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Pricing and specifications for the full Volkswagen ID.3 range has been announced. Orders for the zero-emission family hatchback will open on October 22, with first UK deliveries due before the end of the month.
Until now, the all-electric ID.3 has only been offered in 1st Edition trim, priced at £38,190. But the range has expanded to offer seven different trim levels, starting with the base Life trim priced at £29,990, a figure which includes the Government's £3,000 plug-in car grant.
Each of the trim levels are fitted with a range of equipment packages: Design, Infotainment, Comfort, Assistance and Sport - each with slightly more comprehensive ‘Plus’ variants.
In Life trim, the ID.3 offers a standard kit list which includes 18-inch alloy wheels, LED headlights, adaptive cruise control with lane assist and parking sensors all round. In addition, it gets natural voice control inputs and Volkswagen’s Car2X system, which can communicate with other Car2X-equipped vehicles to warn the driver of upcoming hazards.
Life also gets the Infotainment package - a 10-inch touchscreen infotainment system with satellite navigation, Bluetooth and smartphone connectivity - plus the Comfort Pack, which includes electrically folding door mirrors, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror, heated seats and a heated steering wheel. The interior is trimmed in black cloth.
Above the Life sits the £33,720 Business trim. This adds to the entry-level spec with the Design and Assistance packs. The former brings matrix LED lights, animated LED tail lights, rear privacy glass and interior ambient lighting, and the latter includes a rear view camera, keyless entry and illuminated door handles.
Next is the Style model, priced at £34,180. This also features the Infotainment and Comfort packs, but also features the Design Plus pack, which adds a panoramic sunroof. It does, however, do without the Assistance pack.
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Another £480 jump brings the Family trim, which features the Design Plus, Infotainment, Assistance packs. An upgrade to Comfort Plus introduces two-zone climate control and a variable boot floor.
The £36,190 ID.3 Tech gets the standard Comfort Pack, with Design Plus and Assistance Plus. It’s the first trim level to offer the Infotainment Plus pack, which features an uprated sound system and a head-up display with augmented reality animations.
The ID.3 Max, meanwhile, gets Plus versions of the Comfort, Design, Assistance and Infotainment packs. It also adds electrically adjustable front seats with a massage function, and introduces the Sport Package; adding progressive steering and sports suspension to the equipment list (a Plus version of the Sport Pack will be available at a later date, and includes adaptive dampers). The Max is priced at £38,220.
Each of these models are equipped with the Pro Performance powertrain: a 201bhp motor combined with 58kWh battery pack and 100kW DC charging. This enables the ID.3 to accelerate from 0-62mph in 7.3 seconds and onto a 99mph top speed. Charging from 5 per cent to 80 per cent on a rapid charge takes 35 minutes and, depending on trim level, will cover between 258-263 miles on a charge (based on WLTP testing data).
The final trim level is Tour. This sits at the top of the range at £39,290, and gets a larger 77kWh battery pack which helps the ID.3 to cover 336 miles between charges. The heavier pack dulls performance slightly - 0-62mph takes 7.9 seconds - but a faster 125kW charging system means that the larger bank of cells takes only slightly longer to top up: a 5-80 per cent replenishment takes 38 minutes.
The Tour model is equipped with the standard Design pack, and Plus versions of Infotainment, Comfort and Assistance, and adds 19-inch alloy wheels and electric front seats.
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Buyers can further customise their ID.3 with a choice of six exterior colour finishes. All models get a contrasting black roof and boot lid, while the C-pillar can optionally be finished in either a silver or copper finish. A range of wheel designs, up to 20-inches in diameter, are available across the range. Three interior colour schemes are offered: white and black, white and orange or just black.
The ID.3 marks the debut of the VW Group’s all-new MEB platform – a bespoke, rear-driven, pure-electric platform that will soon underpin dozens of electric vehicles from Volkswagen, SEAT, Skoda and Audi.
Despite the current sub-£30,000 start point, we expect a cheaper version with a less potent powertrain to follow. A future entry-level ID.3 Pure will feature a 148bhp electric motor and a 45kWh battery, for a range of roughly 205 miles. Unlike the higher models’ 100kW charger, the base model will get a slower 50kW charger to help keep the price down.
Late last year, Volkswagen also confirmed it was “actively considering” a high-performance version of the ID.3. It’ll feature the same MEB platform as the standard car, but it’ll come with a more potent electric drivetrain and an uprated battery pack, designed using the expertise gained from the ID.R racer project.
Regardless of output, Volkswagen guarantees that the ID.3's batteries will retain at least 70 per cent of their usable capacity for eight years or 160,000km (around 100,000 miles). Frank Blome, Head of Volkswagen's Centre of Excellence in Salzgitter said: “Our goal is to make sure the batteries last as long as the cars.
