More reviews by Doug please. He’s personable but clear & not here to piss about and push his own ego. 😀👍

Fan boys do my head in.... I have a Telsa and love it (it's the best car I have ever owned) but I would be just as happy to drive one of these, well done VW, I think they have done a great job with this, the more electric cars on the road the better!!! ... and the more companies investing in this clean tech, the faster it will be adopted too!! I cant wait for a future when you can walk through a busy city and breath clean, fresh air

Honest and accurate reviews by Doug. Too many of these car reviewers are annoying and the vid gets closed after 30 seconds, but not this guy.

Wow, this reviewer is great! Straight to the facts and highlighting all the strengths/weaknesses of the car. I've learned in 10mins all I needed to know about the car. Thanks!

Love this guy reviewing cars. So natural, so relaxed and in a world seemingly dominated by Matt Watson, who I also enjoy watching, this chap is a breath of fresh air. Please Top Gear, this guy and Rory!

id3 is on our top list of cars we want to buy next year. Good review

Just ordered a white id.3 with mid range battery,cant wait for delivery day. Test drove one a couple of days ago and was very pleased with the id.3.

Even though the ID3 came first, I think the ID4 will go down in history as the more important one because I predict considerably stronger sales in this SUV-hungry world we live in. Especially when you consider it's sold worldwide (unlike the ID3) and has a better quality interior

When they update the software it will be a good buy. I'm a bit surprised it isn't good though. Leaves plenty of room for another car maker to blow it away. Good review Doug.

I have just ordered my ID.3. Excellent test drive, can’t wait for delivery end of June.

I’d like to know more about how it handles on motorways and in particular comparing driving assists like adaptive cruise and lane keeping vs Tesla and Nissan (eg Leaf and upcoming Ariya)

I'm on my second i3 and fancy a change, but one of my concerns about the ID3 is the reported lack of brake regen. I'll just have to test drive one!

I don’t understand what car companies these days have against actual buttons.

Thanks, I like my buttons and dials as well as a touch screen, I like the centre pod moving with the adjustable steering wheel, but overall the Kia Eniro reigns supreme in this sector, at the moment, but it is a fast changing environment. They will still sell very well, but this early release looks like a Beta model.

I loved the one I test drove today, the slider ones on the touchscreen is annoying ... but the steering wheel and the windows were blown outta proportion alot

Good warts and all overview. Too bad in Australia we're now told we won't get it 'til 2023-4 :-(

Some of the comments on here...I have spent some time with the ID3 and it is superb, such a relaxing drive, ride is amazing and the interior a joy to be in. Yes some of the plastics are a little hard, but how often do I stroke the door panels? Never. I suspect like all products compromises are made to keep cost under control. The money here has gone in the right places, great looking car in the flesh, quick off the lights. 0-30 faster than most petrol cars you will sit next to waiting for green and a dealer network to look after you.

Very good informative video I've liked & subscribed 👏👏👏👏 I haven't seen anyone commenting on cable theft . You are charging your car at a public place go shopping can the cable be secured to the car ? Thanks again

Really good, (and non irritating) presenter. Whilst the car would not be my choice, great review. thanks.

I have an ID3 since two weeks ago. Was working perfect for two days after the software started to cause all sorts of issues, luckily VW just released a new version which I got, and after this update the car has been working a lot better. I like the car a lot, just do not get it with the 20" wheels, far too noisy. If you can, choose the 18".

I will pick my ID.3 up after Christmas, we already have a Mini Electric and that is a real "hoon" of a car.

Good point for stopping and recharging. Tbh when most ev cars can do similar mileage with one charge 350-400 no matter weather , load, or speed as much then they will become a real replacement for the conventional ice cars. For town driving only ev Rae always been the better solution and wonder why car makers didn’t promote and make them a wide use many years ago, we might had have much cleaner air and more relaxed drivers, not idiots rushing through the city streets with ugly dirty diesels .

Very interesting car -- for me, it's all about range, and the top model is getting there. Hopefully by the time 2030 comes around, they'll be even better.

I turned regen-braking off on my Ampera, you become accustomed to braking by just lifting your foot of the accelerator, problem being when all of a sudden you need to slow down quickly you just lift your foot off the pedal further instead of pressing the brake harder.

Great clip , thinking of going for this for my next company car, is the published electric miles correct eg 262 miles on a charge and how do you recharge on the road?

You forgot to mention about the happy face

AMAZING!!!

I've been very sceptic and critical prior to the launch of the ID.3, but after I've seen it I like it better. The size is good and the design is nice. I like the minimalistic design - probably because I'm Scandinavian! 😅 But as mentioned in the video the scratchy cheap plastic is simply too bad for a car in this price range.... Well, the price is simply too high either way. So the ID.3 won't be the car I'll buy...

short jouernys around town with 200+ miles range and 100kw fast charging? thats just a dumb statement.

Good review except for the bit where he stabs at steering wheel controls with a finger - they're thumb rocker controls so that's how they're to be used! 🙄

so what's the best this segment electric car?

