We drove the Volkswagen ID.3 until it DIED!

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Volkswagen’s new all-electric hatchback is here… And Mat’s taking it for a range test!
On the face of it, the ID.3 looks and sounds pretty impressive. Not only does it have a cool futuristic look, but you can get it with a 201hp electric motor, and up to 77kWh of battery capacity. That will do an impressive range of 342 miles, but it's the 260-mile-range model with a 58kWh battery that Mat's putting to the test here.
But could the stats be deceiving? Well, Mat’s putting this all-new EV to the test to see just how far he can go on a single charge! Not only that, but he’ll be sharing an all-new exclusive with you - finding out what happens when the battery’s fully depleted!
Do you think the ID.3 could be a suitable replacement for the petrol-powered Golf? It’s time to find out!
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[@peterpan6821]

When the war with the Terminators begins, I'm going to hide on the High Street, Rugby.

[@montyhundal2968]

hahaha... good one, pick me up on the way

[@reubenmathew4323]

Haha..That's a good one !

[@nicohanna4159]

Peter Pan lol good one

[@literallyjase]

Until the Teslas come around 🤣

[@haryKC]

hahahaha 👍

[@car_pal]

Mat: "Hey ID set destination to home" ID: "setting self-detonation in 3, 2...."

[@leonscorpio7462]

Hi Car Pal, I love Your Videos ❤

[@markc6714]

Perfect... It's electric rubbish so it's fitting to blow it up

[@dicklerche9557]

It's a German car. It makes sense it would blow itself up.

[@markc6714]

@@dicklerche9557 I'd have thought that was the Japanese...you know the kamikaze and ritual suicide

[@omarmandooh]

Congrats on a mil

[@diegoyuiop]

This channel is so helpful. I watch these videos to relax a bit whenever I feel overwhelmed by any kind of problem at home, work, etc... and it works

[@jandersen6802]

Same. I watch to calm myself before I go to sleep.

[@TheKid_88]

Lol same here 😃

[@Sweaty__Sheep]

It's the level of detail and confidence of production, it completely absorbs me.

[@salihkaya4739]

Max is the guy entertainment.

[@Harrylechat01]

Doing that right now!

[@joshgeurink2131]

RAC must be like "oh it's this guy stranded in an electric car again"

[@wilsjane]

Just look to the future. Serious accident or incident blocking motorway. RAC............749 dead electric cars. 😊

[@manaspradhan8041]

@@wilsjane yeah absolutely not happening, people dont run out of fuel on the motorway very often, they arent gonna run out of batteries on the motorway any more either

[@wilsjane]

@@manaspradhan8041 Until we get fast chargers that can refill a battery in about 15 minutes, people are going to plan their journeys in the morning. If you had a busy day and your motorway journey home was 60 miles and your fuel showed 65, you would undoubtedly top up, but it is not so easy with an electric vehicle. A local delivery firm is using electric vans and every evening they limp in with all the warning lights on, even after cutting their run short. An accident on the bypass leading to the depot that caused a 30 minute delay would leave 30 vehicles stranded on the bypass, particularly if it happened in darkness or extreme weather conditions. Hopefully improved batteries, along with large numbers of fast charging points will be the way of the future, but at the moment the national grid could not meet the demand, A London bus garage looked at running an electric fleet. The electricity supply would take 7 years to complete at a cost of more than 20 million pounds. To convert all London busses to electric would require more electricity than the output of a nuclear power station. Prior to the high voltage national grid, London underground had 3 power stations. Battersea, Lots road and Greenwich. These are all now decommissioned.

[@steave435]

@@wilsjane Those cars would get home with more battery than expected due to creeping along at low speed instead of high inefficient speeds. Since you start each day with a full charge, and considering how easy it is for employers to set up EV chargers in their employee parking, the situation you're describing wouldn't even come up for the vast majority of people who just commuting to work, and if it does, the Tesla supercharger network is about to open up to non-teslas too, so that combined with all the other options means it actually *is* easy to recharge. Professionally driven vehicles that need to keep running all day is a different beast, but there's no reason to get a ICE car for your own personal needs anymore, as long as you can charge at home. If you can't do that, then yeah, it could be annoying though.

