The multi-award-winning Volkswagen ID.3 has been upgraded with a contemporary design, higher-quality supplies and the latest-generation help programs – and might be ordered from Volkswagen UK Retailers from Thursday 27 April.
The brand new-look Volkswagen ID.3 was unveiled to the world in March, boasting a bunch of enhancements and enhancements. The model’s best-selling electrical mannequin now has a sharper exterior design and a extra luxurious inside, that includes extra intuitive day-to-day usability options and state-of-the-art expertise.
The vary of exterior colors has been prolonged to incorporate Darkish Olivine Inexperienced, and using animal-free supplies underline Volkswagen’s sustainability technique for its all-electric ID. household.
When it comes to styling enhancements, the brand new ID.3 has a contemporary new look, particularly on the entrance, which options crisp strains, enlarged air intakes and a longer-looking bonnet via the elimination of the black strip beneath the windscreen.
Two battery sizes and trims can be found: the 58 kWh Professional and the 77 kWh Professional S. The ID.3 Professional S might be charged from 5 to 80 per cent inside half-hour with a charging capability of as much as 170 kW, whereas the ID.3 Professional wants 35 minutes with a charging capability of as much as 120 kW. The big battery offers the ID.3 Professional S a predicted vary of as much as 559 km/347 miles (mixed WLTP).
The brand new mannequin additionally marks the introduction of possibility packs, which can be found for each trims and group collectively well-liked choices in keeping with private preferences. The Exterior Pack, for instance, permits new two-part LED tail mild clusters on the tailgate as a substitute of reflectors.
Volkswagen has listened to buyer suggestions relating to the ID.3’s inside, leading to a luxurious end with delicate, foam-backed contact factors all through the cabin. The inside can also be fully animal-free: the Artvelours Eco microfibre materials used for the door trims and seat covers is 71-per-cent recyclate – a secondary uncooked materials obtained by recycling plastic waste that has beforehand been disposed of not less than as soon as.
With regards to paint and trim design, the brand new color Darkish Olivine Inexperienced stands for exclusivity and premium worth. The iridescent metallic paint modifications look relying on ambient lighting situations: one minute it seems an earthy inexperienced, the following it presents a heat golden glow, or an elegant gray. The roof is totally black and the roof trim strip is completed in high-quality matt silver to emphasize the paint color.
“The brand new ID.3 marks the following thrilling step in Volkswagen’s electrification journey,” stated Phil Taylor, Head of Product Planning at Volkswagen UK. “This unbelievable automotive, with its quite a few enhancements, demonstrates clearly our dedication to worth, design and sustainability.”
The ID.3 was the primary mannequin to be constructed on Volkswagen Group’s vastly adaptable and profitable modular electrical drive (MEB) platform. The ID. household within the UK now additionally contains the ID.4, ID.5 and ID. Buzz, with extra fashions coming quickly such because the ID.7 and a manufacturing model of the ID. 2all idea. Greater than 600,000 ID. fashions have been delivered to clients all over the world to this point.
Costs for the brand new Volkswagen ID.3 begin from £37,115 (really useful retail value together with VAT, on the street), via all Volkswagen UK Retailers.
Apr 26, 2023