After test driving the ID3 we wanted to check on PHEVs, so our next test drive is the Golf GTE – after that, the Kona. I actually am fine with hard plastics, as long as they’re decently textured and not somewhere where i constantly touch – which is sadly the case in the Kona (the “elbow rest” in the door).
One thing i realised already before driving the Kona: i don’t like that it’s front wheel drive. I generally actually am happy with front scratchers, but with that kind of power/torque (low down), every video where a guy puts his foot down in a Kona from a stand still, you hear the tyres screech.
Electric cars, imho, need rear wheel drive/all wheel drive. Preferably rear wheel drive – no torque steer (zero), usually better turning radius, and more traction. The ID3 goes like a horse stung by a bee in sport mode.
We’ll still test drive it, since everything i mentioned might actually not be a problem in the first place (apart from the FWD) – it’s just something that floats about in my mind.