It SELLS. Like almost half as good as Model 3 ! And considering this one is the same price as the normal Pro S, it's gonna sell even better.

Starting price for ID3 in Germany with VW bonus is 33k. So thousands less compared to cheapest Model 3. Kona with Hyundai bonus also around 34k. Cheapest Volvo EX30 is 35k. So this is competitive in german market.

@@christianlinke380 Interesting. But that GTX price is kind of out there isn't it?

Model 3 refresh sales are very disappointing

@@binflydushy don’t get me wrong, I really don’t like Elon, and I probably wouldn’t buy a Model 3 because of the “no stalks” design approach but many people love Tesla and it seems to be the go to EV. I’m surprised the new design isn’t selling well if that’s true. I test drove one and at least the build quality and ride are much improved.

That's summer range. Heat pumps are carried around most of the year for nothing and only reduce winter rannge loss. They weight something, so it's understanndable thatr summer range is affected.

What did the AutotopNL guy say about the Cupra Born VZ? 5.2 s measured 0-100 km/h? 😊

Good to see the Pure is back though

How do VW intend to differentiate ID.2 and ID.3? ID.3 has slightly more legroom, but smaller trunk and less room for long cargo (no folding front seat). And ID.2 has a towing pick too, so it is better for hauling. ID.3 is sacrificing a lot of trunk space for rear motor and rear axle. This sacrifice would make sense for AWD design. RWD is not a big selling point over FWD, especially with VWs overly eager traction control that you can’t disable. ID3.X prototype had front motor too, there’s space for that in the chassis which is still unused. It’s a big missed opportunity. 600km range is of course better than 450km. It’s nice to have a 600km car in this size class. But you will be paying ~20keur extra for that over big battery ID.2. New ID.3 Life and Pro are dead on arrival if ID.2 450km battery version sells for 30keur. You don’t get much with that extra 10keur. If ID.2 hits the promised 450km range, then it beats those ID.3 models in range too. Interesting to see how this pans out. ID.3 hasn’t been a top seller lately. I would have expected more competitive pricing as there’s faster AWD rivals now and ID.2 coming next year with much more competitive price. AWD would have been a way to differentiate. Now there’s not much point in ID.3 anymore. Except 600km range, which is nice.

I bought a ID4 4motion 2024 with all the options he selected and it cost me 50k so yeah ALL the GTX models don't make sense. ID4 GTX is 70k... that is 20k more for what? 0.5 seconds faster on the 0-100km/h? That red trim on the seats? Yeahhhhhhhhh ok.... next.

It's not about straight line speed once you are at 60 under 6 seconds . It’s about handling.

Il like them. Less reflections in Summer on the windscreen.Not as sensitive to dirt.

BEV burn far less often than ICE. Even relative to their ssales numbers. They just get reported more. If you google for it. you will find houses that have been burned down by ICE fires. BTW: LFP batteries that are already build in cars like Model 3sr are safe. LI-ION have the problem that the fire produces it's own oxidizer. That's not the case with LFP. Search for Bill Prowses video "LiFePO4 Drill Test! Will it erupt in flames?" watch?v=D8xNjz73p80 Very impressive, doesn't go up in flames. He has another video where he drills into a cell that claims to be solid state, and the result drilling into it was spectacular. "CHINS Solid State Lithium-ion Battery Tear Down and FIRE!" watch?v=-pu8hs6hmyk

That is a top spec performance hatchback. For reference: A similarily speced Golf GTI ICE costs 50k also. Wonder why they and people driving them based on that cherry picked example. In the end, purchase price is only one part of the total costs. Look at the ink printer scam where they sell chap printers to people that cannot think further than purchase price and then rip them off HARD selling them ink cartridges as thank you for being naive and not looking at the whole picture. They pay several times the price per page than higher cost printers with cheap cartridges. Same with electric cars. My ICE's running cost are FAR higher than purchase price. The german ADAC ran the numbers: An ID.3 costs 42 cents/km all costs included. A golf FSI costs, despirte the far cheaper purchase price that is the only thing you take into account, costs 52cent's /km. I look at the total costs and I sold my ICE to save a lot of money in the future.

@@Chris_1024_ 42 cents/km is only possible if you charge at home during night. If you use fast chargers cost is 82-88 cents per kW and with average consumption for tipical EV (aprox 20-25kW/100km) it is around 2 times more expensive to travel with EV. A lot of people can't charge at home, don't forget this fact. But this is another topic. In my opinion, if EV should be mass accepted, prices must be aprox 25-30000€ for a Golf sized EV with 300-350 km of real range and with 0.5-0.6€/kW on fastcharge.

Or ID 3 pure for 24K less than Model3 P.

Bought my ID4 4motion with all the bells and whistes 50k... Model Y is way more expensive through but i agree that VW is trying to score from lala land on the GTX badges.

Too expensive for me, Iunlike others I take all running costs in life into account when selecting a car. And Teslas are really expensive to repair. A side mirror on a M3 costs 800€, a side mirror on an ID.3 is 450€. As crash repairs are brutally expensive and long lasting, the insurance costs are way higher. Building a car to be repaired cheap makes a car far cheaper to own than a car that totally junks repairability in favor of building it cheap.