[@BoatLoadsofDope]

@@steave435 It's all about "what if's" and "when's" with you EV fanatics. ICE's will not die for a damn long time. They'll have to solve the massive infrastructure problem, as well as make chargers available to everyone. Not to mention super chargers needs tons of expensive infrastructure work to be capable of supplying the tons of electricity needed for those kind of chargers. Hence why the rollout of super chargers are very slow. Most people don't want to setup camp at a local grocery for 4 hours to fully charge their vehicles if they don't have Tesla's network available, nor a place to charge at home. Most people live in apartments, most people don't have private parking, most CEO's are not gonna get chargers for their employees, maybe themselves, not their employees. I don't see electric cars succed truly before we get affordable Solid state battery driven EV's. At that point Lithium driven EV's resale value will plummet to scrap prices.

[@icecream4405]

My phone is at 2% battery while watching this, let’s see who dies firs

[@szabolcsmate5254]

No chance mate, unless you watch this at 2x and skip ahead a bit here and there.

[@kleator]

well as your comment is now a few hours ago. The audience likes to know the winner :D

[@dwakim1]

This comment is underrated!! The “firs” is clever!!

[@cookiemaster4067]

Who was the winner? I'm wondering lol

[@koenrus2765]

Damn, hé ain't even replying. Hé did it for the comment...

[@capricornus993]

Don’t tell me Yanni bought a Taycan to beat Mat in this?!

[@marksapollo]

He did indeed buy one, a Turbo S, his collection video is on his channel.

[@AaxXxeE54]

Hello guys! What think about this ?)))))))))))))))))))))))))))) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6CpZ32Kg6l8mdE

[@brandonbernard6751]

Mat: Hey ID, take me home VW: To the place I belong🎶

[@tjpassig208]

West Virginia Mountain Mama.

[@tjpassig208]

We should totally make this a thread and people continue the song. 😂

[@HiroNguy]

VW backwards is WV. 😆 "🪕West Virginia...."

[@santisizable]

😂😂😂

[@santisizable]

@@HiroNguy 😂😂😂

[@garymcmahon3981]

Any car that stops you going to Leeds is the perfect car 😀😀

[@williamrae9954]

Leeds Castle even avoided Leeds,it's near Maidstone...

[@yasirzahir9959]

Why does it say “this video is unavailable on this device”?

[@oliver533]

same Im on iOS, I've tried on my Mac and my iPhone, doest seem to work

[@garydyer3222]

Apple crapple wth

[@spomatat]

Same here, tried 3 different devices and still can't watch it!

[@will_n775]

Me too and I'm on Samsung

[@roccowu6836]

Yeah, me too

[@Tommmmmmmmmmmm]

4:00 old mate in the van didn’t seem too pleased with that move Mat

[@DanM012324]

Taste of his own medicine? The amount of van drivers that cut me off going from the outside lane to a junction..

[@Henry_Jr_Watsson]

Well, it's England. It's normal for people to flip out there.

[@jimd385]

Clout ......true, and I’m from England.

[@stubones]

@@DanM012324 Exactly. White van is the worst driver on the road.

[@boostav]

He didn't even cut him off, just a typical van driver on his period.

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

Mat: "hey ID set rout from Rouen to Berlin" ID: "NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN!"

[@DaveD1980]

I've currently got this exact car on demo from VW and can say it does now have airplay and Android auto. Voice control has been improved aswell, had a software update just before I got it. Fantastic car though better than the Hyundai Kona and Kia e-niro despite the lower range.

[@EA-tc6kb]

Oh yeah android auto was a the deal breaker for me... Zzzz

[@HA05GER]

But it's got a face that even a mother couldn't love

[@JackSucksAtLife]

Woah that was weird, you broke down & parked outside my old house. Didn’t expect that!

[@YourTypicalAverageAsianGuy]

Damn I literally saw a video by you on my recommended ages ago too 😳

[@Michael_Chater]

Illuminati?!?!? I’m thinking of something suspicious… 🤨

[@k.a.r.s4543]

JackSucksAtLife Jack!!,

[@spywalkz1]

Noice

[@davewsh8434]

Hello Jack wouldn’t think you would be here

[@carplanet777]

"Hey ID, take me to home!" "Setting destination to Rome"

[@revolution475]

🤦😂😂😂

[@DobermannJeff]

🤣

[@carlgeorgtsigakis498]

Could be worse :)

[@carplanet777]

@@carlgeorgtsigakis498 definitely!

[@randomytname8005]

To be fair, all roads lead to Rome...

[@curiousmichael]

Gosh your review videos bring me so much joy- the joy per minute ratio is great 👌🏼🥳

[@sargfowler9603]

Great review! I can always trust you to give an honest in depth review.

[@carwow]

So what do you think - does this EV have the potential to take the Golf's VW hatchback crown?! 👑 Let us know below!

