Volkswagen has confirmed the feature, trim and color combinations for the upcoming 2025 ID.Buzz in its long-awaited US specification.
The ID.Buzz will initially come to the US with a launch-only First Edition trim, VW confirmed, along with two other trims: Pro S and Pro S Plus.
Pricing for the US version will not be announced until closer to launch, according to VW. It previously targeted the US version for first deliveries in June or July 2024, although VW of America recently suggested it wouldn’t arrive until later this year . If it’s any indication, VW still doesn’t appear to have direct fabrication tools in the US, allowing customers to envision various American proportions and combinations.
As VW revealed with VW ID.Buzz 2025 technical specifications Nearly a year ago, U.S. versions of the ID.Buzz will have a wheelbase nearly 10 inches longer than the two-row model that won’t be sold in the States. Set to get a 91 kwh battery pack, the US ID.Buzz will now also be single-motor in the US layout, but it’s 282 horsepower is on offer for the 2025 VW ID.4. A dynamic version The 335 horsepower twin engine (same as the ID.4) is coming soon. VW confirmed the U.S. version will be able to tow — with a retractable tow hitch — but the company has yet to confirm ratings.
Volkswagen ID.Buzz (Euro Specification)
in one ID.Buzz EV review in standard wheelbase form, two years ago with the arrival of that version on sale in Europe and other markets, Green Car Reports deemed it an excellent family vehicle in the tradition of a minivan, carries over some of the ride and- handling characteristics of the VW ID.4 with which it shares the MEB platform.
In the launch-only First Edition, which builds on the Pro S trim, the ID.4 features a two-tone exterior with a unique 20-inch wheel design, roof bars, “inspired interior” from the shore” with panoramic views. roof, 700-watt premium sound system, sliding doors and power tailgate.
The base Pro S will get 20-inch wheels, a parking assist system, 30-color ambient lighting and the larger, much improved 12.9-inch infotainment system now offered on most line ID.4.
Volkswagen ID 2025.Buzz
The key difference to the US extended version, initially offered only in rear-wheel drive form, is the second-row bench seat, allowing space for up to seven people. Pro S Plus versions come standard with single-engine seating, but a captain’s chair package — reducing capacity to six — can be added. The captain’s chair layout is included in the Pro S Plus and 1st Edition versions.
Despite the delay in repackaging this car for the US market and adding three-row seating, none of the ID.Buzz versions offer the ability to fold the seats particularly neatly (or flat), highlights the problem with electric trucks that have a skateboard layout and that their floor space is already taken up by the battery pack. Included in the First Edition and optional on the Pro S Plus is the Flexboard system that adds two fabric bins and “creates a flat floor when the seat is folded”—by placing a raised panel through the hatch, level with the second row folded. However, the third row can be removed completely and the second row slides fore and aft by 7.9 inches.
Volkswagen ID 2025.Buzz
Volkswagen ID 2025.Buzz
Volkswagen ID 2025.Buzz
Volkswagen ID.Buzz is a modern car model The electric van incarnation of the VW Microbus, and it’s been a long time coming. That’s especially the case with Americans, who are perhaps most closely connected to the original Microbus through car culture.
VW decided that Americans didn’t want the ID.Buzz version to be 185.5 inches long, or to have an overall parking area comparable to the best-selling Tesla Model Y, which has a wheelbase about 4 inches longer. In XL form for the US market, the ID.Buzz is 192.4 inches long, 77.9 inches wide and 74.6 inches tall and has a 127.5-inch wheelbase. It will also have a huge panoramic glass sunroof, 67.4 inches long by 40.8 inches wide, with an electrochromic tint.
It focuses heavily on color combinations inside and out, and they will vary across US versions. On the outside include bright white two-tone combos with orange, yellow, green, blue, etc., while single-color options are limited to silver, white and pearl. Inside, the US version of the ID.Buzz will also feature a unique color combination, including synthetic leather seats in brown and gray tones, some wood-look trim and piping shades. , with one of the combinations, Bronze. , told the channel “mid-century modern vibes.”
Volkswagen ID 2025.Buzz
Remarkable cabin decoration and luxury features were never part of the original positioning of VW’s Microbus. Nor is it a mid-century design aesthetic. So with VW mixing up its messages on the Buzz and building a modern take on childhood nostalgia at this point, it remains to be seen whether this much larger product will connect okay with Americans or not.
