Late final yr, Volkswagen’s design boss revealed on Instagram that an electric GTI will arrive in 2026. That’s nonetheless two years away, and plenty of details remain fuzzy, however there’s an opportunity the corporate might supply the recent hatch within the US if the value is correct.

VW Group of America CEO Pablo Di Si mentioned throughout a press convention in Berlin that the mannequin might attraction to American patrons if it value between $20,000 and $25,000. He instructed the media he’d be pleased with a “$25,000 price point” as a result of something greater than that will flip it into “more of a niche product.” According to Automotive News, the manager mentioned {that a} $35,000 sizzling hatch would put the mannequin into halo automobile territory.