[@subscribetomeoriwillstealy2568]

Do a review on the toyota iq

[@raghavannambiar325]

Nope I don't think so.

[@user-bp5bs7zj2p]

always rooting for you :)

[@thehappyman1871]

Second to reply lol

[@meenakshinambiar7611]

We Indians are always the first.... 😂😂🤣🤣

[@BobMarnySK]

I really don't understand the new "fashion" with touch sensitive buttons. It's so stupid. Just put normal buttons to cars..

[@3v3rhard]

@timemachine_194 not true, mechanical buttons can last much longer. Its just cheaper to make it like this.

[@odinnln5694]

@timemachine_194 Failed mechnical buttons are cheaper to replace than a filed touch screen and in my experience the MTBF is about the same.

[@silverliteway]

Yes I would say if the panel goes then it’ll be a module replacement whereas smaller components would be more cost effective to replace (ie only a few of them would deteriorate over time - you hope)!

[@visionist7]

If my phone screen is any example then touch sensitive panels probably glitch and malfunction a lot more than a mechanical switch. The only advantage I can think of is they're easier to clean.

[@Channel11hoodehoodehoodehoode]

@timemachine_194 honestly from this video it looked like the entire car was failing so you can safely assume that they didn't intend to make anything last longer

[@jlkartvideos9887]

Id3 58 kw is enought for me. Very good car to drive and it is not too heavy. It goes smootly with curvy roads. Good looking also. Finland's winter works well too. When it is -15 celsius range 270-290 km. When it is +20 celsius range is 350-400 km. If you drive always 100 km/h range is 20 % lower. You can buy these in used also very reasonable prize too. Fastest charging speed has been so far 128 kw when the battery was warm and about 7 %. They tell that 100 kw is max but like I said 128 kw can be possible in good conditions.

[@Neofolis]

I actually think having a single switch for the front and rear windows and toggling between the two is a good idea. I can't be the only person who has ever opened the rear windows by mistake.

[@amrazing33]

Huh. That's actually accurate. This is today's edition of "things you don't know you need"

[@TheyCallMeMannes]

for all "normal" people out there: 210 miles = 336km of range

[@0wls2k]

You spelt “abnormal” wrong

[@daviddugladze1728]

Redondo9 dammmmmmmmmn

[@feelinggrape]

Redondo9 only if one is too stupid for SI units and generally dislikes internationally agreed upon, scientifically based things.

[@DolleHengst]

@@feelinggrape Uk: traditionalist, obsolete shithole, lagging behind continental Europe since 1945

[@willtron3000]

@@DolleHengst and yet, we invented time and you're speaking english.

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Matt is one of the few car presenters that isn't cringe.

[@strategy]

yeah throwing the boot parcel shelf in the bushes wasn't cringe at all /s

[@TheIceMurder2]

I love Matt but this is the biggest lie I've heard in a while. He can be a bit cringe sometimes.

[@scimatarpictures]

Whenever he goes stupidly high-pitched it’s cringe

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

Perhaps people can get over themselves and not obsess over whether something is cringe or not.

[@skewizzyace]

I came across this channel sometime last year and its been awesome cos i have really learnt a lot as i am a car lover as well, one thing that i look fwd to the most is what type of content is Mat going to drop this time. but all in all, i think i like all the electric car drive range clips the most and of course the drag races.

[@andrei281193]

I love the ID.3 so much. I got to drive one recently and I was blown away. I wish the arm rests were a bit better.

[@acefighterpilot]

VW engineer: forgets to put texture on steering wheel in CAD VW marketing: BRILLIANT COLOR CHOICE

[@sadmanh0]

@ReaIly can't you put textures in AutoCAD?

[@RBhogal]

@ReaIly true, usually on the engineering drawing release

[@wyw201]

@@sadmanh0 Any reason to render textures that early on in the design phase? Have never seen that before.

[@broadsboater8946]

Engineers take joke literally, look around find themselves alone.

[@acefighterpilot]

@@broadsboater8946 The joke was really just about how remarkably similar the white finish is to the blank texture used in many CAD programs, it looks unnatural. There's an engineer I work with that really enjoys putting fancy textures on design pitches, but obviously VW doesn't color the car by what some marketing person think the CAD looks like.

[@Gabriel-vg1db]

Idk why but I read the title as: I drove the Volkswagen ID.3 until I died.

[@2nolhta]

And this vid is all black :(

[@tamasboros896]

I really enjoy this type of reviews. Thank you!

[@Vusevio]

The advert for this car in the UK made the car look really cool and innovative, shows what Marketing can dob because this video just exposes all it's glitchy flaws.

