Sorry, I wasn't clear - that's teh Zoe we have! We're looking to upgrade, either to a new Zoe or an ID3. So, I want to hear whether the drive is better, what the ID3 is like in terms of infotainment and tech, and the perceived upgrade over the Zoe.
We have tried to test drive an ID3, but we want upper spec list, and they only have the boggo version to drive
So I got into a 1st Edition yesterday. Not entirely sure if it was a 150hp or 200hp model but it felt pretty fast so I suspect the 200hp.
It was actually really good. Refinement is a couple of levels above the Zoe, you feel much more insulated from the road and it’s smooth and quiet in there. You can tell it’s RWD as well when it accelerates and it does handle surprisingly well.
Infotainment was good. Wireless CarPlay worked perfectly but my god touch sensitive buttons do my head in. Even for the temperature it’s touch sensitive which is completely unnecessary. The steering wheel buttons are also capacitive touch which isn’t needed at all. Just give me buttons ffs
also the software wasn’t up to date which mean it was giving me speed limit exceeded warnings every time I went over the kph not the mph (so warnings when I went 23 mph in a 30). Apparently the latest software from January fixes this but you would have though VW would upgrade their demo cars rather than let this happen?
All in all I would definitely take one of these over a new Zoe but not sure if I’m willing to pay an extra £15k to get into one compared to keeping our 3 year old one.