Volkswagen ID Buzz 2023: seven-seat, long-wheelbase version of electric van revealed for North America

From the moment we saw the Volkswagen ID.Buzz in the flesh, endorphins flowed. It’s such a cool thing – the sort of vehicle that transcends class divides The sportiest ID.Buzz could’ve turned out unbearably firm and a step too far for this iconic-looking electric van. But the GTX is clearly the best people-carrying Buzz so far

Let’s cut to the chase – the Cargo version of the new all-electric Volkswagen ID Buzz is, by a noticeable margin, the best version of the model to drive. The closest spiritual successor to the Type 2 Kombi van among Volkswagen’s new electric ID Buzz range is the Cargo – a three-seat load-lugger that drives like a car

There’s always a degree of danger when mining your storied past attempting to achieve an iconic present. And arguably no manufacturer knows that better Visually inspired by the original Volkswagen Kombi and Microbus, the electric ID Buzz has finally arrived in Australia with either five or seven seats, plus a van.

There have been a few moments in the history of car concepts when you would have bet hard cash that a design study has zero chance of making it unscathed It’s big, it’s fast, it looks like nothing else on the road and the long-wheelbase Volkswagen ID Buzz GTX is coming to Australia.

Wouldn’t it have been terrible if the Volkswasgen ID Buzz looked as cool as it does, but it drove like a regular van—that is to say, generally like the We were so hoping that our expectations of the ID Buzz weren’t dashed by a poor driving experience, we need not have worried, Volkswagen’s EV is an utter delight

Volkswagen has seen what the Australian ute market has been offered, with trendy black sticker pack options offered from seemingly most manufacturers. With new black-themed exterior styling cues and a limited run of just 300 units, is the new Edition version of the Multivan special enough to justify the $82,990 asking price?

Volkswagen Australia is certainly pumped about its big-wheeled, fat-tyred, handling-tuned Amarok dual-cab ute. Developed by Walkinshaw Automotive in Our first full reveal of both the styling and the driving dynamics of the handling-biased, new-gen Volkswagen Amarok W-series unmasks a muscular, planted, highly accomplished sporting ute.

Late last year, Volkswagen renewed many of its model names in Australia, with big improvements to usability and material quality coming to Golf Mk8.5 and Top-spec Tayron promises GTI performance with space for seven but is this flagship too rich?

Chasing Cars has awarded barely a handful of 9/10 scores in its 12-year history, and it’s not all that surprising, because while it’s harder to come by a The Volkswagen Amarok is refined, handsome and capable – so why is it so much less popular than its Ranger sibling? Time to find out, over a gruelling long-term test

A few years ago, it felt like Volkswagen was nailing its market niche, providing buyers with premium-feeling vehicles without an outrageous uplift in The sweet spot of the three-row Tayron lineup, the 150TSI Elegance grade restores Volkswagen’s ‘premium for the people’ value pitch to strong form

Volkswagen’s unique selling point is that it offers Australians elevated, sophisticated vehicles for not much more cash than mainstream rivals. The Tiguan The new Tiguan blends upgraded interior materials with enhanced driving dynamics. Is the athletic, polished 150TSI R-Line the sweet spot?

“Damn shame,” I mutter to myself, blasting out of a tight, sodden corner at the chunky wheel of the new Mk 8.5 Volkswagen Golf R. My blues are due to this This will be the final petrol-powered interaction of the Golf R, but will this brutally effective hot hatch be remembered as a high point in the model’s history?

The confidence Volkswagen Australia has in the new third-generation Tiguan is perhaps best demonstrated in the breadth of the line-up at launch: it wants Wolfsburg’s ‘mini Touareg’ aims to take on German prestige and Chinese mid-size SUV rivals in a broad, five-variant line-up.

It was the concession that had to happen – an admittance by Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg that its approach to slick cabin technology in the 2021 Mk8 Golf The evergreen Golf GTI gets a mid-life makeover for generation eight, creating a hot hatch that’s now easier to live with, easier on the eye, and better than ever to drive.

The humble people-mover might have plummeted in popularity since its 1980s heyday, but Volkswagen has never relented – it has been selling a Volkswagen’s seventh-generation Multivan switches to a passenger-car platform to improve its sophistication, while aiming for benchmark interior versatility and space.

Biding your time, waiting for the right moment to deploy something – be it a spicy email, a coming-out revelation, or a mid-sized electric SUV that needed Four-and-a-half years after it launched in Europe, Volkswagen’s original ID-badged SUV arrives following an extensive mid-cycle update, carrying a value-for-money price

Nissan has been on a roll releasing a series of electric vehicle concepts in advance of the upcoming Japan Mobility Show, with their latest concept - the

The two all-electric vans are among five new Volkswagen electric vehicles that will likely land locally by early 2025

Volkswagen’s electrified take on the classic Kombi van could come to Australia in the future, following confirmation for America and Europe

Five years after Volkswagen revealed the ID Buzz concept, a production version has been revealed with the same name and similar quickly looks

We hoped the 2023 ID Buzz would be a Kombi-reboot, but spy shots of the interior suggest this electric van will be closer in size to the Caddy

Volkswagen has shown off the latest iteration of the ID Buzz concept, an electric take on the Kombi for the next generation.

Thanks for joining us this Thursday May 01st 2025. Notably in car news today: Volkswagen Amarok receives major price cuts, GM recalls Cadillac, Chevrolet

Australians bought more electric vehicles (EVs) in 2024 than ever before, with 91,292 sales eclipsing the 2023 total (87,217) by 4.7 percent, in an The best-selling electric vehicles in Australia, from the chart-topping Tesla Model Y to the least popular EVs on the market

Volkswagen has again shown its renewed commitment to the ute with the unveiling of the Tukan in Brazil this week. Built on the same MQB-A0 platform as the

Volkswagen’s long-running ambition to build a rugged, seven-seat, off-road capable SUV is gaining fresh relevance as the brand decides which partner will For at least a decade, Volkswagen has wanted to build a rival to the Prado and Everest. Now, as the third-gen Amarok takes shape, it might get its chance

A third-generation Volkswagen Amarok has been confirmed, Chasing Cars can report, with plug-in hybrid and fully electric powertrains planned as the German Next Amarok locked in, but surprisingly big decisions still loom for what chassis will underpin the heavily electrified new ute in the Australian and European markets

Volkswagen has thrown its hat into the crowded electric mini-SUV ring, with the production version of the ID Cross breaking cover overnight in Wolfsburg.

Now that the new-generation Amarok W-series is ready to launch, Walkinshaw Automotive and Volkswagen Australia have hinted that there’s more to come – A braking package, additional variants, export expansion and global VW work on the cards for Walkinshaw

Just over two years since the previous-generation Amarok W-series disappeared from showrooms, Volkswagen’s halo dual-cab is set to return in Volkswagen’s close association with Walkinshaw Automotive Group continues with the new-generation Amarok W-series, starting with the handling-biased, visually toughened W600

Thanks for joining us this Friday 30 August 2024. Notably in car news today: Volkswagen lobs pricing and specs for its electric ID Buzz. range, and Audi Every important car news story breaking today, in one convenient read

Volkswagen Australia has confirmed that the long-wheelbase seven-seat ID Buzz will join the short wheel-base five-seater version - and three-seat ID Buzz Forthcoming electric ID Buzz lineup bolstered with the addition of the stretched LWB seven-seater at launch.