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Bro, the fact that you plainly acknowledge the shortcomings of the site and are not afraid to call shit out is amazing and gives me even more confidence to use it for my next lease. That's how you represent a brand people can trust. Well done, Mat!
The fact that this car lacks stuff like gas struts, buttons for folding rear seats, flat loading load floor and an electric tailgate simply pisses me off. You can get a much nicer X3 for the same amount of money. I don't get why you have to sacrifice so much for this car. A car with this level of features and equipment should cost less than 25 00 eur not > 40k.
Decided against the new Skoda's this year as they've gone with no buttons or knobs. Went for a 2019 model instead and hopefully in 5yrs time this stupid trend will have reversed because I'm dreading buying a new car without any physical controls on it.
I drove VWs exclusively form 1990 to 2012. They used to have great interiors for the price. I remember by the early 2000s they were beginning to decline in interior quality. My last, a 2011 Jetta SE, had the scratchy plastic everywhere. It was sad, cost cutting while the prices increased steadily.
Less buttons = better I drive a VW Golf and im used to its buttons and all but if i drove another old school car with 100 buttons i woudnt even want it. The less buttons the better. Would make me switch faster because its much more easier.
The removal of the 2 rear window switches is the most cynical level of cost cutting I've ever seen I reckon. I suppose over millions of cars it will add up but come on VW...
@@Astke @rynomuncher I don‘t understand all the negative reactions. How often do you really operate the rear windows? How many times have you falsely operated the rear window when entering a parking garage etc. I actually would be pleased with this arrangement of buttons.
@@evbrandy1357 Oh please. You think this won’t lead to even more mistakes?? What a damn joke. They saved 1 button?! That can’t possibly be cost saving. I think it’s a « new » design. SO ridiculous.
I'm glad you mentioned the turning circle - An important aspect sometimes overlooked with other reviewers. Important to me as I have a tight manouevre on a main road to get into my drive. And at 10m that is exceptionally good for such a big car.
Drove an ID.3 a few days ago and was very sceptical about the touch buttons on the steering wheel, but surprisingly they worked extremely well and I had no problem controlling everything on my first ride. Still don't understand how touch buttons are an improvement
The range is pretty good, actually, most car makers have ~250 miles claimed, so in theory, this ID 4 with a claimed 310 should do better. At the end of the day, it's a VW, so ofc it's a good all arounder
As a Dutch speaking Belgian, I'm quite used to voice recognition systems not speaking my language while claiming they do. I tried quacking like a Dutch person but to no avail. :/
For anyone considering this car: The Skoda Enyaq IV looks more high quality on the inside, has better integrated and generally better electronics, a nicer interior and looks way better IMO. Plus it has a lot more space.
@@stolenape3225 and you seem to be the type of person than assumes ones entire identity from a comment not even aimed at you. Hmmmm. I think I’ll stay as I am kid.
It’s very bad and noticeable. Same goes for every new Audi model that’s redesigned, starting with the A8. Quality on the previous gen A3 for example is much better than the A6 and A7 models with cheap plastics used throughout and build quality used to be market leading in my view with Audi. The previous VW systems were some of the best really, the infotainment on the Golf 7.5 and materials were impeccable and not far of what idrive and mmi offered
@@Horizon301. yep completely agree with everything, vw, audi were always on top of the class in terms of build quality and really what made them into the megacompanies. Hopefully they will get back to that as soon as possible
@@Horizon301. I believe once they can they'll get back to where they were, especially for Audi. I just remembered VW building some beautiful cars and interiors, but people complaining they'd never purchase them, and would rather go to Audi. So I'm not sure how VW will move forward with their designs .
Drum brakes circa 1971, cost saving gone mad, what’s going on with VW/Audi I had hired Golf a few months ago the quality of MK8 interior was a real step back over MK7 terrible plastics, and what’s going to happen when legislative changes come in to outlaw touchscreen, were are the buttons, you can’t use a mobile, but it’s ok at 70mph to take your eyes off the road to adjust heater fan speed....
I watched the whole review just to check your comment. It is true that at the beginning he was talking about all the negative stuff but when he is driving the car he talks pretty good things about it. So, I guess the car is good and it has a lot of potential. I was watching other channels and the reviews are pretty good in general.
