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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.
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[@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

[@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 👍

[@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

[@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!

[@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..

[@Samosayummyyay]

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.

[@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]

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[@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.

[@JackSucksAtLife]

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

[@W4NKER]

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...

[@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

[@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 😂😂😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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 👍

[@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

[@Samoa21]

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

[@visionist7]

Lmao!

[@garymcmahon3981]

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

[@williamrae9954]

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

[@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. 🤣

[@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

[@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

[@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"

[@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

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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.

[@KamisKapi]

imagine someone having incident because having argument with voice command

[@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.

[@신호철-p1b]

always rooting for you :)

[@thehappyman1871]

Second to reply lol

[@meenakshinambiar7611]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@tarassu]

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

[@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.

[@joshgeurink2131]

This whole cars interior is just unpractical

[@Oldheadontheblock]

Being physical is overrated. We need to evolve.

[@swecreations]

@@Oldheadontheblock wrong

[@Mike-kr5dn]

@@snaplash Tesla Model S 2020 has the hazard button.

[@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 😂

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@ginelgeorge6220]

At least, the VW doesn't need to falsify the carbon emissions system, anymore 😂😂😂

[@lloydziff5054]

was thinking the same thing 👍👍😆😆

[@johnwick5430]

True true lol

[@warren6815]

I wonder how much cheaper the car could be if they didn't pay to offset the carbon required to produce it to claim it's a carbon neutral car though?

[@LivingLifeSlower]

Never again attempt humour.

[@LivingLifeSlower]

@@warren6815 Or if the BoE didnt devalue GBP. 😉🙄

[@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?

[@jmindl]

Why this saying "This video is unavailable on this device" Why there is any limitation?

[@RobG001]

same here

[@veyseldeniz4861]

same here

[@nickolliver3021]

same here

[@donkgz]

same here on PC

[@harveysankey7506]

same here on IOS

[@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]

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

[@kindo009]

There should be a manual charging component in the car like we can peddle like a bicycle to charge it for a mile or two.

[@electrified0]

Hmm...3.8 m/ killowat hour and cycling generates about 100 wats, so pedaling for 1 hour would give you 0.38 extra miles.

[@TheCzechmate007]

VAG is actually already working on that. But you will not be charging the battery, you will directly propel the car by peddling... It will be called ECO-FREEq mode and it will allow you to move around parking lots and travel shorter distances without using the electricity... All 4 passengers will have the pedals and to get to a 10km/h speed, you need at least 3 passengers peddling, or two really strong ones... There will also be a mode called LUDI-Cross, where you can combine the e-motor and peddling, giving it an extra boost when drag racing or overtaking more agile cars...

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

Thats it, why should your passengers do nothing on a long drive? They should be peddling to add mileage.

[@kindo009]

@@user-jt1jv8vl9r that's right 😂

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Pedal

[@shahnur1159]

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

[@Dralonet]

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

[@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😂

[@Guvb235]

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

[@mrguest3749]

yeah kinda ridiculous for the price

[@mimortal]

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

[@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.

[@klauspoppe7251]

I prefer manual controls over voice commands: they are useless.

[@AntonyJohn71]

Car companies are not software savvy. They should get the Alexa or Google Assistant off from the respective companies. Do what you do well and integrate other stuff from the right experts

[@arielsaeth]

This car is not compatible with Brumie! Home counties only model.Dear Boy

[@stefanweilhartner4415]

well, the car voice is a lady. telling her what you want does not work. you have to tell her how you feel first. haven't you read the first 10.000 pages of the manual before?

[@Fanaz10]

@@stefanweilhartner4415 accurate 😁

[@alhemmings8554]

Sat Nav's were pretty useless 20 years ago as well. The tech will catch up pretty soon.

[@sargfowler9603]

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

[@sergiosantos9418]

Don't understand how a car with so many software errors should be "shortlisted" as a choice for a new buyer 🤨

[@3v3rhard]

Agreed, it feels like an unfinished product. Which is was fine for a new company like tesla. VW should do better.

[@projectill]

Feels like the ID.3 should have spent an extra year on design board and extra year polishing the software and interior.

[@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

[@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.

[@Ashen4g]

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

[@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?

[@Tonseren]

“this video is unavailable on this device. “ ... on both phone and tablet.

