« Reply #14 on: 08 September 2025, 20:44 »
Very telling that in the face of an onslaught of Chinese vehicles from unknown brands, that the best form of defence a legacy brand has is to keep a familiar and almost reassuring name.
VW have gone the safe route and kept “Polo” but Cupra have been more daring and gone for Raval instead of potentially using the more familiar Ibiza name. Unless SEAT get the nod to make their own version of electric Ibiza further down the line.
Anyhow, so long as it stays FWD I can’t see any issue in using the GTI ‘brand’ as an EV.

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