[@Specter_816]

I paused the video and charged my phone so the car can keep going

[@madmo3377]

😆😂

[@hakan1915]

ha ha ha I laugh further tomorrow

[@Isaackariuki775]

XD that's an original one.

[@kshitijanand8236]

Yianni taking this Volks for Drag race: ID Assitant: "All I heard was a beep, something must have been censored".

[@enyaq_gorm]

If you swear at the model 3 (which its voice commands cause me to do a lot) it turns the heating up. Try saying "stupid f***ing car" to a model 3. 🤣

[@doggylover1958]

It’s not dead, it’s resting. Beautiful plumage.

[@AWMJoeyjoejoe]

It's pining.

[@mortimer_22]

20:18 That's the room for a safety vest. Golf has that too. Quite practical actually.

[@aswinb6941]

'Hey Google' was so powerful that my phone's Google assistant came up.

[@willwalkermedia]

It set my google nest speaker off and I shit myself 😂

[@aston7805]

willwalkermedia same lmao

[@devonseidner6298]

It activated my Google Nest 🤣

[@twoah927]

I was in bed phone on half volume and it turned on my hub on my desk 10 feet away... started getting directions to the place lol.

[@tobiasd-k2741]

same here haha

[@TheRacingChannel97]

This should be interesting... Also try to consider Kilometres metrics system for Everyone else who doesn't use miles an hour in their part of the world

[@shelg6082]

Uk based channel... So we're gonna use our own measuring

[@spezi_korn2019]

Even NASA is calculating in metric system, it is just superior... i want to see the watchers origins in percentages

[@giovannidonega9391]

Fog in the Channel, continent cut off.

[@alex__3897]

@@shelg6082 it's not hard to ad metric. The rest of the world and all of science uses metric so don't act like it's too difficult

[@Dirty_Jester]

"Does it just leave you stranded." What does a petrol car do when you run out of petrol? call you a cab and treat you to ice cream?

[@ypaut]

Well this isn't a petrol car, the question is relevant

[@rock3tcatU233]

The only thing you need with a petrol car to keep moving again is a jerrycan.

[@Dirty_Jester]

@@rock3tcatU233 Dunning Kruger. A same size same weight extra battery will keep you moving for quite some time.... (that I even needed to say that......)

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

I never understand this obsession with running electric cars until the charge runs out. They don't run petrol and diesel cars till they run out of fuel. A petrol car goes down till the warning light comes on and you go and fill it up. I'd run an EV to 10% minimum before looking for a charger.

[@saniwada]

@@Nickbaldeagle02 there's no shortage of petrol stations but often not the same can be said for electrics.

[@KahnuevsKrake]

The ID3 definitely has potential. As far as i can work out, the buggy technology is a classic example of how new technology is often full of bugs that are often fixed in later models, which is something I can live with. But what I don't like is high tech for the sake of high tech and touch sensitive buttons that don't work half the time. In my humble opinion, steering wheel controls need tangible buttons that work 100% of the time. It might be old fashioned and "clunky" but at least they're reliable. Fannying around with touch sensitive buttons and unreliable technology can be about as dangerous and distracting as using your mobile phone at the wheel.

[@kovacsfilip4513]

Anything from VW is rubish for me,so no thanks,i've experimented on a lot of their cars

[@enyplayz1514]

@@kovacsfilip4513 I hate volkswagen mostly because it has so much fucking plastic and also because their infotainment system is yuck. the interior looks pretty shit to me in my opinion.

[@michalsvihla1403]

Well, my guess is that they aren't very nice to their software developers and give them really tight deadlines just to make something that can demo and then release the unfinished product hoping to fix the bugs with later software updates.

[@TheKorusuk]

210 miles on mostly motorway driving (where electric cars aren't as efficient) is pretty good In my opinion. What's more concerning is all the glitches you experienced...

[@xxtimo_titanxx7189]

Electric cars aren't even green 68% of america uses fossil fuels to creat energy and electric cars take more carbon to make, 1% of fossil fuel went down in 8 years so we aren't going green in a while

[@xxtimo_titanxx7189]

I have a vw passat tdi and get 45 mpg on the highway, i get 664 miles on full tank so hecka trash

[@gregorya72]

Xx for me starting each morning with 1/3 of a tank of fuel would be great. I almost never drive over 200 miles. But if I did I’d need a fast charger (or use our other car, in the interim). Electric cars aren’t zero impact, just a big improvement on petrol or diesel.

