- Volkswagen explores its 75-year history in the United States with a montage of iconic vehicles in its 2024 Super Bowl ad.
- The ad will eventually feature the 2025 ID.Buzz, which could be released as early as this summer.
- The ID.Buzz is expected to have a range of around 260 miles and a spacious cabin packed with standard features.
Volkswagen's 2024 Super Bowl ad chronicles Volkswagen's 75-year history in the United States, from the first Volkswagen Beetle arriving on a ship in New York Harbor and then attracting attention on the streets. to start. As the years go by, we begin to see a variety of cars, including the Type 2 Microbus, the Rabbit, the New Beetle, and the electric car ID.4. The spot ends with Volkswagen's latest EV, the 2025 ID.Buzz, an electric van with styling inspired by the original Microbus. Although it first debuted for the European market nearly two years ago, the Buzz is not yet sold in the U.S., and we're still waiting for VW to confirm key details such as price, trim level, and mileage. .
When will sales start?
ID.Buzz will arrive as a 2025 model and go on sale this year. When VW finally unveiled its U.S.-spec model last year, the company said cars would start arriving at dealers by June 2024. However, the company's website currently only lists 2024 as the arrival date, without specifying the month. Volkswagen also hasn't announced specific trim levels and pricing for the ID.Buzz yet, but expect it to start around $50,000.
Trim levels are likely to mirror those of the ID.4, which offers Standard and Pro models, the latter adding more range. An S trim with additional features is also available in both Standard and Pro versions. ID.Buzz is expected to follow a similar structure.
all details
In the United States, the ID.Buzz is available only as a long-wheelbase passenger car with three rows of seats. Like the ID.4, the ID.Buzz will be available with both rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive powertrains. The former has a single electric motor that produces 282 horsepower, while the latter adds a front motor for a total of around 330 horsepower.
Volkswagen has not yet released range figures for the ID.Buzz, but the 86.0 kWh battery is expected to provide around 420 miles on a single charge. The all-wheel drive version has a range of approximately 230 miles. Volkswagen says that when connected to a DC fast charger, the ID.Buzz will charge between 10 and 80 percent in about 30 minutes.
The spacious cabin is packed with standard equipment, including heated, ventilated and 12-way electrically adjustable front seats that also have massage functions. A second-row seat is also standard, and the bench seat can be replaced with a captain's chair. A 10.0-inch digital gauge cluster and 12.9-inch touchscreen are also standard, as is phone mirroring and wireless phone charging. Eight USB-C ports are dotted around the cabin, and Volkswagen has included a 67.4-inch-long electrochromic sunroof.
Volkswagen's commercial was light on details, but we expect more information about the 2025 ID.Buzz to be announced in the next few months. In addition to its spacious cabin and competitive powertrain, the ID.Buzz will continue the tradition highlighted in Volkswagen's Super Bowl ad when it goes on sale later this year.
Caleb Miller started blogging about cars at the age of 13, and after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, he realized his dream of writing for a car magazine. car and driver team. He loves quirky and obscure cars, aims to one day own a strange car like a Nissan S, and is an avid motorsport fan.
