The ID model. Buzz, electric reincarnation of the flower power icon, is nevertheless stingy in winks to the past.
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The automotive market is depressed and the car has lost a lot of its aura, but there are still models capable of exciting imagination and arouse craze. Reincarnation in electric version of the famous combi of the Woodstock generation, the highly anticipated Volkswagen ID. Buzz has already sold two thirds of the 15,000 copies scheduled for this year while the first deliveries are expected in November and has not yet been exposed in the sales network. For its comeback, this vehicle dear to surfers benefits from several waves: the strong growth in sales of electric vehicles, the fervor around vintage automobile and the revival of Van Holidays.
du Combi, L’Id. Buzz appropriated the imposing loose, the flat surfaces, the front front front of the huge VW logo, the two -color bicolorism, the sliding doors and the installation of the engine between the rear wheels. It’s not nothing, but that’s about everything. The German brand has contained winks to ancestor and did not let themselves be softened by neorotro sentimentalism. No curves or round headlights, but tense lines and tapered projectors. Modern, functional and overpriced (its price begins, ecological bonus deduces, at 54,990 euros), the id. Buzz produced in Hanover aims at 130,000 units per year, mainly intended for the European market, and complies with the values of its time. 2> Technological endowment
The large 77 kWh battery installed between the axles offers maximum autonomy of just over 400 kilometers and is powered by a 170 kW charger in direct current and (only) 11 kW by alternating current. It’s a bit tight to go on the road to Kathmandu, but not to take a possibly numerous family to Ré island, a seven -seater version being scheduled for the end of 2023. The technological endowment of the heir is abundant. It can change tracks on its own on the highway and memorize its path to its usual parking space in order to make the last fifty meters in autonomous driving. On certain terminals, just connect the car which will be automatically recognized and will launch a recharge sequence without any other form of trial, as with Tesla. ID. Buzz banish animal leather and favors recycled materials.
4.71 meters long, this imposing car is animated by a 204 hp (150 kW) engine, which is not necessarily luxury, because it weighs 2.4 tonnes, almost double the combi of First generation which, of course, did not have four good quintals (491 kg, precisely) of batteries to transport. Road consumption is felt and it will be necessary to gently approach the slowers like tight turns. The driving is relaxing, silent, and the absence of an engine at the front contributes to reducing the robbery diameter, barely more than 11 meters, and therefore facilitating maneuvers. The glass surface is more than generous and the sliding rear seat. It is possible to install a berth at the back and the utility version is opportunely called “cargo”.
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