Yeah right. You think any government in their right mind would try and tax a utility every single person uses in the UK?! A new vehicle/road tax format maybe. If you look into energy you will learn that with renewables often countries pay other countries to take their surplus energy. It's an area that is rapidly completely changing beyond what we recognise.... Not one that is soon to be taxed.
I really like it overall (exterior and interior). Only thing I'd change in this particular unit is the white steering wheel. That wouldn't remain white for long...
@@twbug VW is not some saintly brand bro, its like any other corporate company. The diesel-gate scandal is proof enough. Just because you are German you shouldn't feel the need to defend any german company. It is good to be objective.
That could have been done better indeed. Like Renault with the Zoe and Tesla and Volvo. But it's not that bad.. i think.. Is it? The car itself looks great and familiar.
Really Really bad review, the cam is on this man's face all the way through the interior introduction. people come to see the car, not the commentator.
Being supporters of Jewish concentration camps in the past and now supporting Chinese(Muslim/Uighars) concentration camps in 2020. Volkswagen have a lot to answer for.🤦🏻♂️
D P just a concept car. No concept car ever looks the same or similar to real deal. I want to know what 100 billion that Volkswagen spent looks like on Ev. More than any other car dealer.
MAX PAIN I won’t buy it, but I am really interested in design in general and this white one looks pretty bad (as many agree). So I hope they’ll also make it available in black so I won’t see people with hospitals in their cars 😂😂
@@RobertoSartori I think it's partly because those most likely to buy them right now are computer geek/technology types who think a touchscreen makes everything better. It doesn't. I SHOULD be able to reach over in the dark without looking and turn down my fan speed, and turn up my stereo volume with tactile knobs. I SHOULDN'T have to go through menus AND keep looking at the screen(s) to do simple tasks.
Haptic feedback would've been fine if it wasn't for the fact that that buttons are an arm lengths away. Drive over a bump while reaching to turn your air-con off and the now the hazards are on. I would prefer touch buttons on the steering wheel, but not somewhere where you have to reach for them.
the only detail I'm not sure is a good idea is the hexagonal indents in the front bumper, I imagine that those will be a magnet for grime and hard to polish etc
R Tap major fail, and poor interpretation of Tesla. VW had such excellent switches and knobs. You could use comfortably them without taking the eyes off the road.
I guess the reason they could argue as to why they announce so early is cars are so expensive people may hold off from a competitors model, to test drive or buy one of theirs. Would be great though if cars were announced like phones, where they shipped two weeks after they were demoed.
CockatooDude no one wants to. VW’s technology is far better than what they have. Tesla’s screens aren’t usable while driving. Even the new Audi’s with the dual screens aren’t popular with most drivers, I think it’s trash.
The changed door/cockpit assembly including the screens also costs money. Taking into account that a mirror assembly can be produced for small costs in high scales implies that Volkswagen made the right and more cost effective choice. Everything else wouldn't make any sense.
@@someguy2135 Because many Americans like SUV rather than smaller cars. VW says they'll be bringing the upcoming electric SUV here, it's unfortunate that they won't bring the ID 3 here. It would be the ideal replacement for my e-Golf.
@@MylesV Thanks. That makes sense. I am one of the USA Americans who owns a mid size SUV with pretty good mileage for its size: the Mazda CX-5 FWD. My next vehicle will be an electric of some kind.
I've been waiting for an electric replacement for my 2014 VW Golf. I wasn't sold on the E-Golf and I am absolutely sold on this, but like you said. Not available in the US at launch. At this point i'm looking at the Nissan Leaf which fits the same market and is by all standards a solid commuter electric car.
I am a Tesla driver and my first impressions were that it was a decent review in a decent car. Overall, the more electric cars we have on the road the better no matter who’s making them.
Tesla's ability to update their fleet (V10 looks amazing) is what makes these other similarly priced EV's obselete. For the life of me I can't understand why they refuse to do the same thing. Also the numbers he gave are bull. They're basing it on future tech. No EV charges at 350kwh.
