A test mule of the Volkswagen ID.3 caught in the open with almost no camouflage

The car in testing shows an almost definitive unit, with practically nothing hidden, of what will be the production model

The sighting took place in the city of Stuttgart. Specialist automotive journalist Greg Kable spotted a test unit of the new Volkswagen ID.3, the first electric car built and sold by the German brand, parking in front of his house.

As can be seen in the images that Kable himself posted on Twitter, far from the psychedelic camouflage we have become used to seeing in Volkswagen presentations of the model that will open the door to the new era of electric cars, the vehicle wears a graphite black bodywork that makes its look more discreet but cannot hide anything.

A lightly disguised @Volkswagen ID. 3 prototype just pulled up in front of my house in Stuttgart . . .@VWGroup @VWGroup_DE @VW pic.twitter.com/85PX8DV4X2

— Greg Kable (@GregKable) 9 July 2019

The Volkswagen ID.3 is shown without reservations

Apart from the front and rear badges, the Volkswagen ID.3 photographed by Kable has a sharp look at the front, thanks to the slope of the headlights and a long glass area resting on considerably long A-pillars.

From the side, there is a silhouette that, from the front to the B-pillar, has a sharp incline and, from the central pillar to the tail, the rear section is compact, giving it a dynamic and robust bearing.

Moreover, thanks to the considerable wheelbase and large wheel arches, and despite not showing too many design complications beyond the crease that joins the upper arch of the front wheel with the door handles, the charging flap and the rear light, it is a compact car with generous dimensions.

The rear is designed with parallel lines close together, and their sharpness, together with a small rear window that is largely covered by a substantial spoiler fitted around it, except for the lower area, creates a very compact look, helped by the surface of small-sized rear lights.

A familiar look

Overall, a simple, elegant, compact yet voluminous image, with dynamism and robustness that leaves no doubt that it is a car related, at least in concept, to others such as the Volkswagen Golf but, if I may take the liberty, more closely to the MPV version of the reference compact, the Volkswagen Golf Sportvan.

In short, these photos begin to shed light on the final appearance of the car and, together with the publication, apparently by mistake, of a video showing the final interior of the Volkswagen ID.3, allow us to get an idea of what the production car will look like.