The main advantage of the touch sensitive buttons is swiping. You don’t need to look down or fidget when you swipe. It took me by surprise when I realized this is how those sensitive buttons are intended to be used. It’s amazingly intuitive to use, when you need to adjust ACC cruising speed or sound volume or skip songs. You just swipe your thumbs across the middle of the small panels , super easy and effortless, no need to look down or find the right buttons. It’s a pity those buttons are misunderstood.
At this point, my compact electric SUV of choice would be the Mach E even though I will never buy an American vehicle. I'd go for a mid-sized vehicle like an Audi E-tron instead.
VW drum brakes in my experience tend to lock when parked for any length of time (even just overnight in winter) so colour me skeptical about VW's intentions with them in this instance, given the cost cutting in the rest of the car...
Most honest review of this car I've seen. I so wanted to like this car but I've been put off it: * Cheapo interior - £40k and it's got the interior of something under £20k * Capacitive buttons - you cannot use these easily and not all if your hands are damp or greasy * Unfinished software - seems really slooow and probably buggy * Boot - £40k and you can't have a completely flat space I'll bet the Enyaq is far better value for money
It seems like they rushed this car, let the customers figure out all the bugs while VW starts making profit. What kind of car manufacturer would do that...?! Oh wait.........
Give it 10 years for electric tech to mature. This is a mostly unavoidable transition phase where every new car sucks, but gives us a glimpse of what the future will be like. (Hopefully with less touchscreens.)
@@THESLlCK Bullshit. First of all electric drivetrains are, and have always been, FAR superior to the crappy and inefficient combustion clunkers. There's a reason your drill or immersion blender isn't driven by a petrol engine. The thing with CARS is that you need good batteries. Because there have been some breakthroughs in the last two decades concerning battery tech, EVs are becoming a reality. There is however still a lot of ground to cover to make batteries with higher energy density.
@@davidsommen1324 lol this jackwagon thinks that efficiency is the reason for not having petrol appliances. Elevator doesn't reach the top floor I guess
@@Matt_Curlew it looks cool, but seems to have lost the original VW design DNA, the positive point is that they will attract new customers with that ( younger?), because the design is more "extravagant" than before
I think just two buttons for opening the window's is brilliant! It happends to me all the time that I accidently open the rear windows instead of the front.. but well that can be on me as well haha
I searched if you had done a review of the ID 4 and nothing came up, only for me to get a notification few minutes later that you just uploaded a video of the ID 4 review. Lol
What’s the point on having touch sensitive buttons over ”normal” physical buttons? You still have to press something, they are more inaccurate and you often cannot use them with glows, so no advantage whatsoever. Also the id.4 interior looks nice on the first sight but after novelty has gone it’s as low-quality and full of plastic as an entry level dazia duster that costs 20 000£ on a new.
The way Tesla implemented it makes sense - at least for manufacturing, if not for real world use. Their screen is a single surface and completely blank, so much easier to manufacture and assemble than lots of buttons and it can be completely reconfigured if they come up with a better layout for the buttons. Still not a massive fan, but I do understand it. The way it's implemented here seems worst of both worlds: complicated to manufacture and no possibility of reconfiguring and awful to use.
The main advantage of the touch sensitive buttons is swiping. You don’t need to look down or fidget when you swipe. It took me by surprise when I realized this is how those sensitive buttons are intended to be used. It’s amazingly intuitive to use, when you need to adjust ACC cruising speed or sound volume or skip songs. You just swipe your thumbs across the middle of the small panels , super easy and effortless, no need to look down or find the right buttons. It’s a pity those buttons are misunderstood.
Honestly, with all likes and dislikes to this channel as a advert for carwow and Matt himself, I really appreciate the honest mention of government discount. Even though I live in a different country and never was in UK, this mention made me like the attitude and honesty.
Great Review. Is waiting for mine that will be delivered in May. Beside 1st, there is also a 1st Max (The one I get) and that is a fully spec version. Glass roof, electric tail gate, electric dampers, electric seats, but still no Frunk :) Regarding the glovebox, I think that is a UK "problem" because mine has full glovebox, but it is also left side build instead.
10:26 The strap is for a spare oil bottle. That’s been VW’s clever solution for excessive oil consuption. My Polo GTI is ”within spec” as long as it uses less oil than petrol. They did give me one free liter of oil when the car was delivered, which was nice. They just forgot to remove the strap for the electric cars, as well as the ”Start/Stop Engine” button.
