2020 VW ID.3 Review

Today James has been driving the much anticipated, and delayed, VW ID.3. The latest EV in the VAG line up that supports their transition towards an electrified brand. The VW eGolf was an excellent stepping stone and sold well, but will this have the same impact? A ground up BEV with some big shoes to fill...Join us to how it got on.

[Grimfanden]

This car is super efficent.. And a silent cabin is gold for me. WV .. Impressive!

[marcusevjourney]

Thank you for this amazing review. I will pick mine up today, so your opinion has made me want it even more.

[SeriouslyJaded]

0-62 in officially 7.3s and TB clocked it at 6.89s

[scottvessey]

Drove one on Friday, ordered one on Saturday 😊

[tjerry]

James "mate", don't go down country lanes your not familiar with and start looking In the rear of the car while driving to see if the interior is as big as a VW Passat ! It's not the time or the place, 2 secs after you looked forward you met another car coming towards you ! Do all the "touchy feely" stuff when stationery.
Ps, your doing REALLY well on avoiding the "B" word, brilliant !

[vinceasmith]

Good review. Just to clarify that the 1st Edition in the UK, only the Plus, does not have Qi charging for the phone. It does come with runflat tyres, the Active Matrix headlights are phenomenal (which you could not experience in such sunny daylight) and having had an e-Golf - the ID.3 is better - more cargo space, more range, more room, better turning circle, better equipment (the heated seats, steering wheel), faster DC charging, better battery management, etc.. I miss the spectacles holder in the roof though.

[MarkGaudie]

Finally just watched it James. Thank you for your thoughts on the car. You’ve given me something to think about here for sure. Pricing I’m getting back from some of the dealers via Carwow are really good. Some are offering £7500 off the list price. This includes the gov grant. So my first quote from one of the dealers was £25, 450 for the base spec Life model. Comes with loads of standard kit still and the 58kWh usable pack. If I was to put £5k down as a deposit it would be £200 per month on a 4 year PCP. I don’t think that’s too shabby at all. Bjorn Nyland can’t understand why the car isn’t selling more than it currently is. Maybe it’s due to the pandemic. The efficiency of this thing is really really good from what I’m hearing. Please let me know your thoughts James?

[michaelgoode]

Not able to sleep due to a sodding cold so I'm watching old vids. As you know James we bought a 2 year old 1st Edition and after 10 months we are really really pleased with it. My only slight negative is that I would have preferred smaller rims as the 19 inchers are way too easy to kerb.

In the summer we did top 300 miles range but in the winter it is a smidge over 200. All very good. We've also now had the software updated to version 3.2 and the niggles have gone.

Can I suggest thst you recommend the ID.3 to Jonathan. He's a bit less enthusiastic than you are. 😉

[toninocars]

Nice review, thanks for sharing. The car is hot and probably best ev to buy right now. For the rear wheel drive, it's fine in any condition as long as its has the right tyres. If there are snow and ice u need winter tyres or all season one and never need of unnecessary 4wd., that's actually applies for all cars.

[DDLovett]

Great video.
I am liking the id3 more and more as time goes by.
I still think SEATs version looks better but I am a VW badge fan.

[seankemplay]

Spoke to an owner of one as we were charging at Cambridge extra services, he is getting 250 miles a charge with reasonably conservative driving (65 on motorway and within speed limits on other roads)

[bryanduncan]

This a well equipped First Edition which comes in at £36k after the plug in grant. Spec a new Golf GTE to the same level and it comes out at £35k!!

Lower priced models are available mid October 👍

[dickmartino]

£36k is too much and spoils it. Let's hope for drops in prices soon. Thanks for the review.

[jezthomas]

I loved that you mentioned that this is a car for those looking for something this size, whether they're looking for petrol, diesel or electric - or words to that effect. This is a new phenomena (I watch far too much EV youtube and you're the first to nonchalantly mention it) that the ID3 and 4 own by themselves and I believe these pioneering models have opened up a whole new chapter of affordability, just-forget-about-it useable range, the assurance of a well respected brand, and traditional/non-whacky design. I think they're going to eventually struggle to get hold of enough chemicals to meet the sales demand. I'm off to buy some Volkswagen shares.

[robk]

My company car is a petrol VW Golf. My company wants to go fully electric. So, I'll definitely be interested in one of these.

[michaelgoode]

Just back to watch your review for a second time James. We were all set to buy a used Soul and then somebody reminded me of the ID.3. I find myself torn between the two.

Let's see what Jonathan and the eco-cars team can magic up.

[peterkendrick]

Thanks. Very thorough. Enjoyed the digressions (E Golf comparison, etc.) Sorry the ID3 isn't coming to the States. VW thinks we only drive SUVs.

[kg]

If this is having any issues I assume you wont have problem finding local dealer/service unlike some other major EV manufacturers.

[williamhopkins]

Snow tyres James in winter they all use them in Germany and even with all of the BMWs and MERCEDES rear wheel drive they get around easily

[robwhitlock]

Just a note to any one wanting one. There are surplus ist addition id3 available.
As a lot of us prebookers pulled out due to bad communication with vw uk.