Volkswagen has offered a primary have a look at the long-awaited U.S.-bound ID.Buzz electrical van—lastly, within the kind People will have the ability to purchase.
What have we been ready for? U.S. variations of the 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz, VW says, will probably be made in the identical Hanover, Germany, manufacturing unit because the European mannequin however they’ll have a 3rd row of seats. They’ll be practically 10 inches longer than the two-row mannequin that will not be offered within the U.S. They’ll have a 91-kwh battery pack. And so they’ll provide all-wheel drive. Even the single-motor rear-wheel-drive model of the ID.Buzz will probably be extra highly effective in U.S. spec, at 282 hp reasonably than 201 hp.
Whether or not People actually wished to attend round one other two years for that goodie bag is one other matter. Even for those who’ve been holed up in a commune over the previous seven years, with a replica of “How one can Preserve Your VW Alive” shut at hand and solely whirled peas in your thoughts, you in all probability know that there’s a brand new electrical Microbus on the best way.
It’s been an extended wait. Six years in the past this month, VW confirmed that the well-received ID.Buzz Idea was production-bound, and a pair months after that Inexperienced Automobile Experiences drove it and located the retro-concept to be charming, head-turning, and extremely spacious.
Then Inexperienced Automobile Experiences drove the European-spec model of the ID.Buzz final 12 months and located it to be the excellent counterpoint to the mainstream crossover. In these dimensions, it’s right-sized in some ways for city households—with straightforward sightlines and nice maneuverability, whereas successfully remixing the parking footprint of the VW ID.4, Tesla Mannequin Y, Hyundai Ioniq 5, and lots of others with one thing distinctly totally different and stylishly utilitarian.
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How a lot larger is the ID.Buzz for America?
People could by no means see that standard-length model, so right here’s what we’re taking a look at: In U.S. XL kind, the ID.Buzz is 192.4 inches lengthy, 77.9 inches huge, and 74.6 inches tall, and it rides on a 127.5-inch wheelbase—9.9 inches longer than that of the two-row model. An out there panoramic glass sunroof with electrochromic tinting measures 67.4 inches lengthy and 40.8 inches huge.
U.S. variations will embody seven-passenger seating, twin power-sliding rear aspect doorways, and an influence tailgate, with an AC plug below the passenger seat. Entrance seats will probably be heated, cooled, and power-adjusted. Some could want the second-row captain’s chairs format, which drops passenger capability to 6.
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It’ll be cargo-friendly. A middle console provides dividers and a flex space on high. Second and third rows will fold flat with the assistance of a Flexboard adapter. Whereas the second row can’t be eliminated—a minimum of not simply—the third row might be pulled out fully when wanted, in two parts, and the second row slides 7.9 inches fore and aft.
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ID.Buzz vary and charging
The 91-kwh battery capability is gross, and based mostly on the capability afforded within the same-size pack within the ID.7, usable (internet) capability will probably be 86 kwh. VW hasn’t but disclosed what EPA driving vary that may carry American ID.Buzz drivers, however that stands at about 12% extra usable capability than the Euro model’s 77 kwh. It is doubtless that may end in extra real-world vary, though the U.S. model will probably be significantly heavier. In well-equipped Euro-spec kind, the ID.Buzz weighs round 5,400 kilos. Add the size, the third row, the additional battery, and all-wheel drive, and the U.S. model is more likely to high 6,000 kilos.
VW confirmed that will probably be in a position to fast-charge from 10% to 80% in about 25 minutes, at a peak 170 kw.
The 2025 VW ID.Buzz would be the second U.S. product—after the aero-savvy 2025 VW ID.7 electrical hatchback—to get VW’s new AP550 motor, which makes 406 lb-ft of torque and incorporates each oil cooling and water cooling. High velocity for the U.S. Buzz is 99 mph, up from the Euro model’s 90 mph, and in American prolonged splendor it nonetheless manages a coefficient of drag of 0.29.
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Tech contained in the VW electrical van
The infotainment system will get most of the similar enhancements coming to the ID.7, which may have arrived by the point the ID.Buzz will get right here within the second half of 2024. The 12.9-inch touchscreen now has local weather features that “stick” to the underside of the display screen for simple entry, plus varied user-set shortcuts. A devoted 5.3-inch display screen in entrance of the steering wheel exhibits key driver information. VW’s ID.Gentle carries over from the ID.4 and helps talk on navigation, security methods, and even cellphone calls with out making drivers look down on the display screen. And a head-up show and distant parking are among the many out there tech extras.
There’s a lot to love and, dimension apart, the sticker worth of the U.S. model could be probably the most controversial factor in regards to the ID.Buzz. With its sticker anticipated to cross the road round $65,000, or a bit extra, nostalgia comes at a steep worth. However for those who do not need to field your self into at this time’s norms, it needs to be effectively value it.
