Volkswagen ID.4 Crossover EV Review: 0-60mph, Ride, Tech, Charging & Range | Top Gear Tested
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The VW ID.4 is the bigger brother to the ID.3, competing with the Ford Mustang Mach-E and Tesla Model Y.
The price for the base model starts at £35,000, while the tested model is £45,535, and the top-of-the-range model is £55,000.
There is a 52kWh battery for the base spec, claiming 210 miles, and the pro-battery which can take you up to 77 kWh.
Claimed range of the 77kWh version can reach just over 300 miles, however in real-world conditions, think 260 to 265 miles.
A full charge will take about 8 hours from your home wall box, or 34 minutes to 80% at a rapid charger.
The charging cable goes under what parents used to call the fuel filler flap.
It doesn’t have a front trunk, so you have to place the charging cable in a cubby hole in the trunk.
The designer woke up in time to sketch some funky taillights, but for a car that's supposed to be the bedrock of Volkswagen's all-electric future, it's hardly a head-turner.
There's lots of space for adults behind adults, along with storage for devices and snacks, making it a strong road-trip car.
There's a long-boy wheel base with a battery-powered chassis.
It suffers from all the same tech problems and mistakes that all recent Volkswagens suffer from because they've tried to be Tesla.
There are touch-sensitive buttons which don’t light up at night, touch-sensitive volume control, and banks of touch-sensitive buttons on the steering wheel.
Everything lives in a touch screen with the processing power of a supermarket self-checkout.
There is a limited voice assistant.
It should be 2,045 kg, but turned out to be 100 kg heavier.
It is speed limited to 99 mph.
The car goes around corners but there is nothing encouraging the driver to grab it.
It's a comfortable and refined drive on a motorway.
The ID.4 is a good family car, but is not a great one.