[@nothere572]

Pretty sure it's because he pulled apart the front assist camera in the beginning of the video

[@TheKorusuk]

XxTimo _TitanxX that’s America’s problem. A lot of the world is ahead of you lot 👍

[@Samoa21]

"Hey ID, take me to McDonalds" "Here's some infomation on Trevor McDonald"

[@visionist7]

Lmao!

[@swecreations]

The hazards not being a physical button is so unsatisfying it almost makes me not want to buy this car

[@danniecassidy5128]

I agree 100%. I have test driven this car. I liked most things about it apart from the non tactile buttons for most features. A real let down.

[@snaplash]

These "buttons" also preclude operating them by feel. If I try to activate the 4th from the left by sliding my finger across the first three, I end up triggering all of them. I prefer nice clicky tactile buttons. And, the clumsy front/rear window mode switch? To save the costvof one switch? NO!

[@joshgeurink2131]

This whole cars interior is just unpractical

[@Oldheadontheblock]

Being physical is overrated. We need to evolve.

[@swecreations]

@@Oldheadontheblock wrong

[@mimortal]

In iD's defence, Mat should've re-phrased that Rugby destination instruction.

[@fireoil]

The interior looks like a modern dentist cabinet

[@emjayay]

I don't see a whitish leather covered steering wheel being a great idea, besides visual distraction and possible reflections.

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

It will all be a shade of grey-brown within 5 years

[@stefanweilhartner4415]

from star wars.

[@alhemmings8554]

@@BlatentlyFakeName Haha as if VW wants you to keep it that long. Many will opt for the 3 year PCP lease with a buyback scheme so when it starts disintegrating you have already upgraded to a more expensive model!

[@hiiiofficial8306]

@@stefanweilhartner4415 I like the new ID3 interior

[@MrWaheedulHaque]

You know matt is powerful when a bloke at vw isnt happy with his test but he has to give him the car haha

[@anemeth9281]

That was part of his performance! 🤣

[@countryside_guy]

Powerful 😂

[@RB_750GS]

Probably annoyed that he’s doing a drive solely on a motorway, probably the worst thing to do with an electric car.

[@Rudas2007]

This guy is really helpful. Funny but not too silly. Right amount of detail in the review. Please throw more parcel shelves into bushes!

[@kurriedone741]

Excellent review! Something I would do to test the range.

[@cemerson]

They keep putting in dangerous touch screens with the excuse that "Oh, voice assist is available so you don't need to use it"... yeah, that works well then...

[@C.I...]

In addition, the shitty voice control in no way excuses their causing existing car functionality to become dangerous to use! I feel like a lot of people are unaware of how much they will endanger other road users in adapting to use controls that one has to look at to adjust. For instance, in a car with physical heater controls, one can adjust the heat, direction and intensity of air into the cabin and lose 0 awareness of the road ahead - it's muscle memory and does not require looking at the controls. Doing the same on a touch screen is another story: Let's assume that each button press on the touch screen takes 1 second (including both looking and pressing). Adjusting the same 3 controls in this way at 60mph will mean a combined 78 meters of nearly blind driving. For context, this is farther than the total distance (reaction + braking) required to stop at this speed (highway code). And that's generously assuming that none of these are behind a secondary menu, or are in different ones, and that you're only pressing each control once! It honestly blows my mind that it is still legal to operate a touch screen while driving.

[@somersetsqueeky4748]

I have them in my A6 and they are fine. You get used to them as you do manual controls. When I switch back I get the problem the other way now

[@cemerson]

You might well 'get used to them' but they still take your attention away from the road when you use them, because there's no tactile feedback, no idea about where on the screen your finger is without looking, and you have to look at the screen to find out.

[@somersetsqueeky4748]

@@cemerson I have haptic feedback so its like pushing a switch. I don't have to look down anymore to adjust radio and heater but agree if you go down through the menus it can be distracting

[@cemerson]

@@somersetsqueeky4748 Haptic feedback tells you when you've successfully pressed something, it doesn't help you find where on the screen to press in the first place

[@nothere572]

Matt: disassembles front assist camera Also Matt: why isn't front assist working?

[@simonh8894]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jegrygerfede]

Lmao

[@POTThaesslich]

I just realised that the light switch being in this awkward/wrong position is another cost saving measure. They literally take the same instrument cluster for LHD and RHD and just move it to the other side 🤦‍♂️

[@JasonReaMagic]

Great review!! Lots of great, honest information and a car I really like 👍

[@LiquorHunter]

Hey mat., Get yianni's new taycan and drive it till it dies 😂😂😂😂😂😂... It would be insane seeing both of you in his car 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RohitKumar-df3op]

💯😂😂

[@AlvinLenin]

yeh and give it back to him with 1% battery 😂

[@omarmandooh]

Lawyer: you crashed a BMW M3 and you're fined... Matt: In fact, you can watch my full in depth review of the BMW M3 from the pop out banner up there!!