I really like Tesla, but I think they’ll soon get drowned by competitors like Mercedes, BMW, Audi. All those listed brands have strong brand loyalty. I’ve been a customer at Mercedes for 14 years now... when Mercedes release their EV, I’ll probs buy that one
@@NathanAlderGigaBITNate Mercedes might not be around. Tesla is decimating the luxury market www.autonews.com/used-cars/luxury-residuals-fall-some-cite-tesla
Nathan Alder ; They all have a lot of catch up to do. I’ll never say never but simply having the space and the people ain’t going to solve their catch-up problem. With Tesla’s recent acquisitions I believe the “competition” is going to be exponentially behind. If you haven’t driven a Tesla; treat yourself!
I guess 310-360km in city driving and 250-300km in highway situations for the base version. Regen braking can improve urban range quite substantially. Was able to get about 18% of energy back in a Renault Zoe in mostly urban + country roads + a bit of highway situations.
I actually really like the interior. For the right price, VW could have a hit here. Hopefully it will include at least a good version of lane keeping for long distance highway driving.
I have choice of ID.3 or e-golf in Berlin on Volswagen owned car share service. And whenever I need a car and can find e-golf I always pick e-golf instead of ID.3. And that is because driver's dashboards suck in ID.3. In e-golf I can change fan speeds with push of buttons while keeping eyes on road. In ID.3 it's controlled through LCD screen and is impossible to adjust without looking at the screen and thus loosing eye attention from road. The touchy screens/buttons feel more cheap and IMHO are less safe compared to old ones.
It's been popularized ever since Jay Leno said it on Top Gear in Honda Clarity review. www.bbcamerica.com/shows/top-gear/video-extras/james-tests-honda-clarity at around 5:36
Weirdly, I find myself liking this car every time I see a video about it. I wouldn't mind pottering around in it sometime in the future. Only trouble is there is zero infrastructure to accommodate it here in my country.
The most exciting thing about EV's is that you can stop for 30 mins and enjoy listing to the grass growing. Or 60 minutes if there is a queue by the charger.. or longer if some of the chargers are out of order. No thanks!
If you have a driveway you can just charge the car when your are home or at work (given that your workplace has chargers). This is only a problem when you drive more than 300 km often in one go. In this case you should take breaks anyway. If you live in the city with no driveway, then yeah, right now is not a good time to buy an electric car.
@@DoctorHeisenberg It will still be a problem.If you live in a apartment on 10th flor,how are you gonna charge your car?And if the area is urban you wont have space to place a charger for everyone.That leads to further problems,charging in the city during rush hours.The idea is nice,but the problems that needs to be solved so that ev can be used in huge quantity like ICE are massive.Not to mention the problems with power grid.If EV do archive high number of vehicles,the price of electric power will skyrocket to compensate for money that is lost for not using regular fuel.
@@MrMarkopetrov That is true and the reason why I wouldn't buy en ev right now. I have space on the street to park but there is no way for me to charge an ev in a convenient way here. I hope this will change rather quickly. Idk about the electricity price. The grid certainly needs to be adapted for this but I think at least in my country the government wouldn't just allow the electricity companies to increase the price for electricity that much. This would cause people to go on the streets.
thats because the Electrics are off, I assumed they took the battery off?, which explains the lack of instrument clusters and not even the centre console. However, there is a red light "no seatbelt" sign at 4:26 hmmmmmm...
@@FundierteForelle thought i noticed that at the very beginning, however at 1:40, you could see they managed to get it closed (flushed). I'm guessing they didnt turn the Electrical lock to be on and removed the batteries? (EDIT: AT 1:18 instead of 1:40)
Can't wait to see all of the optionals VW have available for their cars. There must even be an optional for how many physical buttons you want to have in the front panel.
@@nikolal.4502 well, the height is largely due to the fact that there is a battery in the bottom of the car (which btw lowers the center of gravity and potentially improves the agility of the car). What do you mean "it doesn't fit with the rest"?
@@nikolal.4502 I think it's rather nice tbh. And well placed. Cool piece of design. I hope it'll feel nice, but being VW I guess they'll get that spot on.
