Hello, Just trying to gain some perspective here as I was at both dealers today and for the first time laid eyes and touched the interior of both the Ioniq 5 and ID4 and I was greatly disappointed with the interior quality of the Ioniq 5 in terms of material choices. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Ioniq looks good, tech is good, and specs are good. It’s pretty much scratchy hard plastic everywhere, even in high touch areas like door armrests. In contrast I checked out 2 ID4s afterwards and was pretty much “blown” away with the materials used - when having just seen the Ioniq 5.
Is this normal? EVs aren’t cheap vehicles and I understand the big part of cost are the electrical components like the battery, but the interior quality alone is greatly steering me towards an ID4 instead of the Ioniq 5… Along with an apparent 3 year wait for the Ioniq 5 AWD in Canada.
Given that used AWD ID.4 and AWD Ioniq 5 can both be purchased for around $27k for their initial 2021 models, why would I choose the 2021 ID.4 that has slower charging, slower software, and drum brakes?
Personally would love to consider the ID.4 as our next vehicle, but the gen 1 ID.4 has enough downsides that it’s at the bottom of my list.
OMG, does the VW really have drum brakes?!
Only total pieces of shit have drum brakes, so don’t tell me the VW is “nicer” than the Hyundai.
Does it also have hand-crank windows?
What year are we living in, 1993?
It has rear drum brakes because they are virtually useless since the regenerative braking is very strong. It reduces maintenance and production costs for zero performance or driving experience impact.
The front wheels have disc brakes of course.
As a ID.4 owner I couldn’t car less about the drum brakes, I’m glad I won’t have to replace 4x disc brakes that have entirely rusted out like I did with my old Volt.