Volkswagen ID.3

Model reviewed: 1st Edition
“The Volkswagen ID.3 is an incredibly well-rounded EV, with a decent range, excellent on-road manners and a well-made, high-end interior.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The Volkswagen ID.3 is an accomplished all-electric family hatchback. It gets the basics right with competitive pricing, desirable looks and great levels of comfort – all wrapped up in a practical package with a usable, real-world range.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“While the Volkswagen ID.3 looks good on paper the overall rating reflects the lack of stardust or excitement, which others in the game successfully achieve.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“If you’ve decided electric cars are for you – and perhaps even if you haven’t – the Volkswagen ID.3 should be on your list for consideration. Its inherent versatility and promised range mean it should be well suited to most daily driving needs, provided you have easy access to electricity.”
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Model reviewed: 1st Edition
Score: 8 / 10
“Competitive EV hatchback is pleasing to drive and attractive to sit in – but doesn’t change the game.”
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Model reviewed: First Edition
Score: 8 / 10
“The first of a new generation of electric cars from Volkswagen could be a big success with fleets.”
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Model reviewed: 58kWh 1st Edition
Score: 10 / 10
“It is good to drive, ridiculously fast for something that isn’t supposed to be a performance car, so roomy inside and just brilliantly modern in a very satisfying, wholesome way. In other words, it is everything VW’s first purpose-built electric car needed to be. I’d buy one.”
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Model reviewed: 1st Edition
Score: 9 / 10
“The Volkswagen ID.3 has certainly lived up to the internal hype and the long wait, with this new EV combining a generous electric range with a high-quality interior and great dynamic tweaks – and there are very few things wrong with it as a result.”
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Score: 8.4 / 10
“The Volkswagen ID.3 is essentially a futuristic, electric version of the Golf, and VW hopes it will prove just as popular”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Volkswagen ID.3 is an electric car with an impressive range and great interior space. It’s not as plush as a Golf, though, and some of the buttons and switches are annoying to use.”
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Model reviewed: 1st Edition Pro Power
“The Volkswagen ID.3 is a worthy and challenging rival for the Nissan Leaf electric car which has been an early contender in this sector. Nothing like a bit of competition to raise everyone’s game.”
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Model reviewed: 1st Edition
Score: 8 / 10
“The Volkswagen ID.3 isn’t quite the game-changer the Beetle was, or even the Golf, but it’s a very appealing newcomer to the EV world. We’ll see plenty on the road, especially when the cheaper models arrive.”
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Score: 6 / 10
“There are Passat levels of cabin space because of the packaging, but it feels less engaging than a BMW i3, less special inside than Honda’s amazine e and there are no RWD characteristics in sight. Then there’s the price, which makes it hard to swallow next to Kia and Hyundai’s award winners.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“Finally there’s a mainstream EV that takes advantage of its elements to be a thoroughly well engineered modern everyday vehicle.”
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Model reviewed: 1st Edition Pro Power
Score: 9 / 10
“The Volkswagen ID.3 feels like it has been a long time coming. One outcome of this is that expectations for it may be high. If so, then the overall driving experience will please most people, being refined, quiet, comfortable, responsive, easy to drive, and with a decent driving range.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 10 / 10
“A Volkswagen ID.3 will slot into your life as perfectly as, well, a petrol or diesel Golf. It’s an excellent all-round package that combines a comfortable interior with low running costs and an enjoyable driving experience.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“VW’s first purpose-built electric car is a brilliant all-rounder.”
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Model reviewed: 1st Edition
“The Volkswagen ID.3 is everything you want in an electric car.”
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Model reviewed: First Edition
Score: 9 / 10
“Feels like a significant moment in motoring history”
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Model reviewed: Pro Performance First Edition
Score: 10 / 10
“The VW Golf has become a part of the furniture because it’s such an accomplished all-rounder. The ID.3 will take over its mantle, not just by replacing it in Volkswagen’s range by the time 2030 comes around, but also by succeeding it as the go-to do-it-all family hatchback of choice.”
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Model reviewed: First Edition 58kW
Score: 8 / 10
“Nicely designed on the outside, with a lightweight and stiff bodyshell and a comfortable but assured ride quality. What lets the Volkswagen ID.3 down is its initially promising but ultimately annoying fascia and the interior that looks and feels cheap compared with the Golf it replaces.”
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Score: 7 / 10
“Inoffensive, well thought-out and easy to use. So, just like a Golf, but happens to be electric.”
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Model reviewed: 1st Edition
Score: 8 / 10
“The 1st Edition model that we’ve driven, and which will be the only model available initially, comes with the upper-mid-level motor and battery that equip it with decent performance and range, as well as plenty of kit. We think the pick of the ID.3 range will come later on; when the cheaper versions are launched they’ll present stiff competition to the Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7.2 / 10
“The Volkswagen ID.3 is a very good car: spacious, refined, easy to drive and well suited to day-to-day use. The fact that it’s electric-powered is secondary; but there are plenty of benefits, from excellent performance to zero tailpipe emissions. It’s not perfect – the cabin feels too low-rent and the driver interface is below par – but overall the ID.3 is a convincing Which? Best Buy.”
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