From the outside, the ID.3 sticks close to the concept that made its debut at the Paris Motor Show back in 2016. The cute headlights remain, along with the “honeycomb” motif along the front bumper and the black tailgate is also still present; this final element is destined to be an ever-present design cue on ID.3s.
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The most noticeable change comes in the side profile, where Volkswagen has had to fit a longer bonnet to comply with pedestrian safety regulations. However, the company’s design team, led by Klaus Bischoff, has added a black plastic panel under the windscreen to trick your eye into believing the bonnet is shorter than it actually is.
The car is 4,261mm long and 1,809mm wide – so just 23mm longer and 20mm wider than the new Mk8 Golf – but the ID.3’s wheelbase is a full 145mm longer than the regular family hatchback’s, at 2,765mm. The new arrival’s roofline does sit around 60mm higher than the Golf’s, however – a clue that the battery installation has resulted in a slightly thicker floor.
The differences from the concept are more pronounced inside, where the ID.3 drops the show car’s retractable steering wheel and features a more mainstream choice of materials and finishes. The design is clean and uncluttered, though, and information is displayed on a digital “pod” instrument panel. The gear selector is a rocker switch mounted on the side of this – a layout that will be familiar to anyone who’s driven a BMW i3.
The 10-inch central screen is standard across the range, and it features touch-sensitive controls for the air conditioning and stereo, in place of physical dials. Volkswagen’s “intelligent natural voice control” system will also feature, as will smartphone connectivity.
Volkswagen’s design team has used the extra floor space to create plenty of cubbyholes and a central storage bin between the front seats. But, the smartest trick in the cabin is delivered by that long wheelbase, because the knee- and leg-room in the rear looks on par with a Passat, rather than a Golf. There’s no great compromise on boot space, either. At 385 litres, the ID.3’s capacity isn’t at the peak of the family car class, but it’s more than acceptable.
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Until now, the all-electric ID.3 has only been offered in 1st Edition trim, priced at £38,190. But the range has expanded to offer seven different trim levels, starting with the base Life trim priced at £29,990, a figure which includes the Government's £3,000 plug-in car grant.
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Each of the trim levels are fitted with a range of equipment packages: Design, Infotainment, Comfort, Assistance and Sport - each with slightly more comprehensive ‘Plus’ variants.
In Life trim, the ID.3 offers a standard kit list which includes 18-inch alloy wheels, LED headlights, adaptive cruise control with lane assist and parking sensors all round. In addition, it gets natural voice control inputs and Volkswagen’s Car2X system, which can communicate with other Car2X-equipped vehicles to warn the driver of upcoming hazards.
Life also gets the Infotainment package - a 10-inch touchscreen infotainment system with satellite navigation, Bluetooth and smartphone connectivity - plus the Comfort Pack, which includes electrically folding door mirrors, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror, heated seats and a heated steering wheel. The interior is trimmed in black cloth.
Above the Life sits the £33,720 Business trim. This adds to the entry-level spec with the Design and Assistance packs. The former brings matrix LED lights, animated LED tail lights, rear privacy glass and interior ambient lighting, and the latter includes a rear view camera, keyless entry and illuminated door handles.
Next is the Style model, priced at £34,180. This also features the Infotainment and Comfort packs, but also features the Design Plus pack, which adds a panoramic sunroof. It does, however, do without the Assistance pack.
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Volkswagen ID.3 - white front
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Volkswagen ID.3 - Frankfurt front
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Another £480 jump brings the Family trim, which features the Design Plus, Infotainment, Assistance packs. An upgrade to Comfort Plus introduces two-zone climate control and a variable boot floor.
The £36,190 ID.3 Tech gets the standard Comfort Pack, with Design Plus and Assistance Plus. It’s the first trim level to offer the Infotainment Plus pack, which features an uprated sound system and a head-up display with augmented reality animations.
The ID.3 Max, meanwhile, gets Plus versions of the Comfort, Design, Assistance and Infotainment packs. It also adds electrically adjustable front seats with a massage function, and introduces the Sport Package; adding progressive steering and sports suspension to the equipment list (a Plus version of the Sport Pack will be available at a later date, and includes adaptive dampers). The Max is priced at £38,220.
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Each of these models are equipped with the Pro Performance powertrain: a 201bhp motor combined with 58kWh battery pack and 100kW DC charging. This enables the ID.3 to accelerate from 0-62mph in 7.3 seconds and onto a 99mph top speed. Charging from 5 per cent to 80 per cent on a rapid charge takes 35 minutes and, depending on trim level, will cover between 258-263 miles on a charge (based on WLTP testing data).
The final trim level is Tour. This sits at the top of the range at £39,290, and gets a larger 77kWh battery pack which helps the ID.3 to cover 336 miles between charges. The heavier pack dulls performance slightly - 0-62mph takes 7.9 seconds - but a faster 125kW charging system means that the larger bank of cells takes only slightly longer to top up: a 5-80 per cent replenishment takes 38 minutes.
