The 2021 Volkswagen ID.4 is a Fun New EV | MotorWeek Road Test
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- If there was anything good to come from Volkswagen’s 2015 Dieselgate scandal, it’s that the brand quickly committed to stop making diesel and gasoline engines for passenger cars all together, and take the brand fully electric. Well before the many brands who are making that commitment now. Well first all-new effort to come from that strategy is here, the ID.4.
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It's just nice to see an EV that just looks like a normal car.
Cut the price in half and in 10 years I might be able to afford one. New car prices ....dear God ...where I live I can buy a fixer upper home for this money
Here in L.A. $50K will buy you a one car garage.....home extra $900,000.
@@bondedstars ......That’s a starter home here in L.A., but go outside the city and they’re a bit cheaper. But average home prices are $1-2 million.
You're not wrong, even things like the corolla have gotten too expensive
Love your show I watch it every Saturday morning 🌄🙂 new subscriber here 🌄😎👍👋
Great review !
This is one of my favorite EVs today. Understated, practical and well designed. Hopefully well built too...
It's a VW, that's doubtful.
Lol... At least it is not a Volvo, Jaguar or Range Rover... or, dare I say, Tesla... Some VW are ok, I’ve had good and bad ones. I also had issues with a Toyota I had... None is perfect. But I have to say that my Honda and Subaru are almost un breakable... And that is really the reason I haven’t jumped on the EV wagon yet.
It's made in Germany
Nothing especially good or bad. A people's car EV at an almost affordable price. At least they aren't trying to sell us a 6 figure luxury car this time around!
Test drove one today. The build quality is impressive except for some cheap plastics inside. Very tight and solid car.
@Motorweek The clip shown at 1:27 was definitely not an ID.4 :P
A Great ID4 full electric for Boston, Miami and the big Colombians cities…. Cool video
Nice looking ev with reasonable accommodations and ok range. It would be a decent city car, but with the pricing though, I would rather buy a Prius or Corolla hybrid at the lower price range or a Rav4 hybrid/prime at the upper range...just my preference. Of course that's if any those Toyotas are even available.
The ID4 is not ready for primetime. Far from it. They missed out on a lot of issues this car has like additional steps to make the rear windows usable for the rear passengers and the laggy head unit.
Wouldn’t you say it was etron?
they gave it a incomplete IP address as a name
When did VW say they will stop making gas powered cars? As far as I know they won't add to it but still make cars with the ICE.
@@markplott4820 that is a long time for things to be improved or synthetic gas to come along.
@@markplott4820 we will see.
where is ID 1 2 and 3?
Might get one down the road as I have a 2020 vw tiguan
I just test drove one, the brakes feel disconnected and the steering is quite floaty, maybe that's how other CUVs handle but it wasn't for me.
Most of them are like that. Some like Mazda make CUVs intentionally more interesting to drive, but most of them aren't for those who actually care about feel.
Some of that can be addressed by putting it in sport mode.
Now if they can only build an electric beetle like original! REAR WHEEL DRIVE! that would be epic!
Agreed! That said there’s a company out of San Diego that restores vintage Beetles and electrifies them so at least there’s that. They should come up when you Google …. ZElectric motors
I bet they will do it, the beetle is a legend retro ev
An electric VW bus is coming!
@@dgdw I know about them! They're superfast!👍 but can you imagine a brand new beetle from vw with rear engine again? They would sell like hot cakes!
This will be my next new car
@@markplott4820 it just does what I need it to do, get me places and offers some actual utility.
When it comes right down to it all cars are a taxi of sorts.
Good choice!
@@markplott4820 What's wrong with you? He wants to buy the ID.4 for his next car that is his business, not yours.
VW for 2021 still has 11 models in EU that have diesel engines and 17 that have gas engines so not sure where you got your info from? They just released a Golf MK8 and more to come.
Yeah I don't get that either. As far as I know they are not deviling more ICE and just using the ones they gave for now.
They're still making diesel cars only stopped selling them on this side of the pond
The id.4 is definitely one of the cars ever made
Lmao
Yawn. The only thing that could possibly keep me from buying a Model 3 or Y instead would be looks, but the 4 just doesn't visually excite. The specs, performance, features and pricing are not competitive. Maybe the next version?
I have to second that and then some.
I'm still confused as to how the car starts? Lol
You have to press brake pedal.
