My Ioniq5 P45 thread - from the start.

[ajap1979]

Chap on the ID3 forum has had to reject his Ioniq 5, apparently spent 5 weeks with Hyundai before they admitted they couldn't fix it.

[jason61c]

ajap1979 said:

Chap on the ID3 forum has had to reject his Ioniq 5, apparently spent 5 weeks with Hyundai before they admitted they couldn't fix it.

Look at how many ID3's have been rejected.

[ajap1979]

jason61c said:

ajap1979 said:

Chap on the ID3 forum has had to reject his Ioniq 5, apparently spent 5 weeks with Hyundai before they admitted they couldn't fix it.

Look at how many ID3's have been rejected.

To my knowledge the vast majority have been very early Edition 1 cars.

Still, seems strange to compare the interior materials on two cars from different classes and price points. At £40k there is no excuse for crap interior materials.

[dapprman]

ajap1979 said:

jason61c said:

ajap1979 said:

Chap on the ID3 forum has had to reject his Ioniq 5, apparently spent 5 weeks with Hyundai before they admitted they couldn't fix it.

Look at how many ID3's have been rejected.

To my knowledge the vast majority have been very early Edition 1 cars.

Still, seems strange to compare the interior materials on two cars from different classes and price points. At £40k there is no excuse for crap interior materials.

In many respects the Ioniq 5s out there are still very early 1st edition cars, which is partly why I've held off considering buying one until the new years (there are a number of other reasons as well and I'm not a guaranteed buyer),

Thing about the price point - I known what you mean from when I test drove a Premium, however I am far from the only one expecting to see the end of comparatively cheap new cars and in many respects what we would expect from a £10k-£20k car is now becoming the normal for £30k-£40k across the board and unlikely to change.

[dmsims]

The coldgate/rapidgate is like buying a fridge that's warm

[Bagpussawake]

GXM-no-longer-AMG said:

Hi, Just adding my 10p on the thread. (first PH post for years!)

We took delivery of a leased Ioniq 5 2wd premium with the larger battery 3 weeks ago. Metallic grey I forget the name.........
.......... we wont have the same issue again...

Edited by GXM-no-longer-AMG on Monday 13th December 12:04

We did exactly the same (also ~3 weeks ago!) and I agree with all the points in your review. The lack of a rear windscreen wiper is my biggest annoyance but offset by finally having a car with decent headlights!

[soupdragon1]

ajap1979 said:

jason61c said:

ajap1979 said:

Chap on the ID3 forum has had to reject his Ioniq 5, apparently spent 5 weeks with Hyundai before they admitted they couldn't fix it.

Look at how many ID3's have been rejected.

To my knowledge the vast majority have been very early Edition 1 cars.

Still, seems strange to compare the interior materials on two cars from different classes and price points. At £40k there is no excuse for crap interior materials.

VW have taken the 'WTF is this interior all about?' feedback on board and all new cars produced will have interior upgrades, door cards, dashboard, vegan leather seats (apart form Life trim) as well as some really poor gloss black plastics in certain areas being deleted and finished with better materials instead

No real life pictures available yet, but it certainly looks much better on the configurator compared to the previous interior

Overall, it probably brings the ID3 up to a 'decent' standard rather than 'ooh, thats nice'

[ajap1979]

soupdragon1 said:

ajap1979 said:

jason61c said:

ajap1979 said:

Chap on the ID3 forum has had to reject his Ioniq 5, apparently spent 5 weeks with Hyundai before they admitted they couldn't fix it.

Look at how many ID3's have been rejected.

To my knowledge the vast majority have been very early Edition 1 cars.

Still, seems strange to compare the interior materials on two cars from different classes and price points. At £40k there is no excuse for crap interior materials.

VW have taken the 'WTF is this interior all about?' feedback on board and all new cars produced will have interior upgrades, door cards, dashboard, vegan leather seats (apart form Life trim) as well as some really poor gloss black plastics in certain areas being deleted and finished with better materials instead

No real life pictures available yet, but it certainly looks much better on the configurator compared to the previous interior

Overall, it probably brings the ID3 up to a 'decent' standard rather than 'ooh, thats nice'

Yep, it looks like a big improvement. The seats are a combination of vegan leather and art velours (an Alcantara-like fabric). We've got a Max on order, so will benefit from the new "premium" interior materials. Let's be honest, they should have been like that from day one, but credit to VW for doing something about it.

Back to the Ioniq 5, saw one in an almost satin dark grey the other day. Looked stunning in that colour.

[DSLiverpool]

So I saw this
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202201171...

I paid £48k minus 2% discount so if that car sells mine will be up before you can say EV

Mad world hey chaps

[Smiljan]

It's been on AT for several weeks already, no sane person is paying that.

[McAndy]

That is madness. And I don't believe it will sell for anywhere near that. I hope that it's an innocent typo, otherwise the dealership has lost all credibility.

[DSLiverpool]

The end is nigh, it’s up for sale and I’m pretty sure it’ll go. I’m thinking thirsty big engined stuff will drop in price and as I do low miles I can swoop in - that’s the idea anyway.