With ID.3, Volkswagen not only intends to turn the page of Dieselgate, but the German brand also wants to try to impose a new iconic model in the era of clean mobility. Are all the ingredients together?
Ladybug, Golf, ID.3, Volkswagen will he manage to create a trilogy of cars as popular as mythical? If it is obviously too early to say, one thing is certain, the ID.3 is a major step for Volkswagen.
The German brand hopes to be able to finally forget the Dieselgate, name given to the cheating on a large scale on the emissions of its diesel engines which has tarnished its image for a long time. A case that has undoubtedly pushed VW to green his speech much faster than he envisaged. And here is the ID.3 which will have the heavy task of being to the electric car what the Ladybug and the Golf were to the gasoline car.
Widely announced for months but cleverly concealed under camouflage, the standard version of the compact electric five-door is featured at the Frankfurt Motor Show. We discover its final lines in a rather attractive two-tone finish. The ID.3 plays on a compact design and ” the interior space of a vehicle of the superior category “, promises us Volkswagen.
The interior of the ID.3 displays the sobriety that we see on many electric models present or future. The dashboard is minimalist, with a driver’s information display and a 10-inch touch-screen center console as the main elements, on which most of the infotainment functions are gathered. Volkswagen speaks of new habitability for this type of compact vehicle thanks to the combination of a long wheelbase and short overhangs.