Id like to embrace what’s next for under 50g....🤣😊💕
50k for that thought it was in the mid 30k!!!!
Sounds pricy till you factor in the 1500 a year you'll save on fuel.
@@na-tv6rn And the $7500 tax credit And the free charging you get for 3 years on Electrify America.
Range still a big issue. I mean anything less than 350 miles is hard
From this reviews I have seen from The Roadasow and Doug DeMuro (to name a few review this car the ID4 is not ready for primetime. Laggy head unit, added muscle memory to to press a button for the rear windows that MotorWeek forgot to mention.
What about a spare tire? That is a huge problem among other issues that EVs have.
The laggy infotainment software can be fixed with OTA updates, oh no.. having to learn the physical controls in a new car... I've only ever used a spare tire once in 30 years of driving and that was over 20 years ago. I've driven the ID.4 and it worked fine for me and when I used it there wasn't a noticeable lag in the screen.
@@RonRattie to have an infotainment system that is biggy or laggy upon releasing the car is a huge issue. I would say not ready for primetime.
I hate when you guys don’t always perform 0-60 and 60-0.
Why are there no models getting in and out of the vehicle fiddling with the switches? Why is there no buddy putting baggage in the back? Look back to your old videos and regroup because those are way more interesting to watch in a car that’s empty.
This is a good point. Where's the 0-60 test? The aggressive lane change? The braking test? Kinda let down though based on the closing remarks, Motorweek understands this car better than a lot of reviewers.
They got a dose of the mange unfortunately
Motor Week has been lacking. They used to be more critical of the cars they review and are now butt kissing the manufactures. I miss the segments putting the cars they test through it's paces
range: downhill , no air on , no lights , no music.
who has a garage or 7 hours to charge it ?
Apparently you don't sleep?
1. You don't need a garage, but it's nice to have.
2. You can plug it outside in any weather conditions.
3. The 7 hours on a level 2 charger is something you would do after you get home from work (eat and sleep, etc..)
4. It comes with 3 years of free charging from Electrify America which you find at an ever increasing number of Walmarts, Targets, Sheetz, Wawa, etc... so you can charge it to full while grocery or other shopping.
Are you ignorant? You never heard about EV charging stations?
Frustrating. Why can’t rolling wheels recharge the fuel cell? As I’m driving, the battery should be self-charging so I can drive unlimited distances. That’s the technology that everyone is looking for: non-stop drivability.
Because they want you to pay for something. Other wise there is no money to be made and no profit doesn't move anything. Regenerating Capacitors and back up battery can do the trick but who knows why is not fully explored.
Sounds too good to be true.
You could do some reading on the first and second laws of thermodynamics to find out why.
@@martinn4186 Nope. Automakers need to provide a worthy product. F*ck thermodynamics. But thanks for caring.
@Sasha Gareau-Davis surely there is some creative genius that has been able to invent something that would be able to back up your bold claim?
KIA EV 6 and Hiunday Ioniq 5 will kill this
Not the practicality, and then 3 years free charging....
@@jonpetter8921 kia ev 6 is the same size, and most people charge at home
@@AM4project Not quite true, higher ground clearance on the ID 4, higher roof height as well unlike on the EV 6. Not as much space for the feet on the backseat of the EV6. Also ID 4 has larger boot and will fit a big dog case, i m not sure EV 6 will. And ID 4 turning radius is still unmatchable, maybe not big deal in some places but it does in Europe big cities....
And free Fast Charging is still free
it will fall apart , it's a VW a NEW VW money-pit.
Poor build quality and reliability haven't hurt Tesla sales..
Another troll!
why does this look like its from the 90's
well said.
It looks cheesy with that interior, the way the interior is designed it just goes to show that the automobile has become an appliance, really I doubt that it's going to make our planet any cleaner, next thing we all are going have to put a catalyst to our asses if we want to fart, well they do say cows pollute just as much if not more than a car.
firemen cannot put out lithium fires , they let them burn to ground.
Don't they have to submerge the battery pack in water for days in order for there to be no risk of it starting on fire again?
2nd
VW
XYZ
1st
this car looks like poop ngl.. esp for $40k
Very clean and sleek, in my opinion.
Unreliable Junk
this is just a paid ad by a shill.
Stop trolling!
Forget the rest,Tesla is the best car company out there.