[@chrisquirk2450]

That steering wheel reminds me of an airfix kit piece that someone forgot to paint 🤣🤣

[@shahnur1159]

All reviews needs to be like this. Makes a real difference before buying. Good job!! 100% shortlist.

[@ulf6drega]

I'm gonna test this plane by flying it until it runs out of fuel...

[@m.v.k4681]

Then hope it becomes a glider.

[@zigzag7194]

I await your reply. If i do not hear back from you I will consider 2 things one your being ignorant 😂two your in one of these ⚰ 👀 😂😇

[@m.v.k4681]

Nothing to add & I’m not ignorant or the other one, it seems there is something you have not considered.

[@zigzag7194]

@@m.v.k4681 the comment was not for you. And it's a very light hearted joke. You know hehe haha

[@brianhardy847]

I know it’s a joke but I’m a tech nerd so The plane would glide safely for miles open huge amounts of miles and could land just as good as with the jets on this has been tested many times before

[@KamisKapi]

imagine someone having incident because having argument with voice command

[@SlavaUkraini85]

the ambience light themes part killed me 😂😂

[@Mimbultonia]

This is the most meaningful test out there! One important thing missing...How much of the journey was on the motorway and at what speed?

[@mattfreestone2818]

The parcel shelf throw at 18:45 was hilarious, that thing went miles! Almost into another video 😏

[@pathorn9184]

Yeet

[@MrPatriickzz]

Why'd he do that tho.

[@B4R0N.]

If Ferdinand Piëch had seen this build quality: "So you have chosen... death"

[@visionist7]

Oof

[@hiiiofficial8306]

Volkswagen is still a high-quality brand

[@AndorRadnai]

Dude! You bloody killed them!! Doesn’t make it false however.

[@cyborggaming4392]

Vw: Hey bmw can we just borrow the bmw i3 design and interior Bmw: sure, just don’t make it look obvious Vw: Of course we will. We will put the letter D in between i3

[@purpleldv966]

The interior of the i3 is really bad! The back seets are like those in a city buss (no kidding!) and everything is nasty plastic!

[@Mike-kr5dn]

@@purpleldv966 No wonder, it is all recycled. Green minded. What did you expect?

[@dawidszyszko]

You are just fun to watch. Every time I want to watch a car review I go for carwow.

[@tarassu]

5-seater is not available with bigger battery due to WEIGHT limitation.

[@Luca148S]

These early cars dont have finished software. That's why they are buggy. VW offered the buyers to wait for the software or pick it up now in this state and a little cheaper

[@zenithquasar9623]

I love the way it looks. I kind of want one!

[@Crazy_Worlds]

Nice car, great exterior design, technically accomplished, good range and practical as a golf should be, but the interior quality is shocking for a £25,000 - £40,000 VAG car.

[@julianweiser9985]

They should have just taken the stock golf parts. All the new injection moulds cost a lot... and you pay those with the car.

[@mathaesmi7531]

Right!!

[@thomasespas3990]

@@julianweiser9985 exactly. The golf looks better, but the range is not keeping up with the new releases

[@Guvb235]

“Do you mind just holding your hand there, Lewis?” 😉😉😉😉😉😉 Also, no rear air vents!?

[@mrguest3749]

yeah kinda ridiculous for the price

[@mattmugen]

The steering wheel is going to stain in a short period of time.

[@johnhoward6461]

Then buy a black s/w. Simples

[@kimmurphy824]

Get a black one

[@videodrom1]

Interior in all EVs are horrible cheap looking.

[@DavGreg]

@@videodrom1 Exactly. They think the car has to look like a fucking gargoyle and that the insides have to look like some bad Sci-Fi movie.

[@CakraDiaz]

4:53 exactly tfw google assistant responded while I haven't finished saying yet

[@francisndikumwami5231]

Considering all the glitches, that self-parking demonstration was a death-defying stunt!

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

"hey ID set destination to work" "need to buy wok"

[@stephenguess1810]

This full touch/touchscreen trend needs end! Not everyone has the hands of a brain surgeon while they drive

[@raphi25895]

its very easy to use while driving after a few days you get used to it

[@rams_r_champs]

Doesn’t take one, just a person with proper motor function

[@C.I...]

