VW has introduced its pricing, vary and colour choices for the upcoming ID.Buzz, with 3 inside and 11 exterior colours obtainable when it hits the street later this yr.
The ID.Buzz has been a very long time coming, with an idea first unveiled in 2017. It’s already on the street in Europe, however North America has been ready for its personal three-row because it was unveiled final June.
However we by no means knew for positive how a lot it could price. The European model begins within the ~$65-75k vary (relying on nation, and EU costs usually embody taxes), and the US model is even greater, so we frightened the value is perhaps even increased.
At this time we’re studying that the ID.Buzz will begin at $59,995 base for the “Professional S” tier, a little bit of a aid in comparison with what we would have anticipated. The Professional S solely is available in rear-wheel drive, and comes with a second-row bench seat with room for seven passengers.
A Professional S Plus tier begins at $63,495 (or $67,995 for AWD) and the launch-only “1st Version” will begin at $65,495 for RWD or $69,995 for AWD.
Rear-wheel drive fashions have 234 miles of EPA vary, and all-wheel drive fashions are barely much less environment friendly at 231 EPA miles. AWD fashions are available six-seat configurations, swapping the 2nd row bench seat for 2 captain’s chairs as an alternative. You may get captain’s chairs on the Professional S Plus RWD for an extra $695.
The ID.Buzz may have three obtainable interiors: Dune, Copper and Moonlight. Dune gained’t be obtainable on the bottom Professional S, solely the upgraded trims.
The 11 exterior colours are cut up up into 3 monochrome single-tone colours and eight two-tone colours. The 2-tone colours are solely obtainable on upgraded trims, whereas the bottom Professional S trim will solely have entry to the three single-tone exteriors.
Two-tone colours price an extra $995 on the Professional S Plus mannequin, or are included on the first Version fashions, although that mannequin is proscribed to blue, orange, inexperienced, silver, and yellow exteriors.
Professional S Plus may add a panoramic “good glass” roof for $1,495, which is electrochromic and might flip opaque to assist hold the solar off of you. 1st Version consists of this glass roof normal.
A listing of different choices included with the assorted trims, and samples of the outside colours, will be seen beneath:
One final level on worth: not one of the ID.Buzz trims will qualify for the $7,500 US federal EV tax credit score because of being assembled exterior the US. Nevertheless, VW will doubtless provide lease incentives, as different firms have finished, since that permits them to bypass most of the restrictions of the credit score. We don’t have the small print of these but, however keep tuned when the Buzz does lastly hit the street, which ought to occur in October/November.
Electrek’s Take
Once I was younger, my household had a VW Vanagon Westfalia camper, so the VW bus has particular significance to me. My household went on lots of adventures in that bus, and for all its quirks, it was an superior car.
So I’m fairly excited in regards to the ID.Buzz, and have lengthy thought this might make the proper platform for electrification.
Once I noticed the unique idea, I beloved the cool retro type it had, calling again to that enjoyable outdated bus I grew up with.
That stated, I’m barely let down by the actual factor. It’s rather less quirky, just a little extra van-like, than the unique idea – which was already rather less quirky than the outdated VW microbuses have been to start with. There are lots of causes for this, together with new pedestrian and occupant security requirements that make the outdated VW bus’s minuscule overhangs untenable nowadays, however I nonetheless do miss it.
So, the ultimate model of the ID.Buzz is much more van-like, and rather a lot much less quirky (although the two-tone paint possibility does provide a huge visible enchancment, in my view). However “regular” may not be such a foul factor.
There aren’t lots of electrical vans on the market, with the $52k Pacifica Hybrid being the one different one with a plug in the mean time. Nevertheless, it’s only a 32-mile plug-in hybrid, whereas the Buzz is the primary electrical minivan you should purchase within the US.
So regardless of lacking out on a few of the quirkiness, the Buzz has a market all to itself in the mean time. There are another electrical vans, just like the Ford E-Transit and Mercedes eSprinter, however these are extra commercial-focused (VW does have a cargo model of the Buzz within the EU, but it surely’s not coming to the US).
And the Buzz is promoting properly within the EU, with VW planning to extend manufacturing dramatically to satisfy US demand. So it sees a big untapped market and expects to seize maintain on it shortly. So regardless of my private misgivings, perhaps one thing just a little extra regular will slot properly right into a market that desires any electrical van.
And whereas the value isn’t precisely low, it’s decrease than we anticipated, and there are definitely loads of higher-end minivans that worth out round that degree. Coupled with potential state or native incentives and a attainable lease low cost as soon as VW will get leases up and working, the Buzz might find yourself at a fairly aggressive worth in comparison with the competitors.
And moreover, we would nonetheless get to salvage a few of that quirkiness, both by way of a $3,400 add-on mattress/range/storage package or a full-on campervan conversion. There’s definitely no lack of creativity amongst VW Bus lovers (as we noticed on the three-row unveiling & traditional VW meetup), so we’re to see what folks find yourself doing with this new platform.
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