ID Polo GTI

[Adam T7]

What does the ‘I’ in GTI stand for in an electric car?

I believe even Volkswagen long forgot what does I stand for)) I stands for marketing 

😂 Very true, I’m old enough to remember when a car with an ‘I’ in the badge was looked upon with envious eyes.

[Watts]

What does the ‘I’ in GTI stand for in an electric car?

You could also ask about Porsche's use of 'turbo' on their electric cars.

[SRGTD]

What does the ‘I’ in GTI stand for in an electric car?

I believe even Volkswagen long forgot what does I stand for)) I stands for marketing 

😂 Very true, I’m old enough to remember when a car with an ‘I’ in the badge was looked upon with envious eyes.

Mini has two ‘I’ s in its badge .

I’ll get my coat and leave quietly…………….

[Adam T7]

😂

[Exonian]

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.

[Beebopper]

This is good news for VW I think, they seem to have been left behind in the EV market. The Chinese brands are very impressive, better spec'd and cheaper to buy. Renault have pulled a blinder with the 5 EV and the Alpine A290, bringing back the retro nostalgia, along with being very competitively priced. VW / Cupra need to match what Renault have done, they will do well if they pull it off. (The new Renault 5 is the first EV that made me think about changing the Golf GTi and going electric!).

[DrG_GTi]

This is good news for VW I think, they seem to have been left behind in the EV market. The Chinese brands are very impressive, better spec'd and cheaper to buy. Renault have pulled a blinder with the 5 EV and the Alpine A290, bringing back the retro nostalgia, along with being very competitively priced. VW / Cupra need to match what Renault have done, they will do well if they pull it off. (The new Renault 5 is the first EV that made me think about changing the Golf GTi and going electric!).

Renault 5 Turbo 3E, starting at £140,000 on the road, great looks but nope!

[SRGTD]

This is good news for VW I think, they seem to have been left behind in the EV market. The Chinese brands are very impressive, better spec'd and cheaper to buy. Renault have pulled a blinder with the 5 EV and the Alpine A290, bringing back the retro nostalgia, along with being very competitively priced. VW / Cupra need to match what Renault have done, they will do well if they pull it off. (The new Renault 5 is the first EV that made me think about changing the Golf GTi and going electric!).

It’s likely to be a Renault 5 EV for me next time; top spec Iconic trim and the 52kWh battery option in Arctic White with black roof .

Renault seem to be on a roll just now. The retro styled R4 seems to have been equally well received by the motoring press as the R5. I really like the styling of the Megane EV too; I wouldn’t buy a Megane though as I don’t need a car that large.

[Exonian]

Don’t come crying to us SRGTD after 6 months of Renault ownership and your flat tyre warning and interior lights come on instead of the brake lights when you hit the brake pedal! 😁

Just kidding, the R5 looks to be the best small EV right now by quite a margin. Whether an A290 would be a better bet for daily driving after a GTI owing to sluggish acceleration at motorway speeds from the standard R5? (Plus it looks cooler)

[SRGTD]

Don’t come crying to us SRGTD after 6 months of Renault ownership and your flat tyre warning and interior lights come on instead of the brake lights when you hit the brake pedal! 😁

Ha ha! I’ve read very little - if anything - about electrical gremlins affecting the current generation of Renaults.

I may be wrong but seem to remember reading that much of Renault’s past electrical woes were down to the company being 100% state owned until the mid 1990’s and the French government could ‘influence’ (dictate?) who Renault’s component suppliers were, which resulted in poor quality components being used and subsequent build quality and reliability issues. That government financial stake is now around 15%, so although still a significant stake, they no longer have absolute control.

Just kidding, the R5 looks to be the best small EV right now by quite a margin. Whether an A290 would be a better bet for daily driving after a GTI owing to sluggish acceleration at motorway speeds from the standard R5? (Plus it looks cooler)

I do like the way the A290 looks, but then I also like the way the standard R5 looks. With the highly congested single carriageway roads in my neck of the woods which is where I do most of my driving, I think the opportunities to enjoy an A290’s superior (to the R5’s) performance would be somewhat limited, as they are with a GTI too.