I totally dig the minimalist design. Not sure about this particular light gray interior, a little retro IMO. Reminds me of early (beige) Macintosh computers from the 90’s.
Not bad. What kills the interior for me is that seat and arm rest looks like a 80s office chair. Doesn't look comfy for long drives, which I guess will be rare.
The big touch screen inside of the Model 3 was a nice concept, but I really prefer to have some dials and switches on my dash board. Controlling everything over one screen often makes it more compicated than it should be.
It appears the first design priority was more interior space, then aero right? VW always function over form, looks like an honest 4-door hatchback Golf for a new age. 👌🏼
Like the idea of a little city EV? Well here's a full-fat review of Honda's brilliant little 'e': th-cam.com/video/6WuPleIIKEQ/w-d-xo.html
Missed opportunity to have called it VOLTswagen
Good job, you are going to get someone from Volkswagen marketing team fired :)
You should help Porsche with their names.
Pretty sure GM would have stopped that.
Every moron selling a second hand VW online spells it that way
nice
An affordable EV for the common man?
Electricity Tax incoming.
Yeah right. You think any government in their right mind would try and tax a utility every single person uses in the UK?! A new vehicle/road tax format maybe. If you look into energy you will learn that with renewables often countries pay other countries to take their surplus energy. It's an area that is rapidly completely changing beyond what we recognise.... Not one that is soon to be taxed.
Omg this thing is better than the porsche taycan
@@adamfry1125 you don't know the UK then. The government has recently increased solar tax from 5% to 20%.
That's why the Government want everyone to have a Smart meter so they can ring fence the vehicle charge with a tax.
@@adamfry1125 Government will always find a way. All about money.
I really like it overall (exterior and interior). Only thing I'd change in this particular unit is the white steering wheel. That wouldn't remain white for long...
There is a dark version as well. The blueish car that some journalists got to review had a dark interior, compared to this bright one.
Most. Are from the 1950s including VW had white steering wheels and knobs.
I would stitch some leather onto that steering wheel:)
The outside styling is great, but the inside needs work.
It looks cool
@ϟϟ White Wolf ϟϟ It's the VW Golf of EV's. It does its job. If you want exciting, look at luxury cars.
@Riley Frost?
I liked the interior of the Passat B8 without Facelift. I'm German, don't say anything bad against VW.
@@twbug VW is not some saintly brand bro, its like any other corporate company. The diesel-gate scandal is proof enough. Just because you are German you shouldn't feel the need to defend any german company. It is good to be objective.
Seriously, the interior looks like something that you'd put a Barbie and Ken doll in!
It's okay calm down,i mean i wouldn't get it gor myself but i would like to see this futuristic look on the roads.
Barbie is hot, wish women still looked like that.
@@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs I'm relief. After all I'm not the only one wishing that. On top of that, I wish the tattoo trend goes away too.
The interior is great. One of the sellers of the car in fact. Have a look in a real one!
That center screen looks like they ripped it out of a mid 2000s MRI machine.
That could have been done better indeed. Like Renault with the Zoe and Tesla and Volvo. But it's not that bad.. i think.. Is it? The car itself looks great and familiar.
Its tilted towards driver so passenger cant use it?
Ugly as fuck. Some of it looks like children's toys.
Brad Johnsen right? Looks like hospital equipment inside.
I was thinking the exact same thing!
I hope they make an electric vehicle with the Arteon's styling in the future.
True
Tyler Sanders they are- concept car already exists ...
🤮🤮🤮 ugly exterior and interior looks so poor in the middle hands with nothing
The Arteon is Sexy af
God yes
Whoever took the camo off on Photoshop before it's reveal did a bloody good job
🤮🤮🤮 ugly exterior and interior looks so poor in the middle hands with nothing
How do you know VW didn't give them a non-camo version?
@Psyche A golf built on meb platform would have been much more successful
@@MrCDER it was top gears website. Someone removed the camo with photo shop. Looked nearly identical
@@sahdqasim5403 nope, VW gave an early access to press before the presentation.
Really Really bad review, the cam is on this man's face all the way through the interior introduction. people come to see the car, not the commentator.
