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Let's hope the cruise control and brakes are a little more responsive 🙃

looks like some kind of accidental multiclick prevention kicked in.

And this is the improved Sw version😂😂😂

I wouldnt buy this one, ID4 is SUV and it is not reliable (dodgy infotaiment, badly finsihed, just like ID 3). If I want to buy something with big ground clearance, I would buy an off roader.

I suggest checking out the Kia e-Niro, for both price and proven reliability. If I wanted an ID.4, I would wait till the software glitches are all sorted (hopefully in the next couple of months).

@@alanmulcahy7749 , I would buy MPV (Volkswagen Sharan comes to my mind) instead, I dont like SUV trend at all. There should be electric version of Volkswagen Sharan, it is more practical, it cant go off road but that is not the its purpose at all.

the Model Y would be your choice, from Berlin (if you want the best of the best)

No point in getting one at least till 2030

Fingers crossed for you Tom, you've chosen the best electric car a the moment

@@BobFlavinVideo how is it the best ev out there? In what regard? Charging speed? Performance? Software? Range?

@@jonathan6665 It’s not the fastest, it’s not the cheapest and it’s not the biggest. But it’s the best overall package. A Tesla Model Y would be way more expensive, a Hyundai Kona has less space and is charging very slow. The ID4 is the perfect family car.

Why not Tesla?

@@thomasjessen High price, inefficient packaging, poor ride / noise over less than very good roads, can't be bought or serviced where I live, don't like the interior or exterior design, no risk with reserving / ordering the ID.4. Barring that, I'd get a MachE. Lastly, Ford and VW are important customers, Tesla is not.

Thanks Anthony, it’s hard to keep the ID.4 quiet!

Well it’s far more expensive in Ireland than the VW. €44,000 for 77kw ID4 versus €48,000 for equivalent Skoda Enyaq

I thought so too, but take a look at their configurators. The ID.4 City (which has a 55 kWh battery) is cheaper than the Enyaq 60, and the ID.4 City comes with a lot of things that cost extra on the Enyaq. So it really depends on what battery size you want and what extras you want included or are ready to pay for.

@@Mekuso8 I was referring to the 77kw version of both cars with the Skoda being over €5000 more expensive with virtually the same spec.

I was looking forward to the Skoda as well until I saw the price tag. For comparable configurations, it’s way more expensive.

But Skoda are charging a hell of a lot of money for those physical buttons for the same specs as the VW ID.4. Plus they’ve added a €2,000 tyre and service charge to the price of the enyaq

@@steven1025 That's true. It's a shame about the VW, because I really do like a lot of what I see (would love the minibus when it comes), but from my hands on with the ID3 it's just not a runner for me. It's just not an area where they should be cutting costs.

@@patrickdaly5988 I think it comes down to whether you like actual buttons over touch pads and I'm not overly pushed either way. I've had two new Citroen Grand C4 Picasso's since 2015 out of necessity and 90% of the controls are on the screens with very few physical buttons and to be fair I've never had any issues. Thing is I think buttons will slowly be phased out by all manufacturers

@@steven1025 you wouldnt want everything electric unless you and your technician will accept to be seeing one another more than your work collegues.

@@steve00alt70 with the exception of the engine everything on my current car is electronic like the ID4 and I've never had to visit my "technician" regarding anything with the car electronics.

The 77KWh ID3 is a 4 seater, due to weight restrictions which seems odd given ID4 is built on same MEB platform and is a much bigger/heavier car 🤔

@@tomcollinsie I think it's to do with the classification of the ID3, it's C segment and not D segment like the 4

@@ciaranwebb6871 No it's not. C segment... Focus, Golf, Ceed, 308,etc...all 5 seaters. It's because of space limitations due to the bigger battery.

@@madsdgdhg This makes no sense at all, there is no space limitation.

@@abraxastulammo9940 Yeah i think it's more to do with the fact the Id3 was type rated for under 2 tonnes and the 4 wasn't - therefore is technically allowed to have more weight/cargo on board. Might be due to size & density weight limits in vehicle type registration regulations.

It's actually a little bigger felling than Tiguan and there's a bigger boot

I understand that its slightly shorter than the Tiguan but it looks bigger in person than the Tiguan and feels bigger due to the slightly lower driving position. Interior and boot are more spacious like bob said. Trading in my Tiguan early for one of these. Amazing car.

Just make sure you always keep it lubed up ... 😂

Total silence at any speed

That’s excellent. A little while back I test drove a Tesla Model 3 (in Australia) and was appalled at the road noise coming into the cabin at freeway speeds. Much more than my ICE car! So much so that I thought it would be unbearable on long road trips I do a few times a year. The ID.4 seems like a much better vehicle for my purposes.

20:44 :D

IC or electric almost all the noise you hear from cars is made by tyres. Provided the aerodynamics are competent. Changing to 68 dB tyres compared from 72 dB ones sounded like I was in a completely different car.

Well, it says "first drive in Ireland", so I guess Irish standards could be the standard here...

