What's all the Buzz about? We drive VW's new electric Microbus in Copenhagen - has Wolfsburg really made a new icon?
VW’s ID range gets some personalityFew cars have attracted more attention as I get out of the car than the new ID. Buzz. Every second person who started a conversation with us asked the same three questions. Is it any good? What’s the starting price? When can I get one?
There’s still some DNA from its great ancestor – the 1950 T1 Beetle-based original microbus – with the electric metamorphosis still meaning the new Buzz has its motor strapped between the driven hind legs. Even so, the Buzz outweighs the T1 by the factor of two and a half.Exactly, giving some rather familiar powertrain and performance stats for those who have been paying attention to VW’s ID car rollout over the last couple of years.
Although the single-speed transmission does its best to turn grunt into traction, the massive weight invariably puts spokes in the MPV’s polished alloy wheels. But not to worry: simply reset the expectation meter inside your head, let cruise control cool off excess ambition, and allow maintaining the flow to become the new favourite way of driving.
But certain digital wizardries are of course real assets. Take for instance Park Assist Plus which does not only memorise the last 50 metres covered at low speed including eventual changes of direction, it can also retrace the car’s steps even in confined spaces when asked to do so, and that includes steering, accelerating and braking – a bit like BMW’s Reversing Assistant.
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