I didn't have any problems with the review
I really wish they would've shown the gear selector thing
Really, really bad comment dave. Just shut the fuck up
I didn't mind looking at him.
I really appreciate VW coming with an affordable EV!
Being supporters of Jewish concentration camps in the past and now supporting Chinese(Muslim/Uighars) concentration camps in 2020. Volkswagen have a lot to answer for.🤦🏻♂️
@@srahman2126 wow, where did this come from?
1:14 "just taking my first PPPPPPPPPPPppp*spit flying everywhere* roper look at it..."
I was thinking exactly that
He was testing the rain-sensing wipers
@BuildersM8 wtf? Lol
Hardest P ever.
BuildersM8 I loved pob the freak 😂
I like it, except for the interior. I feel that dashboard will look really dated in a few years time.
On the back seat test, you might want to let people know your height so we can have a reference.
4'2"
@@m-agaudreault1040 how much is that in cm?? I don't do freedom units
Taller than peppa pig
From another Tester video, a 188 cm tall man can sit very comfortably in the back.
@@wermagst thanks
Come on VW North America: don't f*** with us and bring this car here. We're not ALL in love with SUVs...
Strangely, I'd much much rather have the SUV. Maybe Sweden can swap with the USA.
They are taking reservations already. First hour they had over 10000 rsvp
Jérôme Lévesque-Boucher This is garbage. TDI is better in every way.
D P just a concept car. No concept car ever looks the same or similar to real deal. I want to know what 100 billion that Volkswagen spent looks like on Ev. More than any other car dealer.
Josi G. You have Volvo there. They have great SUVs.
It looks like one of those animated cars from the Cars movie....
Interior looks like the inside of a hospital lmao
lol the steering wheel is ugly
I hope they will make it available in black lol
@@mihnealazar7039 will u buy it. personally i only love the vw golf mk2.
MAX PAIN I won’t buy it, but I am really interested in design in general and this white one looks pretty bad (as many agree). So I hope they’ll also make it available in black so I won’t see people with hospitals in their cars 😂😂
Clown car. It's a desperate move to make ot look like the future.
Haptic feedback tactile switches, god no. Real switches are so much convenient while driving.
I agree, but for some reason most of EV are going into touch switches.
@@RobertoSartori I think it's partly because those most likely to buy them right now are computer geek/technology types who think a touchscreen makes everything better. It doesn't. I SHOULD be able to reach over in the dark without looking and turn down my fan speed, and turn up my stereo volume with tactile knobs. I SHOULDN'T have to go through menus AND keep looking at the screen(s) to do simple tasks.
@@snowrocket totally agree.
snowrocket yea I agree as well
Haptic feedback would've been fine if it wasn't for the fact that that buttons are an arm lengths away. Drive over a bump while reaching to turn your air-con off and the now the hazards are on. I would prefer touch buttons on the steering wheel, but not somewhere where you have to reach for them.
the only detail I'm not sure is a good idea is the hexagonal indents in the front bumper, I imagine that those will be a magnet for grime and hard to polish etc
Looks like and adds, he didn’t say anything negative about it!
3:46 That's the most plastic thing I've ever seen.
Maybe you should have "seen" your English
@@dgr8oneme fixed.
Then you haven’t seen Kim Kardashian
Top Gear uploading videos above 1080p, this is strange...🤔 (Surprised, in a good way)
upscaled from 1080p i guees xD
Naythan Vaz this is not Top Gear anymore
@@nigdywzyciu751 huh? What does that mean?
Naythan Vaz that mean thay new crew are PC idiots, not funny, not interesting just gay, thats all
..."i could have much longer legs..." so, why dont you have them?
More expensive on planes.
Probably a £2500 optional extra
It's a very painful and risky process. The process is breaking and healing your legs over and over.
Lol 😂
I think I saw my child for the first time on one of those screens in 2012...... on an ultrasound machine.....
Ugh, the interior, especially the screen, looks already dated...
And the exterior design as well..
I may be mistaken, but it looks very cheap plastic around the screen and the steering wheel.
