… BUT PATIENCE IS STILL REQUIRED FOR THE AMERICAN VERSION
Volkswagen has threatened to resurrect the Microbus—colloquially known as the Bus—for more than 20 years. Four concept vans, a rebadged Dodge Grand Caravan, and an emissions scandal later, VW has finally revealed the production version of its all-electric 2024 ID Buzz. The only hitch: U.S. buyers still must wait to get their hands on it. You can’t buy the Euro-spec ID Buzz you see here stateside, and the American version won’t be ready until 2024. Even so, there’s a lot to get excited about.
Understanding the Microbus of yesterday goes a long way toward understanding the ID Buzz of today. In short, right alongside the Beetle, the Bus—variously called the Type 2, Vanagon,