The suspension is much more comfortable than the Model 3. And the id.3 i quieter. I have the model 3 and my wife the id.3. The id.3 is a practical comfortable hatchback well build no nonsense car - everything just works like it should - except for the SW. The SW is a true disaster. You can't really compare the model 3 and id.3 as a car. The model 3 is an electrical BMW M3 (just faster) and the id.3 an electrical Golf or the 3rd peoples car like they claim/intend. The model 3 is perfect for me and the id.3 perfect for my wife and she simply loves the car - the best car she has ever had.

Can you fit a medium-size road bike in the ID.3 without having to take the wheels off

I thought the suspension was good when I tried it. Actually one of the reasons i ordered it. Bjorn nyland also said that the suspension was really good, and he has tried 10s of EVs...

If I want cool air I want a dial & the ability to move vents myself. Some of us drive very busy roads & winding roads - we can't afford to take our eyes off the road to play with VW electronic settings! (VW/Porsche made the same dumb mistake with the Taycan).

I enjoyed this video and would consider purchasing an ID3 in the future. Am I correct that this was filmed in and around Storrington in Sussex? If not, it has a great lookalike.

good job

Actually a lot of the negatives aren't as bad as all reviewers state. I bought a Born, it's useable within 6 hours.

What do you expect when punishing a company in the magnitude of billions, they have to cost cut somewhere, I think they done well considering.

Car companies. Please include buttons in your dash. Touch screen becomes very difficult to operate while the car is in motion.

What is it like on ice? Rear wheel drive and weighty

The Beetle, the Golf and now the ID.3...or VW Bug 🐛 as a reviewer called it 🎯

I was getting this for 50 mile round trip daily motor way journeys but saying its strengths lay in city driving puts me off?

Is it correct that the UK versions don't have the MATRIX led, Auto High Beam headlights? Is this because we drive on the left? Also the heat pump is a £1250 extra so cold weather charging will take much longer.

Would like to see an urban range test rather than most reviewers focussing on Motorways as 90% of journeys will be relatively local or a commute

Boot space of the ID.3 (385 l) is smaller than e-Niro (451 l).

The depreciation is lovely on these cars. Just got a 21 plate for £13k so absolute bargain for a 3 year old electric car that retailed at £35k. Dont see it loosing another 70% over the next 3 years and when you consider the state of the 2nd hand car market [£7k for a 10 year old Golf] these ID3 are bargains

The range that car has is enough to do long journeys, if I was to drive from Colchester to Edinburgh I would only need one charge stop, and if you’ve been driving for 200 miles you’re definitely going to take an hour on that stop, so when I’m charging the car I’m not noticing I’m charging the car because I need to park it anyway for my stop.

3 Cheers for VW, being way ahead of rivals like Toyota/Ford on affordable cutting edge tech. There's lots of things to tweak for the 2nd gen ID3. But you're already making the competition appear positively prehistoric.

If tesla expand their super charger network in the northen areas i can see their sales going through the roof on time to charge the vehicles quicker and more efficiently. What would worry me most of all is charging times ie, would it take a long time to get sufficient charge to commplete a journey in an ID3

I like small car like this.

I like a lot of VW designs these days, and options are numerous like sunroof, which I have mostly had, now having seen quite a lot of youtube ID3 owners vids, i would agree that the vehicle looks good design wise, makes good use of interior space, however interior materials now being substandard, not ideal to think your new ID3 interior is substandard to your neighbours model 3, and I believe as far as owning one goes, if you have one on some kind of car finance, monthly payment for a fix period of time, and then it goes back, with known upfront costs, fair enough, but to buy one by financing it yourself, I think would be a big mistake against Tesla, as it's value could plummet over the next few years, as there could be known ongoing software issues over the months of ownership, as has been voiced by some owners of the E-tron, and I believe Tesla are superior now in almost all respects, and have just put the knife into VW sides by the latest updates to the model 3, and this is aside from the huge leaps and bounds that's surely going to happen once Teslas start rolling off the german lines with the latest battery tech, and new manufacturing implementations not seen in the auto industry, one only has to look at the latest youtube videos put up by the select few that have been given access to the latest full self driving software in the USA to see that in software capability all other manufactures are still in the, we haven't got a clue phase, you may not want self driving, but that's immaterial, it just shows how far ahead when it comes to electronics Tesla is to the rest of the auto industry, I'd be sceptical of going up in a VW made ballon, but I'd take a trip to Mars on Elons SpaceX Lol, and not forgetting Elon's companies no doubt have a certain sharing of information capability, and no I don't own a Tesla, just interesting to surmise how things could pan out

The interior it looks so... Fisher-Price.

Great presenter. Had he been a liiiiittle older he’d reference Porsche 928 on the moving instrument cluster.

ID4 is 4th major VW launch?

No, I'm not buying it for short journeys around town, I live in the country, I'm buying it because of the huge savings in fuel I'll get. We will regularly do 50 to 100 mile journeys in it.