@@Larckening Supposed to be a cheap EV, so really don't know what people would expect otherwise....
Price is right.
The black interior on this looks way better, this thing looks dodgey as.
🤮 those screens switches look like hospital equipment
Plastic-covered hospital equipment. The kind that has a soft layer on top that always feels like it's going to rub/scratch right off.
Very disappointed with no rear window button for driver's door, on rainy day i will come get soaked wet just to wind up the rear window🤧🥶😡
Have some black gloss to go with your black gloss. Why, just why.
I unironically like them...
@@Mu5tyLaghmani Some people are just not smart enough to push one extra button
Did they get Amstrad to design the look of the instrument clusters?
Looks a little pants and slightly old fashioned.
looks shit. that leaver looks flimsy af. and all plasticky. gross
R Tap major fail, and poor interpretation of Tesla. VW had such excellent switches and knobs. You could use comfortably them without taking the eyes off the road.
@derek nacho0 You got digital clusters in cars since the 80s.
This looks like an 80s look at the future ie; tacky.
@@engiidville This is a prototype
I like it because of that.
This car looks very good. I hope that it comes to Canada at an affordable price with the necessary infrastructure to support it.
I agree, it should come to North America.
I love how this iconic mass produced id3 is still not out a year after announcement
I guess the reason they could argue as to why they announce so early is cars are so expensive people may hold off from a competitors model, to test drive or buy one of theirs. Would be great though if cars were announced like phones, where they shipped two weeks after they were demoed.
The more petrol we save to have fun on the weekends... Best line👏👏👏
That car is really beautiful
that gear selector looks so flimsy
wobbly and clunky
BUT WHATS ITS DRIFTABILITY SCORE TOP GEAR???!!!
Well put.
what a bullocks thing to score
Rear Motor might actually be good at some slides.
better than the new BMW series 1 for sure
Jeremy - " It will drift on all the snowflakes"
Love the nod to the Golf in the C pillar. Looks like another Car is parked next to it ..... clever 👍🏻
Is that plastic from late 90s desktops on the inside?!
Intel inside.
The interior looks like my grandma's washing machine
I don't belive, that your grandma have a washing machine !!! Can you prove it ?
@@eduardtarniceriu102 Who doesn't have a washing machine lmao
@@unlucky5442 I don't think, your grandma have a washing machine, when she was young !
@@eduardtarniceriu102 Bruh, you said "now", 2020. No one mentioned the past.
@@unlucky5442 I'm so happy for you :)))
Now i can afford to buy more beer in the weekends.
I like the Fisher-Price/90's Star Trek style screens in this 2020 car.
/s
Fisher-Price lol. It's true though, no one seems to be able to replicate Tesla's screens.
Seriously, what's up with that ridiculous bezel and that fat bottom lip
CockatooDude no one wants to. VW’s technology is far better than what they have. Tesla’s screens aren’t usable while driving. Even the new Audi’s with the dual screens aren’t popular with most drivers, I think it’s trash.
@@Horizon301. "Tesla’s screens aren’t usable while driving." Lazily trolling numbskull says what?
2nd3rd1st what country do you live in? I prefer a car where I can keep my eyes on the road when I need to change the temperature, fan speed etc
'The only physical switches I've found are down here' - is that P switch not physical then, nor the start / stop switch?
2:00 assuming camera costs more than heated/motorised mirror assembly?
That's just falling for the marketing ploy
sebxx yeah, cameras are $8, less than most mirror glass.
The changed door/cockpit assembly including the screens also costs money. Taking into account that a mirror assembly can be produced for small costs in high scales implies that Volkswagen made the right and more cost effective choice. Everything else wouldn't make any sense.
Wow, that Interieur is surprisingly ugly and cheapish looking. Looks like a weird prototype cockpit that was based on the movie Tron.
Better than Tesla.
VY Canis *than ... and „no!“
very, very ugly, name, interior and exterior, that dashboard is a complete fail; I would have preferred a Golf built on MEB platform
@@esilviu2000 I like it.
why don't they give names, proper names, to electric cars
There is the Leaf
What about the Taycan? It even has a Turbo :D
Model 3, Model Y, Model S, Model X = I.D 3, I.D Crozz, I.D Rooms, I.D R. All from Tesla’s playbook.
