I had a good hour-long run in a VW ID-3 today. Very much as expected. Certainly good to drive, with plenty of oomph and safe, neutral handling. Not a huge amount of difference between the driving modes Eco, Comfort and Sport. Unlike most reviewers, I didn't find the interior cheap-looking: it seemed fine to me. Seat comfort not bad, although the 1st edition demonstrator didn't have lumbar support which was needed. Generally, as some testers have said, it's a good car which perhaps doesn't break as much new ground as VW would like us to believe.

Two big antis for me, though. Firstly it failed the keyboard test. I need a flat or nearly flat floor with rear seats folded down, to push my music keyboard in with its wheeled case. VW don't offer a variable boot floor - no idea why not - and there's a big step from boot floor to folded seatbacks.

Secondly, I did (honestly) try to get on with the touchscreen. But sadly I wasn't convinced that it was any sort of improvement. (a) Things didn't always happen at the first prod. (b) You have to look at the screen for too long if you're driving for it to be safe. (c) If the sun shone on to the screen, visibility was much reduced but not the fingermarks. (d) Halfway through the hour's drive, the system decided that it was night, although the sun was shining brightly. Headlights went on with no means of turning them off, and the map background went black. I may be showing my age, but I have a rooted objection to an IT system that does what it wants and not what I want. I'm not a control freak, but I do think that when driving a car one needs to be in comtrol.

There was no HUD on this model, but it wasn't needed as one's speed and the speed limit both appear clearly on the screen in front of the driver. Excellent - but the effect was spoilt because it kept saying 'speed exceeded' with every press of the accelerator, even when I was nowhere near the limit. If there was a link to the satnav, there was no obvious means of establishing it.

I've enjoyed a succession of VAG cars as they've all been good to drive, and just as importantly there's been nothing that consistently annoys. Controls fall to hand and do what you expect them to. But with the ID-3 VW is like a cow that's given a good pail of milk - and then kicked it over.

I've ordered a Kia E-Niro for delivery next spring.