‘Major’ price cut for VW ID.3 means more EVs eligible for plug-in grant

Volkswagen has reduced prices of its ID.3 electric car range to ensure more versions are eligible for the £2,500 Plug-in Car Grant

Volkswagen ID.3

Volkswagen has revised its ID.3 electric car line-up to boost the number of models eligible for the government’s £2,500 Plug-in Car Grant.

A cut in prices means there are now six ID.3 models eligible for the grant, thanks to being below the £35,000 threshold.

With the Plug-in Car Grant taken off, VW ID.3 prices start from £27,120 – compared to £24,710 for a similarly-powered entry-level Volkswagen Golf.

That’s a price difference of, fittingly, less than £2,500.

The new variants now eligible for the Plug-in Car Grant are the 145hp ID.3 Family Pro and 204hp Family Pro Performance. Both share a 58kWh battery for a range of 262 miles between charges.

“We strive to continue to make e-mobility straightforward and affordable for everyone,” said Volkswagen UK director, Andrew Savvas.

“Our pricing update for the ID.3 demonstrates our commitment to that promise.”

Range-topping Max and Tour prices have both been cut by a whopping £3,800 too. The 77kWh Tour starts from £38,800 and the well-equipped Max costs from £37,730.

ID.3 2022 model year

Volkswagen ID.3

Volkswagen has also simplified the ordering process for the ID.3 (and the World Car of the Year-winning ID.4 EV SUV).  

Instead of being available in pre-configured trim levels, with the only choice being colours and wheels, now customers can choose a trim level and add option packs on top.

Volkswagen says this gives more flexibility to customers when ordering.

For example, a head-up display was previously only available on top-spec models. Now it can be added as an option to any trim level for £2,200.

The firm has also cleaned up the trim names: the recently-introduced City variant has been renamed Life, and both Business and Tech trims have been discontinued.  

Volkswagen ID.3 MY22 prices

45kWh battery

  • Life Pure Performance: £27,120
  • Style Pure Performance: £31,520

58 kWh battery

  • Life Pro: £30,920
  • Family Pro: £31,140
  • Life Pro Performance: £29,740
  • Family Pro Performance: £32,460
  • Max Pro Performance: £37,730

77 kWh battery

  • Tour Pro S: £38,800

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Richard Aucock
Richard Aucockhttps://www.richardaucock.co.uk/
Richard is director at Motoring Research. He has been with us since 2001, and has been a motoring journalist even longer. He won the IMCO Motoring Writer of the Future Award in 1996 and the acclaimed Sir William Lyons Award in 1998. Both awards are run by the Guild of Motoring Writers and Richard is currently vice chair of the world's largest organisation for automotive media professionals. Richard is also a juror and Steering Committee director for World Car Awards and the UK juror for the AUTOBEST awards.

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