For everyday work commuting, its perfect.
Well done WV, we have been waiting for this for so long, the world needs this, love it.
1:14 “PHROPER” 😂
Remember, this will compete with the Vauxhall Corse e and similar cars, not the Audi e tron, Tesla etc
Yea nobody knows what a Vauxhall is
Psyche yes, they just unveiled the e-Corsa
Well not everybody drives a porsche or r8.
But the Corsa-e doesn’t look that weird and it has a sportier appearance. I would buy a Corsa over the I.D.
@@cop-killer- Opel/Holden/Buick wherever you're from
Close your eyes and imagine you are listening to Richard Hammond narrating.
Rob_F pretty much lol
Not a chance. It's like doing a super fat chick and trying to imagine it's a supermodel
Rob_F nope
It’s RWD? I’m in love😍
That screen makes it look cheap. Tablet screens are a dreadful trend
Agree but on a german site they said thats not the final dashboard.. lets hope
3:47 what happened there with the boot lid??!! it didn't closed? why did it shake like that?!
It closed completely, the gap is the same after he closed the lid. The shaking I don't know. Prototype? Who knows.
30k is still too much
Darkcrave 30 iPhones is too much for this car?
@@ALMX5DP Thanks for putting things into perspective. It really is a competitive price.
Save thousands on fuel over 3-5 years and low running costs, makes sense for sure to go EV
For me the best car reviewers on the planet are now chris harris and Jack. Well done top gear!
mmm nope. both sck
It looked so much better with the striped camouflage. Reminds me way to much of an i3 now...
Buy one, put a wrap on it and there you have it
Looks much better than an i3. It's like a mix between a Golf and a Scirocco.
Rather pissed off America isn’t getting this car...😡🤬
Why? Because USA authorities caught VW cheating on smog tests?
@@someguy2135 Because many Americans like SUV rather than smaller cars. VW says they'll be bringing the upcoming electric SUV here, it's unfortunate that they won't bring the ID 3 here. It would be the ideal replacement for my e-Golf.
@@MylesV Thanks. That makes sense. I am one of the USA Americans who owns a mid size SUV with pretty good mileage for its size: the Mazda CX-5 FWD. My next vehicle will be an electric of some kind.
I've been waiting for an electric replacement for my 2014 VW Golf. I wasn't sold on the E-Golf and I am absolutely sold on this, but like you said. Not available in the US at launch. At this point i'm looking at the Nissan Leaf which fits the same market and is by all standards a solid commuter electric car.
Keep it. Rather get a Tesla built in America and looks better than this liberal trash can.
"sadly the vehicle doesn't work yet..
Anyone seen my Spectrum ZX80, oh someone glued it to a golf
A bit let down by the interior but nice looking outside.
Overall,affordable.
Why do the interiors of these electric cars look like you stepped inside a refrigerator?
Bring this to the US Volkswagen PLEASE.
I am a Tesla driver and my first impressions were that it was a decent review in a decent car. Overall, the more electric cars we have on the road the better no matter who’s making them.
After watching this, I decided to buy another 20 shares of TSLA.
stoweman34
I was thinking the samething lol
Tesla's ability to update their fleet (V10 looks amazing) is what makes these other similarly priced EV's obselete. For the life of me I can't understand why they refuse to do the same thing. Also the numbers he gave are bull. They're basing it on future tech. No EV charges at 350kwh.
I really like Tesla, but I think they’ll soon get drowned by competitors like Mercedes, BMW, Audi. All those listed brands have strong brand loyalty. I’ve been a customer at Mercedes for 14 years now... when Mercedes release their EV, I’ll probs buy that one
@@NathanAlderGigaBITNate Mercedes might not be around. Tesla is decimating the luxury market www.autonews.com/used-cars/luxury-residuals-fall-some-cite-tesla
Nathan Alder ; They all have a lot of catch up to do. I’ll never say never but simply having the space and the people ain’t going to solve their catch-up problem. With Tesla’s recent acquisitions I believe the “competition” is going to be exponentially behind. If you haven’t driven a Tesla; treat yourself!
