Volkswagen has been generating quite a lot of buzz around its next dedicated electric vehicle part of the ID. family. Following the ID.3 hatchback and a trio of SUVs (ID.4, ID.5, and the China-only ID.6), a completely different body style will follow in 2022 with the unveiling of the hotly anticipated ID. Buzz. Previewed nearly four years ago at NAIAS in Detroit, the production model will be officially unveiled in the coming months.
In the meantime, a black prototype was
caught undergoing testing in a winter wonderland while still stubbornly
carrying around a lot of deceiving camouflage. On the same subject, the upper white line at
the front conceals an LED light strip for the daytime running lights. Those
"fog lights" are once again just stickers since the real ones have
likely been integrated into the main headlight. We could go on forever
discussing this topic, pointing out the fake turn signals on the front fenders
when they're actually built into the mirror caps.
The namesake concept from early 2017 had
thin LED taillights and we're expecting the same thing from the road-going model.
The prototype's rear clusters look as if they were taken from an older Opel
Insignia. The production-ready 2023 VW ID. Buzz won't look as snazzy as the
concept before it, but we still have high hopes it will bring a breath of fresh
air to the van segment. Riding on the ubiquitous MEB platform, the
zero-emissions people-mover built Hanover, Germany should come in rear- and
all-wheel-drive configurations courtesy of a single- or dual-motor setup,
respectively.
After its world premiere in early 2022,
the Buzz will initially go on sale in Europe later next year before arriving to
the United States at some point in 2023 and only as a passenger model. In 2025,
an autonomous robotaxi will follow.
