VW to launch electric GTI in 2026

Volkswagen is preparing to launch an electric hot hatch sporting the GTI badge in 2026, design chief Andreas Mindt has revealed, though it won’t be a Golf GTI. In an Instagram post made earlier this week, and first spotted by Motor1, Mindt said the first GTI, based on the Mk1 Golf, was unveiled in 1975, and that in 2026 an electric version of the…