Those quoted range figures will be as far out as manufacturer rated mpg figures are. Curious what the actual figures would be.
4 m/Wh is reasonable so that makes a 75 kWh battery about 300 miles. You can certainly achieve more but it involves driving VERY efficiently.
I guess 310-360km in city driving and 250-300km in highway situations for the base version. Regen braking can improve urban range quite substantially. Was able to get about 18% of energy back in a Renault Zoe in mostly urban + country roads + a bit of highway situations.
I actually really like the interior. For the right price, VW could have a hit here. Hopefully it will include at least a good version of lane keeping for long distance highway driving.
I actually like the interior, I do wonder if surfaces are prone to get dirty or stained though
Why does it seem that all electic cars need to have jenson like interior ? What wrong with a golf like setup ?
May I interest you in an e-golf? ;-)
Such a good news for the EV Revolution. Nice and good looking car. 😀
4:13 - Minus the steering wheel, I can’t help but think of high tech hospital equipment. In a car, I think it looks a bit cheap.
I think exactly the same!
AshyBashy86 I don’t know why you all think it looks like hospital equipment? It looks fine to me
The cheap white plastic inside is killing the car, I mean it was bad from the outside but for the average peasant this isn't bad!
Agreed! Peasants need to go all-electric too!
Is this a replacement for the golf and golf E?
At 4:30, What does steering move with the wheel mean
“Dieselgate nonsense”? Wow. That’s one way of describing it
the biggest fraud in industrial history is my way of describing VWs misbehavior
Almost all did it. Vw was just caught firdt
Stop
Not gonna lie....looks amazing
I have choice of ID.3 or e-golf in Berlin on Volswagen owned car share service. And whenever I need a car and can find e-golf I always pick e-golf instead of ID.3. And that is because driver's dashboards suck in ID.3. In e-golf I can change fan speeds with push of buttons while keeping eyes on road. In ID.3 it's controlled through LCD screen and is impossible to adjust without looking at the screen and thus loosing eye attention from road. The touchy screens/buttons feel more cheap and IMHO are less safe compared to old ones.
6:30
Damn, I didn't expect Jack to drop such wisdom in the closing stages of the video. He really does have a valid point.
It's been popularized ever since Jay Leno said it on Top Gear in Honda Clarity review.
www.bbcamerica.com/shows/top-gear/video-extras/james-tests-honda-clarity
at around 5:36
Weirdly, I find myself liking this car every time I see a video about it. I wouldn't mind pottering around in it sometime in the future. Only trouble is there is zero infrastructure to accommodate it here in my country.
Yep, i strongly suggest you keep golf like interior.
The most exciting thing about EV's is that you can stop for 30 mins and enjoy listing to the grass growing. Or 60 minutes if there is a queue by the charger.. or longer if some of the chargers are out of order. No thanks!
If you have a driveway you can just charge the car when your are home or at work (given that your workplace has chargers). This is only a problem when you drive more than 300 km often in one go. In this case you should take breaks anyway. If you live in the city with no driveway, then yeah, right now is not a good time to buy an electric car.
@@DoctorHeisenberg It will still be a problem.If you live in a apartment on 10th flor,how are you gonna charge your car?And if the area is urban you wont have space to place a charger for everyone.That leads to further problems,charging in the city during rush hours.The idea is nice,but the problems that needs to be solved so that ev can be used in huge quantity like ICE are massive.Not to mention the problems with power grid.If EV do archive high number of vehicles,the price of electric power will skyrocket to compensate for money that is lost for not using regular fuel.
@@MrMarkopetrov That is true and the reason why I wouldn't buy en ev right now. I have space on the street to park but there is no way for me to charge an ev in a convenient way here. I hope this will change rather quickly. Idk about the electricity price. The grid certainly needs to be adapted for this but I think at least in my country the government wouldn't just allow the electricity companies to increase the price for electricity that much. This would cause people to go on the streets.
