[sdm]

I went on to auto-trader today and was very surprised to see that there were already deals for the ID3.

 

[DanP]

Just had a look, cheapest is £35,827 - so £53 less than the RRP minus £3,000 grant?

I was surprised to see any on there (19) but they don’t seem to be giving them away quite yet!

 

[Cantonalegod]

Cheapest is £35207, which represents a discount of £673, or a bit less than 2%!

 

[Trapdoor]

I wonder if these are cancelled customer orders and the dealer decided to keep it for "stock" or if they just ordered them without an actual customer in mind or if VW are sending them all a demo car as happened with the Kia e-Niro launch ?

We may never know, I also wonder if this "glut" of availability will be followed by a longish period when it is hard to get one and 6 month wait times etc as can happen if demand from the factory is high, perhaps not high here in the UK but in Germany with the large cash EV incentives and bonuses that are on offer or Norway with a very large customer base of e-Golf owners who may be interested in an upgrade.

 

[GTE Imp]

The designated ID3 salesman, at my local dealership, said that they were waiting for their demo car to arrive. Apparently it's due in a couple of week's time.

 

[Ireallywantanirophev]

I think because there were so many cancellations which is probably why they have so many available on autotrader maybe?
I doubt they will hold their value that well based on the current trend

 

[DanP]

39 on there now, cheapest is £35,879, most expensive £43,056! (inc the grant)

 

[Cantonalegod]

39 on there now, cheapest is £35,879, most expensive £43,056! (inc the grant)

£1 off on the cheapest one then! 😂🤣

 

[Trapdoor]

A week later 40 are listed, hot cakes they are not.

 

[Riz_Neo]

Slow uptake?

 

[M C Williams]

Could it be that more of the cancelled 1st addition are becoming available for sell?

 

[ivand911]

A week later 40 are listed, hot cakes they are not.

Maybe in UK. In Norway this month were sold 1812 cars(ID3). 134 ID3 sold today. Model 3 sold 56 today, MG ZS sold 36, Etron sold 35. I think this month at least 500 ID3 will be sold in UK.

 

[OB1CCFC]

Undoubtedly the 1st Edition is over-priced.
Then again there has been close to zero promo for the ID3 so far in the UK, even in the dealerships.
Maybe they are very softly launching this because of the software issues? Which won’t be resolved until January or so..

 

[Todor]

This thread is funny:

"40 ID.3 1st Ed on sale!! Overpriced! Woah! VW failure!"

Get a little perspective: There were 1500 1st Editions to be delivered to UK. 40 is 2.7%

 

[sdm]

I had a look this morning and they are now at 46. This makes me wonder....It is only speculation, but does this indicate that there is less demand than anticipated or does it reflect the fact that VW are really manufacturing at scale or possibly a bit of both?
VW have invested considerable infrastructure behind the car and so it does seem that they are going to have to make sure that they do sell.

It also makes me wonder when we might see second hand models start to appear on the market.

 

[proddick]

I had a look this morning and they are now at 46. This makes me wonder....It is only speculation, but does this indicate that there is less demand than anticipated or does it reflect the fact that VW are really manufacturing at scale or possibly a bit of both?

As above, VW UK had an allocation of 1500 1st Edition and there won't be any more of them. The pandemic has upended a lot of people's lives so it should not be a surprise people cancelled their preorders. As I enquired initially, I was emailed last month by VW saying they had some availability. I suspect the reason those remaining cars aren't selling quickly is there are no attractive PCP or lease deals, the VW dealers seem most interested in cash sales.

It is interesting VW are now shifting the focus to the ID.4 and I suspect they are now reducing their forecast for the ID.3. The key to getting volume in UK to increase is doing good finance deals, hopefully we will see those once there is general availability of the ID.3 series models.

 

[Benhchap]

I was contacted by a VW dealer today as I enquired about an egolf last year. Saying they had a demo and also a couple of ID3s 1st for sale. I’m intrigued to see how it compares to my M3 and what its actually like. 😊

 

[ivand911]

If you try it, tell us what you think.

 

[Atsoc15]

ID3 is now on Carwow, no discounts on offer yet but always handy to keep an eye on latest real pricing.

 

[GordonP]

Now up to 65 cars available on Autotrader. I very much doubt there will be any discounts from list price or sweet finance deals, but maybe some dealers might be prepared to offer generous trade-in deals?