@@rams_r_champs That someone has to be willing to unnecessarily endanger other road users if they want to change the climate controls or radio station etc. Buttons don't require you to look, a stupid screen/touch panel does..

[@Jesuscger]

Citroen e-C4 has analog and digital controls.

[@boboutelama5748]

Or they should, at least, make a tablet board that isn't completely flat so that you have guides without needing to look. Or better, they should use the type of knobs you fin on some Imacs keyboards, where the purpose of the button and what's written on it change depending of how you use it. With such a system, you could control all parameters of the car with 8 to 9 buttons.

[@xanty_3513]

Thank you for the funny and honest review!

[@HK02316]

That center screen looks like my grandma's nanny pad.

[@Rockport1911]

4:00 Some reason?: Everybody knows that the first ID.3´s wont have their full potential because VW couldnt figure out their software in time. They needed to deliver the cars now so customers can grab tax benefits in alot of states so thats how they are sending them. Hopefully all of these cars will get an important update soon...

[@Olliebobalong]

VW admitted they rushed this car to market for those reasons and EU fleet emission for this calendar year, so build quality issues should be sorted by then.

[@34EMN]

Matt: *proceeds to disassemble mirror camera with GoPro* Also Matt: *wonders why isn't the lane assist working anymore* *suprised pikachu face*

[@karstenpedersen7749]

Well, that's just the cover in a normal car, the camera's are stuck on the windshield

[@FM60260]

Driver: Hey ID, set destination to Ramsbottom. ID: Sorry, that is illegal.

[@khalidtkrebs7610]

Love how he said “hey google” and my google home heard him n shit

[@samanson2001]

Literally the exact same thing just happened to me 😂

[@TAHA-nc4cm]

Wierd flex of both of you...but OK.

[@joshblack269]

@@TAHA-nc4cm ...they're like $20 lol

[@chriscoulthard4947]

That's why they dropped the volume.

[@albertpardo7444]

Me too. Hilarious

[@scottishfanta]

Not sure if I’m the only one that thinks this but Volkswagen seems to be taking a quantity of quality approach with their cars recently, the new golf for example is definitely not as well built as the mk7.5 Edit: literally wrote that before Matt talked about the build quality, glad I’m not the only one!

[@toms.3330]

If been working for vw in the research and development and I fully agree to ur thought. I am currently driving the new golf 8 and it’s pissing me off.

[@dragospahontu]

@@toms.3330 I'm pretty sure this was pre-production!

[@patrickdaly5988]

Sat into the mk8, when I was dropping off our Sharan for service. Seriously not impressed. In fact, most of the newer range felt really budget inside now. While I like the look off this and the ID4, the cost cutting has put me completely off. Odd that the Skoda Enqaq doesn't seem to have suffered (actual buttons, dials etc!!) as much.

[@scottishfanta]

Patrick Daly At least folk that own the MK7.5 won’t feel like they need to upgrade 😂 shame these newer generation of cars are just plagued with stupid electrics!

[@TheMadmax0609]

@Steve Bourbon clearly you didn't watch the video...

[@Dralonet]

I think the window switch is brilliant, I often lower the rear window by misstake.

[@DenisShapkin]

Hey Mat! Awesome review as always! Just one note, when you say "hey google" there is ~30% chance one of those will get activated and annoy it's owner ;)

[@zumezoom9593]

bro, seriously, it looks really good. I'm only disappointed that it doesn't exist in canada

[@erichdurst7479]

You get the ID 4 in north america. Besides the looks its pretty much the same car.

[@zumezoom9593]

@@erichdurst7479 hmmm... ive not yet seen it in North America. maybe nobody likes the ID4

[@nicolaemirisan]

3:49 when he Said hi google all of the devices in my room gone crazy

[@rufysufy]

seems like this car was designed by a software engineer whose never driven a car. Screw touch sensitive buttons! Bring back real buttons

[@dmn1000000]

Who's

[@aquaphoenixx]

It is done as a "clever" way to reduce costs. It is much worse and more dangerous in my opinion

[@rosewhite---]

light interior looks lovely!

[@donfatale]

I'm a volunteer driver of an ID3 for 100 mile round-trips to hospital. The control/display is so complicated that most volunteers can't even figure out the radio or heating system. I don't like having everything on touchscreens but I guess we have to get used to it. Feels good to get back in my trusty Merc C220d after the journey!

[@user-propositionjoe]

That interior is so cheap and nasty for a 30k car. What the actual......

