Volkswagen cuts ID.4 price by $12,500 to clear inventory — SkimNews
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- Volkswagen is offering a $12,500 customer cash discount on 2025 ID.4 SUVs to clear inventory, while the 2026 ID.4 carries a smaller $6,000 bonus and the gas Taos and Tiguan get only $2,000 and $3,000 respectively
- ID.4 production ended at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee plant in April so the assembly lines could be retooled for better-selling gas-powered SUVs including the three-row Atlas
- VW said remaining 2025 ID.4 supply will support demand "into 2027" but described current inventory as "very limited," with offers expiring November 2, 2026 and varying by state
- The ID.4 uses an 82 kWh battery rated at up to 291 miles of EPA range in RWD variants and 263 miles in AWD, with the base Pro RWD starting at $45,095 across five trims
- Volkswagen's replacement — the rebadged ID. Tiguan — will adopt a boxier SUV design, VW's new interior with physical buttons restored after driver feedback, and debut by end of 2026 at the Emden, Germany plant
Why it matters: VW is cutting $12,500 off the ID.4 — a model it already stopped building in April to retool its U.S. plant for gas-powered Atlas SUVs — while gas siblings Taos and Tiguan get only $2,000–$3,000 off, making this one of the steepest EV clearances on a still-current nameplate with its successor not arriving until late 2026.
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