The First Electric GTI Is Here And It's Not A Golf Fifty years after the first Golf GTI hit the road in 1976, Volkswagen has finally put those three famous letters on an electric car. Meet the ID. POLO GTI. VW unveiled it at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, and the message from Wolfsburg is clear. This is not a watered-down GTI. This is 100% electric, 100% GTI. Real GTI Numbers, Electric Heart Under the skin is a single front-mounted motor making 226 PS, that's 223 hp, and 290 Nm of torque, all sent to the front wheels. It sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.8 seconds and tops out at 175 km/h. Yes, a petrol Golf GTI is quicker on paper at 5.9 seconds, but that has never been what GTI was about. It is about how it corners. And VW gave it the hardware to prove it. Every ID. POLO GTI comes standard with an electronically controlled front differential lock, adaptive DCC sport suspension, progressive steering, and a dedicated GTI driving mode that sharpens everything...