
VW just released details of the 2025 ID. Buzz's US trims
VW just revealed that the 2025 ID. Buzz, its electric "reincarnation" of the Microbus, will be offered in three trims in the US.
For what it’s worth, the ID.7 Tourer - announced about the same time as the ID.Buzz awd - is running 5.0.I hope that they revise the software baseline by the time they go live here in the US. Anything 4.0 and before at this point, as it has been the baseline in Europe, is already too slow and out of date.
I expect the pricing to start in the high $40k range and go up quickly. I bet the top of the line prices out well north of $60k.
Are the trims about equivalent? ID.4 is way cheaper in the US - at the cost of completely missing out on some features, so they are not exactly comparable. Are the Buzz's?Anyone disagree?
not sure if this math translates that well. But $68K would be reasonable in my view. But if it were reasonable, they would have advertised it already. So I expect it to be higher.If you convert the European prices (~73K EUR) to USD (~$79K USD) then subtract about 20% VAT, it looks like the European RWD LWB starts at ~63K USD equivalent.
My bet is on the AWD US versions starting at ~$67,900 with AWD First Editions a little more (~$69,000) as they come basically loaded.
The market. Post rebate/tax cut my 2023 AWD ProS was ~$45.5K. I don't think I could sell it for more than $35K now. With the revival of the used market and other 3rd row EV competition, I'd expect the value of the Buzz to fall even more markedly. Unlike during COVID, people can totally wait it out now.I originally thought these would be north of $90K MSRP, but that doesn't look to be the case now. Anyone disagree?
any info on price?Was at VW dealer in Denver today, just passing through, and the sales guy let me glance at their list of allocated Buzz models.
Interesting that they already know the ones they are scheduled to get. It makes sense, right? One would imagine that for purposes of component scheduling, assembly, shipping, etc. they would plan this out a long time in advance.
Also interesting is that out of the two or so dozen I saw on the list, they are all AWD; only one RWD. That seems to be normal in Colorado where everybody wants AWD because of our terribly snowy winters.
Anyway I told him I would be interested in the RWD one when it comes in. It's a Pro S Plus, but no other info on the configuration. For example, whether it is configured as 6- or 7-seater. Also I don't think the tire sizes have been announced, which is an important consideration for a RWD car because we need special winter tires for the terrible snowy Colorado winters.![]()
Focus group mathematics. I ran into that with VW and Toyota a gazillion years ago. "That's what the factory builds and ships, and that's what we can sell you," was the answer in both cases.The solid orange paint job appears to conflict with a lot of things including interior colors (must be black) and rear seat heating (not available). Strange. I don't see what the color of the paint used by the painting robot has to do with anything else.