[@v795619]

It's actually £38,800 before incentives so yeah, everyone expects better.

[@loosabway3400]

All VWs look cheap inside nowadays, but this sets a new low point

[@CrazyWeeMonkey]

EV drivetrains are very expensive, which means that less can be spent on the interior

[@TristanSilverwood]

@@CrazyWeeMonkey batteries are now cheaper than engines so there is no excuse for this bullshit anymore, "save the planet but pay up to 10k more than the equivalent ice car"

[@loosabway3400]

@@TristanSilverwood Doesn't even save the planet. That's bullshit too.

[@mrk2938]

alternative title: "I drove the Volkswagen ID.3 until I DIED!"

[@o00scorpion00o]

This car is evolving fast, already there is a 5 seater 77 Kwh available and that's the one I ordered, I can't wait to try the Travel assist, if it's as good as I've seen in other videos I will be very happy, it will greatly ease the strain of all the Motorway Commuting I do. One of the great things about the id range of cars is it's ability to receive updated OTA, not sure if that's ready right now but it will be for those that don't already have it and things like infotainment, sat nav, adaptive cruise control and travel assist, and more will receive updates. Already since this video was posted many issues have been fixed.

[@JankoAcimovic]

I love that honesty about voice command xD

[@AmperaService]

I was wondering who's the idiot in that blue SUV with his tailgate open but then I realised that it's filming crew 🤣🤣

[@videodrom1]

Daniel Canea Jeep wrangler rubicon is anything but an SUV 😂

[@s28ero]

Come on VW admit it. Its not really finished yet is it.

[@marcoferrao]

They might have copied Tesla who upgrades their cars on the go. Not quite the same thou.

[@DavGreg]

Cannot believe they are shipping cars in this level of dysfunction.

[@nikolais.70]

@@DavGreg VW calls it "ID. First Movers Club". If you decide to buy a ID3 First Editon you're basically beta testing.

[@cundycross]

Typical VW, consumer guinea pig test. Face it, VW have over the past 15 years progressively deteriorated, especially electrical systems. I dread to think how unreliable this will be in a few years. Brittle poor quality wiring and water ingress into looms will render many of these useless.

[@stefanweilhartner4415]

@@nikolais.70 from what i heard is, that this beta software is part of the buying contract of the 1st movers club. no hidden fault. no cheating. just the guy here who did not buy it, does not explain it.

[@m75s87]

Bought one of these 2 months ago. Picked it up and it had a range of 240m at 100%. Now I’m lucky if I get 160m at 100%. Had the sales girl told me that I wouldn’t have bothered.

[@alexeyshupta3583]

3:52 - My google home has now set a route for Rugby

[@tomsixsix]

7:00 looks like some people are excited to see Matt on the road...

[@alexjenkins9430]

Anyone else see the van driver not being happy when Matt pulled into his lane at 4:00 🤣

[@HenrikFromDenmark]

There seems to be several complaints in Denmark regarding this car model, and according to several car owners they have had the car in the repairshop for several weeks without getting the problems fixed, Several car owner mailed customers service of Wolkswagon and waited for months to get a reply (even mailing them several tines). Several owners payed +55.000 -> 60.000 euros for the car. I might be old fashion but where is the good old German high quality standard and processes in this place? has it been outsourced? who is the responsible for the quality assurance at Wolkswagon?

[@Ashen4g]

Thanks Matt, my Sony smart TV sent high street Rugby directions to my phone lol

[@TheRealDealMrE]

At 3:57 did you cut that van off? He didn’t seem very happy pulling his finger

[@kianosborne7053]

Lol he did 😂

[@yeshwantdasari2075]

nah he was just waving nicely to the camera XD

[@joaorodrigues_coaching]

How is that a cut? He didn’t even have to slow down🤣

[@Florens405]

Typical van driver😂

[@fluidefluide1128]

" Hey ID how much are you ? " " Taking you to the cleaners... "

[@peterburt2905]

1:52 "Instantly, into some road works!" hahaha. The slogan for Auckland where I live used to be "Auckland: city of sails" It has recently been suggested that it be changed to "Auckalnd: city of cones". And, no, it's not referring to the type you smoke. Although that's probably a contender too :-D

[@darilmaqeen3354]

Why does it say this video is unavailable on this device

[@DougNoOnions]

Same here

[@selbadawy22]

+1

[@patriotaitaliano6714]

Me too, what device do you got?

[@johngunner5879]

@@patriotaitaliano6714 I'm using hp laptop and it says this

[@bugsygoo]

Same. On iPad.