Top Gear Tested: the Volkswagen ID.4

Volkswagen doesn’t tend to play fast and loose with family car design. The Golf, the Passat… hardly radical, are they? VW relies on common sense and sure-fire quality to sell its cars, but is that enough when it comes to the brave new world of EVs?

The ID.4 is VW’s electric crossover, sharing its base with the Audi Q4 e-tron and Skoda Enyaq but priced to rival the Tesla Model Y, Ford Mustang Mach-E and Hyundai Ioniq 5. Cars with risky, polarising ideas. So, is VW’s ID.4 (and its annoying dashboard) a safe bet, or the dullest EV you can shake a charging lead at? Over to Top Gear magazine’s Serious Car Tester Ollie Kew for the Top Gear Tested verdict.