Tough hatchback EV competition in this segment, Nissan, Peugeot, Vauxhaul, Renault, Mini, Hyundai, Honda and now VW.

Is this model equivalent to VW polo or Golf?

How do touch sensitive controls work if you're wearing gloves or have wet hands?

Think I will stick with my mk7 golf thank you 😊

Why would the ID.3 only be used “around town”? Its range is sufficient, and it charges fairly quickly. Boot: the M3’s may be larger, but I for one hated to have to CRAWL into the boot in order retrieve my things.

I Want a car that I would be happy to be in ...I want the feel good factor when I touch the panels ....

Odd to say that you buy an ID.3 for "short journeys around town". I disagree. I use my first-generation Leaf for short journeys by don't regard an ID.3 as limited to short journeys. With a range at around 200 miles I see this as a car to cover most of my travel needs. In any case, 200 miles equates to about 3 hours by which time I usually need a coffee/loo/rest stop, which can be also be used for recharging.

Off topic, but I'd like to know what beautiful old English town he was driving through.

Brilliant car but why couldn't they just give it normal buttons/ switches in the interior...

The ID3 is no big deal. I had a fleet of electric cars in the 80s. Thanks Scale Electric.

Vw the criticism is clear the interiors of the Id range need revisiting before other id ranges appear- fix the buttons and add proper window switches, separate heating controls and a reposition of light switches

You have D/B, B is for one pedal driving!

Been driving VWs for more than 10 years. Would like to stay with them but I need an estate suitable for rural settings. Any suggestions?

Great review, but no comparison to the Honda E or Mini? Or even Corsa? I guess this does best them prob fairly easily, I'd still fork out a bit more and get a Tesla

Thinking of buying an ev but honestly probably would not invest that much on a basic level VW.

VW ID 3 positives doesn't cost the earth a penny in fairness running costs which is a good thing.

Enjoyable review. Sort those cheapo buttons out V.W.

I want buttons! Is that so much to ask for?

THe ID3 is a first gen electric car from VW - with many problems eg the screen freezes (other reviews) ... the best time to buy it is when it is a second gen - they will have ironed out all the problems by then. Until then I will keep my £35k in my pocket.

Tried to test drive one in Bradford (UK)...it was broken !

I saw one yesterday.

Hi ,I'm not sure whether to have a id3 or a A250e mercedes hybrid ?through a salary sacrifice scheme?i only do approx 20 mile round trip to work

Will they make an ID3 with the EA888 2.0 tsi? I d like that one..

Tesla supercharger network is the deal breaker

Is this the mountain bike chap?

25% too expensive

Getting famous off of comments day 156, so I can live the dream, live life to the fullest🤙🤙

Nice looking car but not very special looking. It's also quite costly to go electric. Even to lease it's pricey. £470 per month with a £2814 deposit according to the VW website. Perhaps it's more cost effective and environmentally friendly to run your existing car for many years??

one comment byd dolphin may have this in the bag

The lack of buttons in a car is stupid because you cannot look down at all times. Basically, VW nailed the exterior (in my opinion) and failed the interior.

Centre console is awful, and way too high up and intrusive for my liking. Much prefer the look of the leaf

You keep comparing a car you buy for 28k to a tesla that starts at 40k!

I still think this is a proof of concept from VW. Wouldn’t buy it until the next Generation of electric cars from VW

I cannot imagine why anybody would choose a higher spec one of those over a Model 3. It's like choosing an ass kicking instead of cake and a cuddle.

"Short journeys around town" I am SICK of this talking point. I drove 380 miles from North Yorkshire to Cornwall the other week in a Zoe 50. Stopped twice to eat and rest. No problem. No fuss. No inconvenience. STOP it with this "EVs are only for city driving" bullshit. Stop it right now.

You say the best, but I don't see why it's better than Tesla 3/ Y. Again, don't want to argue, just want to understand your position

Time to dump my ICE car and go for this beauty. You can go for a 3 hour drive without needing to charge saving you money some have 215 mile range. Where as petrol or diesel you would be spending more time at the petrol station than driving. But will boy racers want to buy an electric car?

Wait for the 2and gen at least

Those "3" wishes arent coming to life really

At 3:16 it’s clear this is not a car I could put up with. Opening windows shouldn’t be difficult 🤦‍♂️

This is nothing against Doug, because EVERY car journalist has made a fuss about this, but the button to operate the rear windows is just NOT a big deal. This is becoming a car reviewer cliché like a "high load lip", or "the seats don't fold completely flat..."

I’ll wait and see what Ford come up with, they’re using VW running gear allegedly.

every reviewer complains about the rear window buttons, I think it's brilliant. I can't count the times I lowered the rear window instead of the front in a parking garage or toll booth in my current car. I hardly ever want to lower the rear window so for me it seems like a great move.

The Model 3 is a sedan, the Id.3 a hatchback. It's not really surprising that the id.3 has less head- and boot-space.