The Tour model is equipped with the standard Design pack, and Plus versions of Infotainment, Comfort and Assistance, and adds 19-inch alloy wheels and electric front seats.
Volkswagen ID.3 - front static
Volkswagen ID.3 - side detail
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Volkswagen ID.3 - white front
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Volkswagen ID.3 - white full front
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Buyers can further customise their ID.3 with a choice of six exterior colour finishes. All models get a contrasting black roof and boot lid, while the C-pillar can optionally be finished in either a silver or copper finish. A range of wheel designs, up to 20-inches in diameter, are available across the range. Three interior colour schemes are offered: white and black, white and orange or just black.
New Volkswagen ID.3: platform and powertrain
The ID.3 marks the debut of the VW Group’s all-new MEB platform – a bespoke, rear-driven, pure-electric platform that will soon underpin dozens of electric vehicles from Volkswagen, SEAT, Skoda and Audi.
Despite the current sub-£30,000 start point, we expect a cheaper version with a less potent powertrain to follow. A future entry-level ID.3 Pure will feature a 148bhp electric motor and a 45kWh battery, for a range of roughly 205 miles. Unlike the higher models’ 100kW charger, the base model will get a slower 50kW charger to help keep the price down.
Late last year, Volkswagen also confirmed it was “actively considering” a high-performance version of the ID.3. It’ll feature the same MEB platform as the standard car, but it’ll come with a more potent electric drivetrain and an uprated battery pack, designed using the expertise gained from the ID.R racer project.
Regardless of output, Volkswagen guarantees that the ID.3's batteries will retain at least 70 per cent of their usable capacity for eight years or 160,000km (around 100,000 miles). Frank Blome, Head of Volkswagen's Centre of Excellence in Salzgitter said: “Our goal is to make sure the batteries last as long as the cars.
New Volkswagen ID.3: design
From the outside, the ID.3 sticks close to the concept that made its debut at the Paris Motor Show back in 2016. The cute headlights remain, along with the “honeycomb” motif along the front bumper and the black tailgate is also still present; this final element is destined to be an ever-present design cue on ID.3s.
Volkswagen ID.3 - front static
Volkswagen ID.3 - side detail
Volkswagen ID.3 - detail
Volkswagen ID.3 - rear light
Volkswagen ID.3 - white front
Volkswagen ID.3 - blue badge
Volkswagen ID.3 - Frankfurt front
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Volkswagen ID.3 - front
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Volkswagen ID.3 - side static Frankfurt
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Volkswagen ID.3 - white rear
Volkswagen ID.3 - white side
Volkswagen ID.3 - blue front
Volkswagen ID.3. - rear 3/4 static Frankfurt
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Volkswagen ID.3 - rear
Volkswagen ID.3 - dash
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Volkswagen ID.3 - white full front
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Volkswagen ID.3 - Frankfurt rear
Volkswagen ID.3 - Frankfurt dash
Volkswagen ID.3. - front 3/4 static Frankfurt
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The most noticeable change comes in the side profile, where Volkswagen has had to fit a longer bonnet to comply with pedestrian safety regulations. However, the company’s design team, led by Klaus Bischoff, has added a black plastic panel under the windscreen to trick your eye into believing the bonnet is shorter than it actually is.
The car is 4,261mm long and 1,809mm wide – so just 23mm longer and 20mm wider than the new Mk8 Golf – but the ID.3’s wheelbase is a full 145mm longer than the regular family hatchback’s, at 2,765mm. The new arrival’s roofline does sit around 60mm higher than the Golf’s, however – a clue that the battery installation has resulted in a slightly thicker floor.
The differences from the concept are more pronounced inside, where the ID.3 drops the show car’s retractable steering wheel and features a more mainstream choice of materials and finishes. The design is clean and uncluttered, though, and information is displayed on a digital “pod” instrument panel. The gear selector is a rocker switch mounted on the side of this – a layout that will be familiar to anyone who’s driven a BMW i3.
The 10-inch central screen is standard across the range, and it features touch-sensitive controls for the air conditioning and stereo, in place of physical dials. Volkswagen’s “intelligent natural voice control” system will also feature, as will smartphone connectivity.
Volkswagen’s design team has used the extra floor space to create plenty of cubbyholes and a central storage bin between the front seats. But, the smartest trick in the cabin is delivered by that long wheelbase, because the knee- and leg-room in the rear looks on par with a Passat, rather than a Golf. There’s no great compromise on boot space, either. At 385 litres, the ID.3’s capacity isn’t at the peak of the family car class, but it’s more than acceptable.
What does the new Volkswagen ID.3 have to beat? These are the best electric cars on sale right now...
Continue reading...