Saying that 2021 is the year of China's MPV outbreak should be no one to object, Hyundai Kustu, Toyota Xena, Honda's new odyssey / Alexandre and other powerful players in one year.
At the same time, the past 2021 is also the year of China's new energy vehicle outbreak, so we will also see the unveiling of Lantu dreamers, and the new energy MPVs of brands such as Extreme Kr, Ideal, and Hongqi are also on the road.
However, among all the known new energy MPV, only one is from the traditional big brand product, that is, Volkswagen's ID. BUZZ。 And this new car, which has been "let go" by Volkswagen countless times around the world, has finally been photographed in the interior of the real car recently, which also proves that it is getting closer and closer to us.
ID. BUZZ is an MPV model based on Volkswagen's MEB pure electric platform, that is to say, it is the same platform as the domestic ID.3, ID.4, ID.6 products.
The shape of the ID. BUZZ is designed with a clear Volkswagen ID family style, especially the headlight style and the illuminated logo of the front of the car. But on the side, we can clearly see that it carries the design features of the Volkswagen Multivan, that is, the box-like box body that brings out the maximum interior space.
But in the previous concept car phase, Volkswagen hinted at ID more than once. BUZZ will return to the playful style of the Multivan's ancestor model, the Volkswagen T1 Minibus. In fact, buzz in the name of the new car can not help but be associated with the "bus" of T1.
But rest assured that ID. BUZZ will definitely not be as big as "bus", its length, width and height are 4942 * 1976 * 1963mm, and the wheelbase is 3300mm. This dimension is basically the same as the last batch of Matway introduced to China, but the wheelbase is 300mm longer than The Gateway due to the characteristics of pure electric models. Compared with the familiar GL8, ID. BUZZ is a little shorter, but significantly wider and taller.
If you change the target of the comparison to the ID.6 series SUV, you will probably know the positioning of ID. BUZZ better. The SAIC Volkswagen ID.6 X has a length, width and height of 4876*1848*1680mm and a wheelbase of 2965mm. It can be seen that the "footprint" of the ID.BUZZ, that is, the length and width will not be much larger than ID.6, but it will be 283mm more in terms of height, and the wheelbase will be 335mm longer, and considering that the platform of the ID.BUZZ will be slightly lower than ID.6, its space is very worth looking forward to.
The good news is that the spy photos that were exposed this time show that Volkswagen does not intend to make the ID.BUZZ into a new energy era of Metaway, but really wants to turn it into a fun ID family member.
First of all, it is obvious in the driver's seat, whether it is the steering wheel or the full LCD instrument, it is the same as other ID models. Although the center console is covered, 90% is still the 12-inch full-touch central control screen.
Although the public is suspected of being lazy on the human-vehicle interface (steering wheel, instrument, central control screen), after all, they are still old car companies and still have MPV design experience. The front row of the ID.BUZZ adopts the same through design as the Honda Odyssey, as long as the folding cup holder is put away, the main driver can easily move to the co-driver position, and the low-end model may also cancel the central storage box, so that the main driver can even "walk" directly to the second and third rows.
The second row has side sliding doors and stepped floors so that even elderly and toddlers with limited mobility can easily get in and out. The second row of seats in the spy photo is a 4/6 split three-seater, the same as the second row of ID.6, but considering the size of the ID.BUZZ, the third row should also be a three-seater, which shows that ID.BUZZ can support 6, 7, and 8 seat layouts.
Surprisingly, Volkswagen used a second row of seats that could be completely flattened on the ID.BUZZ. Such a seat design will be slightly inferior to the wrapped design on the ID.6 in terms of comfort, but it can build a flat space of about 1.8 meters long, which can be said to surpass all mainstream MPV models in China in terms of practicality.
Volkswagen plans to officially release the ID.BUZZ in March this year, considering the heat of the domestic MPV market, it is believed that SAIC Volkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen will soon be introduced.
Referring to the ID.6 series, the pricing of ID.BUZZ is estimated to be in the range of 280,000-350,000 yuan. Because new energy is exempt from purchase tax, this price range is basically equivalent to the Odyssey and GL8 land business class series, is this enough to make your heart move?
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