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.

  • hunteqthemighty@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I can tell you why my wife and I didn’t buy an ID4 as well as an Ioniq 5 (different reasons).

    First, the Ioniq 5 was great but the dealer wasn’t. 29 sitting on the lot, all with a $5,000-$10,000 markup. Wouldn’t let us test drive. Test drove a used one at another dealership but then they tried to change the price and increase it when we showed interest.

    Now, the ID4 was a whole experience. First off, it was a disappointing driving experience. Compared to the Ioniq 5 it felt sluggish. Additionally the sale person was straight up being dishonest about tax credits with him and his manager saying everything was eligible. I pulled vins from their site and at the time not a single vehicle on their lot was eligible.

    Ended up getting a Mach E below market value.