[@markplenty2631]

Me too.. 😭

[@valitocardoso4643]

Same

[@Jakobkasto]

Same

[@vid3243]

On chrome too. WTF??

[@immerhundertprozent1223]

Shame Volkswagen

[@nicolaemirisan]

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

[@FM60260]

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

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Boating OR VET

[@DolleHengst]

Could be worse: dogging or MOT

[@FIGHTTHECABLE]

I would like to go boating please. Does it swim?

[@lituanovero]

why not both?

[@buddy1155]

The problem is not the light switch, the problem is that the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car.

[@seanh5648]

Yawn

[@marinerchris]

Found another idiot

[@cheeseman5435]

Matt : Hey ID, turn the AC up to 70 degrees ID : Tire temperature 700 degrees turning to Scotland

[@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.

[@Soda88]

> cut power window switches > implement animated eyes headlights

[@vanhakaveri]

The lights just do somekind of check/calibration

[@tomsixsix]

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

[@Timefendiphotography]

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

[@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

[@rogerbarrett9920]

The front looks particularly good, I absolutely hate all the massive grills on cars now. Audi, BMW and Lexus are the worst, totally gross. In 10 years time people will look back on them and they will think they are so Naff!

[@thepurdychannel8866]

Modern bmw and lexus have awful grilles

[@ramit_3834]

Lol no.

[@thepurdychannel8866]

@@ramit_3834 they do they look awful the older designs were much better

[@ramit_3834]

@@thepurdychannel8866 looks are subjective though.

[@thepurdychannel8866]

@@ramit_3834 yes but i dont see why they have to oversize the grilles sure you need big grilles on pickups and large trucks but cars. No

[@ismazonda2619]

Buy a polo for 5k and then you have fuel for 250 years...

[@henryriley6333]

... missing the point, twat

[@Ante_Knezevic]

@@henryriley6333 No, he's right.

[@edstratton]

...yeah, and then you'll have a boring Polo for 250 years instead of a lovely new ID.3.... I just put a deposit on an ID.3 (I'm picking it up this Friday) and I'm having to sell my über-luxurious VW Phaeton (which does 31 mpg) to help pay for it... Yep, I could have just kept fuelling the Phaeton for decades instead!! But life's too short to keep doing the same things forever then die....

[@Ante_Knezevic]

@@edstratton I think the 2010 Polo is absolutely gorgeous and the best VW value for money. But this ID is right next to it for me. It's one of the best looking electric cars. And i'm really hard on looks. But this is really pretty.

[@edstratton]

@@Ante_Knezevic Agreed! The ID.3 is a great looking car. Even better when you see it in the flesh. I fell in love with it when I went to the VW dealer. He did say "Buy a Polo *for £5k* and then you have fuel for 250 years" - so I was talking about an old Polo worth only £5k, not the latest one which I agree looks great and is really great value.

[@KasperiVonSchrowe]

Driving EV dry is a very good test. EVs apparently behave differently after 0%, and it's very good for owner to know how. Thanks for this.

[@331SVTCobra]

Driving an EV dry stresses the batteries. You know this, right?

[@KasperiVonSchrowe]

@@331SVTCobra yes I know. But it can happen that you just don't reach the charger before the battery is 0%. Then, if you know that you have only 2 km left, you can decide wether you stop the car in safe location on the highway or continue to crawl that 2 km. If you know how your car behaves with "0%" battery. Always better if some other car does that test so you don't have to.

[@HK02316]

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

[@silverliteway]

Style is good Id say - but the stickers look like a bad afterthought bought off ebay that a 17year old might put on their first car!

[@soup97]

18:47 FINALLY I FELT LIKE I WAS WATCHING CARWOW AFTER A LONG TIME THE PARCEL SHELF CHUCK WAS SEEN ON THE CHANNEL

[@_rlb]

STOP SCREAMING :)

[@soup97]

@@_rlb who da fuq is screaming man

[@soup97]

Don't take it seriously:)))

[@M135iboost]

To be fair, the system probably doesn’t recognise brummie.

[@MrGtubedude]

brummie??

[@M135iboost]

@@MrGtubedude slang term for someone who is from Birmingham in the midlands, it relates to their strong accent.

[@MrGtubedude]

@@M135iboost Ohh, thank you, I'm american so I was not familiar with the term.

[@DavGreg]

That is a thick accent. Jesus.

