idea proven in March most likely previews a alternative for the common Polo.

Check mules for the manufacturing ID.2all the use of changed our bodies of the bigger ID.3 were noticed trying out. The car, and most likely any GTI model, will use a brand new platform derived from the present MEB design present in automobiles just like the ID.3 and ID.4. The brand new platform, dubbed MEB Access, is shorter than the common MEB platform and includes a unmarried motor on the entrance.

Volkswagen ID.GTI Thought

Within the ID.2all, the motor is rated at 222 hp, and the concept that’s battery is alleged by way of VW to ship 280 miles at the WLTP take a look at cycle used in a foreign country. A decrease determine would outcome the use of the stricter EPA cycle. VW hasn’t equipped any specifications for the comparable ID.GTI idea however stated it additionally featured a unmarried motor on the entrance.

Crossover fanatics too can look ahead to an MEB Access-based providing from VW in 2026.

VW in September stated it’s making plans an electrical Golfing, and this style will most likely be offering a GTI variant, regardless that the electrical Golfing would possibly not arrive till 2028 on the earliest, as this is when its SSP platform is scheduled to be in a position. That implies an electrical Golfing GTI, the auto we historically call to mind as a GTI, might be the second one EV to put on the GTI badge.

Paradoxically, the I in GTI indicates gasoline injection, a era that obviously would possibly not function within the electrical GTI. In a similar way, Porsche makes use of a Turbo badge on its Taycan, a reputation that still indicates a era for ICE automobiles and no longer EVs.