Would be considered compact SUV in the US

Compared to many UK toy-sized cars it probably would seem "big"

ID4 has a more premium interior

I'm not sure if I'm weird but I find sitting on the left of a car much easier than sitting on the right for driving.

Glad you enjoyed it Robert!

Build quality and price are what make people going for the ID 4. Also comfort and quality ride, VW just is better in those areas.

Irish

@@kev0000 I herd it in the clip I think. Either way, nice and good job!

Your comparing a sedan to SUV. A SUV will be heavier than a sedan......

@@jonpetter8921 he was talking about the feel...

@@relansis6962 Yes that s my point. A 2 tonnes SUV wont feel the same way as a sedan. The fair comparison would be ID 3 and Model 3, both small cars. And what i ve heard is that ID 3 feels more smooth and quite inside compared to Mode 3.

Autogeful...those were the days. They lost me there when they started the anti-leather seat campaign and started calling them ”animal skin” seats. Never watched one of their videos again.

@@fmsantoscar It's still the best review on YT ,just watched his review of this car ,at least he shows whats under the hood and the clearance 6 inches (ca. 15 cm),size of batteries available,doesn't spend half the review talking about the HUD

Tesla is years ahead in driverless technology but there are issues with quality control. Cost is another factor for me. With Federal incentives the VW ID.4 is 7.5K cheaper.l

@@dennisweikel2566 I had a Model 3 performance with FSD. FSD is total BS, it is vaporware. Elon is a lying Bastardo, they will never have full self-driving with cameras alone. I am waiting to take delivery of my ID.4 first edition in the US.

It is...later in the year there will be a 4 wheel version as well

Glad you enjoyed it

And yet, because it’s a personal preference, wouldn’t it be better to have the option of a head up display at least? It’s actually something Tesla could make a profit on and wouldn’t be out of place in any Tesla. And Tesla’s refusal to deal with Apple carplay or Android auto is just shortsighted. You can crack on about how good their software is, but bottom line is people are paying for features on their mobile phones and their smart homes that they can’t access in a Tesla. You can have the best product, but not paying attention to what your consumers want leads to loss of market share.

Only two things missing - no mention of power output and no looking under the boot floor to see whether it can take a proper spare or whether a puncture will leave you stranded.

@@peglor I agree with your points. But how many non-sport/GTI versions buyers of the Golf care. They want a reliable car, and the Golf represents that. As for the replacement of a spare wheel with the glue and electric pump used in most modern cars, am not sure how much of an issue it is. The car companies would have included spare wheels if the public demanded it, wouldn’t they? Do dealers still sell spare/space saver wheels?

@@actuallypaulstanley Spare wheels have been removed to reduce weight and cost and improve fuel efficiency figures. No customer demands a car that leaves them stranded. Tyres are pretty reliable these days, but there's a huge difference between losing 15 minutes changing the wheel yourself due to a puncture, which you can repair at your leisure and losing 3 hours waiting for a recovery van and paying the price of another tyre for the privilege. Fitting extra large alloys also increases the chance of destroying a tyre hitting a square edge on a pothole too (And of bending the alloy). There are a lot of modern cars especially electric ones that have no space for a spare tyre at all - which is specifically why I'm asking the question. Definitely don't think this is consumer demand - this is marketing wankers and bean counters giving us worse products with higher profit margins for themselves, while selling it as doing us a favour.

peglor reduced costs for the benefit of the manufacturer is a good point; additional profit and PR for economy, boot space, etc. I cannot remember when I last had a spare wheel in a car across all German makes and one Swedish. But, I have never experienced an issue where the 'puncture repair kit' could not be used. I live in London, so have lots of experience of potholes, poor surfaces, and such like. In a way, am lucky that there are also plenty of places to have the tyre repaired, generally the same day.

@@actuallypaulstanley Living in London and using a car to get around sounds like complete misery compared to almost any other option available :-(. Where I live the roads are bad, but they're quiet enough that you can easily be doing the 100 km/h speed limit when you do hit something, so a high profile tyre and a proper spare are musts to not write off your wheel and spend ages waiting for recovery. The issue I have isn't so much the baseline spec for cars not including a spare, more that you literally can't fit a spare anywhere on some modern designs, particularly electric cars, which is a major step backwards. Motor vehicle manufacturers want you to pay the full money for your car but limit you to the dealer network only for repair and customisation options as if you were only renting it (Tesla and John Deere being far and away the worst offenders on this). Not even considering the provision of basic tools for roadside repairs is the natural conclusion for this. Thankfully EU laws on the right to repair will hopefully slow them down a little in this mission, but it's worth billions in unearned profits to lock owners out of working on their own vehicles.

Glad you liked it! A car has to be good and what fuels it second, it can be all tech and crap to drive so no one wants it.

Thank you! Cheers!

75k€? Not really. A fully equipped ID4 Pro Performance Max costs 58445€ with custom rims, color and tow hook. How I know that? I ordered mine one week ago. The dealer also gave me winter tires for free.