VW has introduced its pricing, vary and shade choices for the upcoming ID.Buzz, with 3 inside and 11 exterior colours out there 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 certain how a lot it could price. The European model begins within the ~$65-75k vary (relying on nation, and EU costs usually embrace taxes), and the US model is even greater, so we nervous the worth is perhaps even larger.
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 reduction 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 a substitute. You will get captain’s chairs on the Professional S Plus RWD for an extra $695.
The ID.Buzz can have three out there interiors: Dune, Copper and Moonlight. Dune received’t be out there on the bottom Professional S, solely the upgraded trims.
The 11 exterior colours are break up up into 3 monochrome single-tone colours and eight two-tone colours. The 2-tone colours are solely out there 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 can even add a panoramic “good glass” roof for $1,495, which is electrochromic and might flip opaque to assist maintain the solar off of you. 1st Version consists of this glass roof customary.
An inventory of different choices included with the varied trims, and samples of the outside colours, will be seen under:
One final level on worth: not one of the ID.Buzz trims will qualify for the $7,500 US federal EV tax credit score on account of being assembled outdoors the US. Nonetheless, VW will probably provide lease incentives, as different firms have executed, since that permits them to bypass lots 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 numerous adventures in that bus, and for all its quirks, it was an superior car.
So I’m fairly excited concerning the ID.Buzz, and have lengthy thought this might make the proper platform for electrification.
Once I noticed the unique idea, I cherished the cool retro model it had, calling again to that enjoyable previous 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 previous VW microbuses had been to start with. There are numerous causes for this, together with new pedestrian and occupant security requirements that make the previous VW bus’s minuscule overhangs untenable these days, however I nonetheless do miss it.
So, the ultimate model of the ID.Buzz is much more van-like, and lots much less quirky (although the two-tone paint possibility does provide a massive visible enchancment, in my view). However “regular” may not be such a foul factor.
There aren’t numerous electrical vans on the market, with the $52k Pacifica Hybrid being the one different one with a plug in the meanwhile. Nonetheless, it’s only a 32-mile plug-in hybrid, whereas the Buzz is the primary electrical minivan you should buy within the US.
So regardless of lacking out on among the quirkiness, the Buzz has a market all to itself in the meanwhile. 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 worth 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 doable lease low cost as soon as VW will get leases up and operating, the Buzz may find yourself at a fairly aggressive worth in comparison with the competitors.
And in addition to, we would nonetheless get to salvage a few of that quirkiness, both by a $3,400 add-on mattress/range/storage equipment 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 & basic VW meetup), so we’re to see what individuals find yourself doing with this new platform.
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