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Too bad they won't sell them in the US. We desperately need small affordable EVs that rival China's offerings. I wonder how easy it'd be to block the ID2's telemetry antennas.
There’s no excuse not to sell it in the US.
Trump's tariff war is a great reason not to sell anything here. Why bother sending all that bulky inventory here if any profit margin they make is taken from them? Increase the price and it is no longer affordable.
Even with a tarriff, a $20k car would still be cheap. There are also no tariffs on goods from the EU (yet) or you could just (god forbid) build them here in the US.
I dunno why they wouldn’t sell them in Canada or Mexico either.
or you could just (god forbid) build them here in the US.
Even cars built in the US from US car companies have to have parts imported from Canada and Mexico (sometimes shipping back and forth multiple times). These tariffs will raise the price of every car.
Nope, because every damn VW dealership will mark it up to stupid levels. If they can’t make money suckering you in for maintenance, they are going to take it off the top. Hell, right now there suing because VAG is trying a different approach for Scout sales.
Why’d they stop making the Chevy bolt? A friend got one for pretty cheap but can’t anymore from what I can tell
Because they felt the EV Canyonero…er, Hummer would be more profitable.
you'd have to get it here, too. no way this administration is gonna let that happen.
Price sounds good, finally. Now please start to offer some station wagons instead of SUVs.
Ioniq 5, EV6, GV60
Compact recreational vehicles AKA "crossovers" are not station wagons, or if in Europe, touring cars.
It's about the back. It's big, like rear facing seats big; but the car is low, and less massive for it.
This is the high point of the category. We need to bring that shit back.
Give me the Benz as reissue EV, just do it you cowards!
Baby got back
2026? Are they mad? Renault and stellantis already have cheaper models, not to mention Koreans and Chinese. Very late to the party for VW.
2026 is only 10 months away. I think they'll be okay.
Whoa, where did January go this fast? But in all honesty, best guess would be 16 months, not 10.
It would be better for consumers that Volkswagen & other car companies price their products closer to what it is sold for in China. The ID.3 can be had for USD $9,400 there.
Who's going to volunteer for the slave labor and heavy subsidies it takes to reach that price though?
I wonder how much it'd cost to buy a car there and drive it home by ferry to Europe.
You'd still have to pay for customs, insurance and a license plate, at least in my country. Customs is 10% of the car's worth plus transport cost, so it would still be cheaper but not by much anymore
Another knob and switch deficit design. Regressive.
Looks like it has physical buttons.
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
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