Volkswagen says it’s intended to 'create an additional impression of visual lengthening'. Look carefully at the base of the windscreen and you’ll spot that the black plastic area which appeared at the base of the first-generation ID.3 has disappeared, replaced by a larger body-coloured bonnet. External styling changesĪs you would expect of a design which is now labelled ‘second generation’, there are some notable and significant changes in the external styling of the ID.3, all aimed at setting it apart from the original.ĭesigners have given the front bumper a sharper, stronger look, while models fitted with Matrix LED headlights now get an animation which welcomes and says goodbye to the user as they approach and leave the vehicle. And so extensive are the upgrades that even Volkswagen now refers to it as the ‘second-generation’ ID.3. Initially, this facelift wasn’t even scheduled by VW until 2024, but such was the reaction - almost immediately from launch - to the EV’s software and interior quality that the company fast-tracked the new improvements. Volkswagen claims 300,000 ID.3s have been sold since deliveries started during the third quarter of 2020. The latest, chunkier ID.3, starting from roughly £37,00 and available now at Arnold Clark, is, by the carmaker’s own admission, very much a result of having listened “very carefully” to the ID.3 community.Īnd that ‘community’ is significant. Volkswagen's all-electric future kicked off at the end of 2019 with the introduction of the ID.3.Īnd the ‘second generation’ of the German marque’s electric Golf-sized family hatchback has now been unveiled.
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