148 HP for a 2.1 ton car... What are they thinking? There needs to be a law for minimum acceleration and performance as all these slow cars of the last year's are so incredibly dangerous on the motorway
Interesting, the first edition of this here in the U.S. has a glass roof and all the other kit (power boot included) that this one seems to lack. You guys get matrix led headlights though (illegal here stupidly) and I'd gladly trade a sunroof and a power tailgate for those. Furthermore....despite being better equipped....the U.S. model starts at $33,000 after the $7,500 federal tax credit (which over 200,000 of these cars are eligible for). Goes down even further when the states tack on an additional 2,000-3,000
Nice thing to mention the 4000 saving includes the goverment grant. Thats really honest of you, I thought you were sound but that confirms it. top bloke.
I feel that Vw has tried to cut costs for this model ID.4 as much as possible but it's still not exactly a cheap car now is it.... I made this comment half way through video, Matt thinks the same
Ye the golf is terrible now no gas struts no felt in the glovebox and cheaper materials inside, the mk5 was good the Mk6 was good and the mk7 was good quality but this mk8 is cheap.
@@yashmann The one thing I never understood is why does it bother some people in the 21st centaury if a doesn't have gas struts in the mid segment. I accept that the lack of felt in glovebox is maybe problematic because it can rattle more and stuff scratch the plastic, but the gas struts? If an Audi, Merc or Lexus doesn't have gas struts I say it's lame, but a golf?
@@cstrx11 but for many generations its had gas struts but why remove them now, a golf is seen more "better" than like say a ford or a vauxhall, so it should have things that are better. And you should expect it to have struts because it's 2021.
@@yashmann A Golf with a reasonable trim level was and is also a bit more expensive than the competitors and VW was for many years in winning position. VW is now in the same situation as everyone else. They (and most german car makers) saved a LOT of money during engine development and production for many years with their cheating SW this also ment that they could put more money into production and better materials while having the same profit on each car. They were also great in production optimization. Now they MUST quickly spend a lot of money on development of PHEVs and EVs to repair the damage and to maximize the profit level on a golf too. So they had to remove many things, including the gas struts. But the gas struts are NOT the biggest problem. I think (and only my opinion) the problem is that they used a LOT of shiny cheap black plastic in the interior and replaced almost all buttons with touch sensitive surfaces and sliders EVERYWHERE... even on the steering wheel and the typical VW exterior light switch was also replaced. Most people -average customers- open the hood once every 2 months or less, but you use the interior and buttons of the car every day. And if you think the Golf's interior is cheap, then check the ID.3 and ID.4's dash and doors. But don't worry sooner or later when they get back on their feet again financially and they will use better materials and gas struts again even in the C segment. Maybe with the next Golf generation... if there will be one.
@@cstrx11 yes I agree the interior button scenario is a mess have screens but with buttons, BMW does this the best still has volume and climate control buttons and other quick access buttons but has a big screen aswell. I think they will make another golf even though the 1d3 is the replacement for the golf, as I think the id3 isn't gonna sell ask as previous golfs and the mk7 isn't gonna sell aswell as the mk7 Mk6 mk5 so they will have to improve it for the next gen. Like the mk4 was good but then the mk5 was really good, then the Mk6 was cheaper to make but quality was just as good. Hopefully mk9 week fix these problems. Also I hate hate hate touch screens for everything, a button is just one touch and ready but not too many buttons just enough for basic stuff, like I've said bmw had the best button to simplicity to screen layout
@@simonwilson7581 Drove a big tour bus. The buttons for opening the doors were located next to the driver. This bus had a front door, as well as a rear (side) door. I pulled the wrong knob, and a child fell out of the bus.....
We just drove the ID4 1st Edition here in S. California and it has wireless charging, pano roof with power closing shade, and the power boot. Clearly, VW has released different 1st Edition models in Europe than the ones here in the USA.
@@snakeeyes9246 yeah that's a valid point, but my point was, let's say with some decent options you're looking at 50-55k GBP. that's twice the annual salary for some people
It's Three Phase Charging, lol. Three phase supplies are not common to UK houses but they are becoming more common. They are common in some European countries. The Zappi charger supports three phase operation. Commercial chargers at work places, shops and hotels are often three phase so the 11 kW charging feature is still very useful in the UK.
regulations havent kept up with technology that is why "touch" is still legal, although it should be outlawed because of taking your vision away from the road, just like you cant watch videos in your car while driving, plus its stupid. Going to cause loads of accidents because people will fiddle with touch-sensitive controls. Bring back smart design buttons or integrate them in a lever on the steering wheel, how hard can it be.
