The legendary story of the "van" Volkswagen T1, the world's car fans relish, whether it is the appearance of the "hippie" car identity with special period memories, or the car that the heroine followed the band in the movie "Forrest Gump", the Volkswagen T1 is the epitome of history, and it is also the most literary and retro model in Volkswagen's many car series.
Although the Volkswagen T-model has never had a common memory with domestic car fans in the form of official imports, time has not smoothed people's memories of fashion and feelings, and in campsites, music festivals and even shopping malls, the "replica" of the Volkswagen T-car has been remembered by domestic car fans with its classic design language. The era of electrification is coming, and Volkswagen has also launched the "electric version of T1" ID. Buzz, a new car that pays homage to the classics and fits the design of the future.
Fashion is a reincarnation, classics are eternal. After 72 years, the Volkswagen T-model has once again entered people's vision, but the fifth model of the Volkswagen ID. pure electric series is ID.Buzz.
It is clear that the exterior design of the ID.Buzz is inspired by the Volkswagen T1, and the color is a very important reason why the Volkswagen T1 has become a microcosm of the culture of the times, and likewise, the ID.Buzz will offer seven monochrome body paint finishes and four two-tone schemes.
It is difficult to play with color collocation in a model with the attributes of a van, but throughout the history of the car, the Volkswagen T1 is the most coordinated, the most stylish and the most classic to play. This time, Volkswagen released the ID. Buzz (passenger car) and ID. Buzz Cargo (commercial vehicles) two, also pay attention to color matching ID series for ID. Buzz offers a separate color scheme "Candy White", and the two-tone bodywork can be matched separately · Lemon yellow, star blue, vibrant orange, bay green, very trendy color matching is destined to ID. Buzz is more than just a "van" carrying people and goods.
It's hard not to think of the classic V-shaped design of the front of the car without reminding people of the period when the Volkswagen T1 swept the world, IQ. Light matrix headlights will naturally not be absent, headlamp through the design with honeycomb under the encirclement, a new era, the public to achieve retro and innovative combination.
Dimensions, ID. Buzz has a length, width and height of 4712/1985/1937 mm, and a wheelbase of 2988 mm, which can be said to be very "petite" in today's MPV market, but thanks to the MEB platform, ID. Buzz has a very short front overhang, which is why its wheelbase is close to 3 meters.
What's even more amazing is that the Founder shape does not affect the ID. Buzz as an electric vehicle to control the wind resistance, according to Volkswagen's official data, ID. Buzz has a drag coefficient of 0.285Cd, and ID. Buzz Cargo has a drag coefficient of 0.29Cd, which is enough to reflect the progress of car manufacturing technology in the new era.
The rear design is simple and elegant, the through-type taillights echo the headlights, and three horizontal decorative strips are also designed to highlight the retro elements, and the huge Volkswagen logo and boxy shape are of course also indispensable.
Come inside the car, ID. Buzz from the design to the layout has a strong ID. family style, indeed compared to the appearance of the shape, it seems to be a little ordinary, may also be our expectations of it is higher, always hope that there are some novel, fun design in the car.
The interior color scheme is the same as the body, and the material is made of a large selection of recyclable fabrics, such as the steering wheel made of polyurethane that mimics the appearance and feel of leather.
Spatial layout, the debut version ID. Buzz adopts a 2+3 5-seat layout, and will also launch a 2+2+2 layout model in the future, ID. When the second row of Seats in buzz is reclined, the luggage compartment capacity can be expanded to 2205 liters, while the commercial version of the ID. Buzz Cargo can be equipped with two or three seats in the front row according to different user needs, separated by a fixed partition and a 3.9 cubic meter cargo compartment in the rear, volkswagen described the warehouse as able to load two horizontal European standard pallets (0.8 meters× 1.2 meters).
Regarding endurance, ID. Buzz is equipped with a 77 kWh battery pack, reference ID.4, and an estimated cruising range of 450 km -500 km. Buzz has a DC fast charge power of up to 170 kW through the European CCS standard charging port, so it takes only 30 minutes to charge from 5% to 80%. In addition to this, ID. Buzz will also use Plug and Play technology to automate the authorization of compatible DC fast charging stations using the charging interface of the ISO 15118 standard and automatically complete the necessary data exchange with the charging station.
Will ID.Buzz be introduced into the country?
This is probably the question in the hearts of many car fans, from the news revealed by this debut, ID.Buzz will be mass production in the first half of 2022, handed over to the German Hanover factory responsible for production, open pre-sale in May and be listed in some European countries in the autumn, the time to land in the North American market will be in 2023, and there is no mention of whether it will enter China.
As a "veteran-level" MPV, many domestic players have their hearts set on Volkswagen T1, and this time, Volkswagen uses ID.Buzz to complete the "resurrection" of the T series models. Of course, compared with the European and North American markets, the maturity of the domestic MPV market is lacking, and the electrification of MPV is still in its infancy. The car buyer also asked the Volkswagen China official that there is no news of entering the country at present, but the car buyer believes that the ID.Buzz will not miss the Chinese market, the ID. series needs to be ID.Buzz to enrich the product camp, and there will certainly be domestic consumers who are hungry for this tribute to the classic electric work.
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