3:46 that wobbly closing of the boot didn't look good at all...
Yeah, wtf was that, is it made of plastic?
i think there was something blocking it, it didnt seem fully closed before
That boot doesn’t look good at all...
thats because the Electrics are off, I assumed they took the battery off?, which explains the lack of instrument clusters and not even the centre console.
However, there is a red light "no seatbelt" sign at 4:26 hmmmmmm...
@@FundierteForelle thought i noticed that at the very beginning, however at 1:40, you could see they managed to get it closed (flushed). I'm guessing they didnt turn the Electrical lock to be on and removed the batteries? (EDIT: AT 1:18 instead of 1:40)
Any hidden diesel emissions? :D
anyone noticed how the tailgate wobbled when he closed it? didn't look very solid
Yes there was something odd about it.
Don't worry! It's German engineering.
Great concept, can't wait for the real thing..... and I would think the interior will be in line with the MIB system.... currently being used in VW.
laughed a bit about the no transmission tunnel part as a lot of vehicles on the road are fwd and that whole centre console is mostly empty!
No trans tunnel. Much like the honda civic from 18 years ago
In Norway is like: Drive diesel and declare bankruptcy 😂
This will be Norways most selling car. The formula is very simple: Biggest space and longest range for the least money.
Håkon Helgesen waiting for one...I’m stuck on EGolf 😂
Just what were the designers thinking the interior looks like an afterthought I hate to say it but the vw golf looks more stylish
The brand new platform looks really solid... I suspect it will be a success.
Super long wheel base, spacious interior.
Can't wait to see all of the optionals VW have available for their cars. There must even be an optional for how many physical buttons you want to have in the front panel.
This is basically Volkswagens version of the BMW i3. Even down to the gear selector lmao.
Well it's an EV and you gotta move that 'gear selector' somewhere because no need to have it where it used to be
@@shockwave1xD Why make it so big ? Its ugly and does not fit with the rest
@@nikolal.4502 well, the height is largely due to the fact that there is a battery in the bottom of the car (which btw lowers the center of gravity and potentially improves the agility of the car).
What do you mean "it doesn't fit with the rest"?
@@shockwave1xD The gear selector. It's stupid.
@@nikolal.4502 I think it's rather nice tbh. And well placed. Cool piece of design. I hope it'll feel nice, but being VW I guess they'll get that spot on.
At least show KM when talking about the range 🙄
Nonetheless: Great show!
The steering wheel with the screen on top looks like a first generation apple computer
does it have a higher seating position like an SuV?
I totally dig the minimalist design. Not sure about this particular light gray interior, a little retro IMO. Reminds me of early (beige) Macintosh computers from the 90’s.
The 1980's called.... they want the screen back!
What 1980s car had a touch screen? Ah, that's right none!
Very nice looking in white, although personally I prefer the exterior & especially the interior of the Vauxhall/Opel Corsa!
Not bad. What kills the interior for me is that seat and arm rest looks like a 80s office chair. Doesn't look comfy for long drives, which I guess will be rare.
3.48......did the boot close or did it just bounce back up?
I wondered that as well. I'm sure it hit something and didn't close properly.
The big touch screen inside of the Model 3 was a nice concept, but I really prefer to have some dials and switches on my dash board. Controlling everything over one screen often makes it more compicated than it should be.
The interior looks horrible! Why couldn’t VW do something more golf like?
Because golfs are boring and same for the last 20yrs.
Gear selecter copied 1to1 from the Bmw i3
not at all. literally.
But I don´t know if it was good to copy that. Maybe a mercedes style one is easier to use day to day bases.
It's beautiful I want it... I'll trade my camry in right now for it. Oh wait... it's not coming to the US.
Why trade your Camry?
@@jbriones4144 really? That's your question?
@@thetechguyz8645 Yeah
looks great vw i always wanted a easy bake oven for a steering wheel do i get a pop tart maker with it
It appears the first design priority was more interior space, then aero right? VW always function over form, looks like an honest 4-door hatchback Golf for a new age. 👌🏼