VW sets upper limit for ID versions
If you want to buy one of the popular electric cars from VW, you have to be quick or lucky. Car dealers can only get very limited numbers of the ID.3 and ID.4 models. Even customers who are still getting an e-car have to be patient.
VW introduces quotas: lousy prospects for e-car buyers
The ramp-up of electric cars is taking on new dimensions. At VW, they now seem to be forced to act and only give very limited numbers of e-cars to the dealers. The chances of potential customers getting hold of an ID.3 or ID.4 in the foreseeable future are dwindling.
Volkswagen is said to have started issuing quotas to car dealers for the two models from the ID series. The following applies: the larger the car dealership, the more electric vehicles are available in Wolfsburg. But even with the dealers with large sales that is Limit clear – and much lower than expected.
Wholesalers who sell more than 1,000 vehicles per year – regardless of the type of drive – will receive in 2022 maximum 35 ID.3 and 50 ID.4 (Source: YouTube channel Nextmove). The quotas are then graded in descending order up to a trading volume of less than 199 shares per year. These smaller dealers will only receive five ID.3 and six ID.4. This emerges from documents that VW sent to the dealers.
It is no surprise that quotas are being introduced: the range of available configurations for the ID.3 has been limited since last summer. With the ID.4, too, buyers have been expecting a sparse selection for weeks. Join in long delivery times, not only at VW. Depending on the model and brand, it can often take more than a year for the new e-car to finally arrive.
Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.4 already planned for 2022
According to Nextmove, the quotas have been in effect since last week. In the case of general availability together with the restrictive order quotas, the Opportunities for customers very bad to get their new electric VW in 2022.
If you have the wherewithal to spare, you can still hit the ID.5:
However, this does not apply to all models: the new ID.5 is not affected by the quotas. In addition, VW wants to offer the smallest Stromer e-UP again shortly.
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