[@HNedel]

Matt has on occasion unleashed his true accent, no chance any car would understand him! His normal talk is not that different from a normal British accent to my ears.

[@curiousmichael]

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

[@User.Joshua]

“This video is unavailable on this device”. I haven’t seen that before while watching your episodes. I’m using an iPhone X, but I assume they’re probably referring to the region (US) 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@TheSagarIIT]

+1 I'm getting it on my phone as well as my computer. I sit in The Netherlands

[@andreaskassat1656]

@@TheSagarIIT Same in Germany

[@levi_H_6]

Im also in the Netherlands can’t watch it ether

[@trufajikal]

Same in UK. Tried android, apple, TV and laptop. No luck

[@alexvaplon2127]

He just made the video private or deleted

[@luk-argen7144]

Thanks for setting of my Google Home Matt! 😂😂 Google replied "I don't currently offer navigation but please ask me from your mobile device" scared the shit out of me as volume was on 10 after last Saturday night 😂

[@louismorgan2679]

14:49 "a bit like old knicker elastic" Now that's a quote 😂

[@ryankumar8331]

LMAO the dude behind you at 3:58 🤣🤣 he damn flipped you off matt 🤪

[@sadsismint]

i noticed this too! XD

[@earthstick]

Putting the instruments on the steering column instead of a binnacle in the dash is a good idea cost wise. They don't need to make two dashes for left and right hand drive or alternatively put removable panels on each side of the dash. Good idea as long as the screen does not get washed out in sunlight.

[@AgentSmith911]

Looks like an unfinished beta product...

[@francisndikumwami5231]

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

[@mrnicktoyou]

That's twice now that Mat is talking about this car as though it's a BMW. Did you forget what car you're in Mat?

[@BadDriversOfTheIllawarra]

Why can't EV's just have normal buttons & dials... why must they do all this niche touche sensitive/ cram everything into the infotainment screen nonsense.

[@carholic-sz3qv]

Its more controlable with computers and updates

[@killerkhan]

So the manufacturers have an excuse to charge more for each set of batteries and motors. They are just trying to maximise profits on their resources. Not good for consumers

[@milesyoung3627]

Best bit was watching a diesel Ford Transit charging a ‘carbon neutral’ car!

[@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

[@unboxivity]

I'm at the class and watching mat 😂

[@lukaskauffmann1684]

Cool

[@Richard-yw9ew]

thats kinda sad

[@Specter_816]

I just finished school 50 minutes ago

[@otherfind]

You should study.. else you will be a driver not a owner.

[@ashvirsingh9079]

Same

[@Thetechchap]

Great video

[@brian_jake]

Hi Tom!

[@AaxXxeE54]

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

[@bharatvarma8992]

The Tech Chap didn’t expect to see u here

[@babyyoda7311]

i don't get what tech channels have to do with electric cars

[@5amH45lam]

I'll take your word for 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.

[@johngoogleuser3764]

So your "hey google" triggered my phone: "OK, playing cat videos on youtube" XD

[@Aggaremtes]

Have you not set it to recognise your voice only?

[@alstjr]

Oh wow Matt, I respect you for mentioning VW's quality issue due to dieselgate fines at 11:28

[@Bundesligahoffefan]

That’s bullshit tho, check out vws’ ebit, they’ve been making money like crazy for the past five years. And in 2015, despite being far lower than usual, their profits were only so low because they made tons of reserves.

[@DavGreg]

They were cheapening the quality of components before that. The fucking bean counters...

[@Bundesligahoffefan]

@@DavGreg dunno man, not an expert on this, but whenever I use a Volkswagen carsharing car the quality and refinement is just top notch. I have to add tho that I usually drive fords, seats, and Toyotas, so my referencing standards are not the highest.

[@Kysen10]

Weird seeing a car review in my home town for once.

[@casperdog777]

The looks: vanilla , nothing offensive nothing wow factor either: middle of the road for a modern electric car.

[@imrantahir1678]

It is a Volkswagen so that could be why it looks 'vanilla'

[@jolanderz]

"This video is unavailable on this device". What.

[@theklm5284]

I have the same issue

[@TomSunderland]

Same

[@spomatat]

Same!!!

[@ghostdiv7sion194]

same

[@nickolliver3021]

same

[@stocklee]

The cost cutting on this car is HURENDOUS!