At under $49,000, Volkswagen’s ID.Buzz might FINALLY be priced right

Volkswagen aimed its all-electric ID.Buzz minivan squarely at an nostalgic baby boomer market that had aged out of $70,000 hippie nostalgia purchases by the time it arrived on US shores – but now VW that dealers are advertising the premium van for less than $49,000, VW’s new-age bus might be worth a second look.

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After teasing a modern Bus for nearly two decades (the ID.Buzz was introduced as a concept at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show, and was the fourth Type 2 Bus- or Bulli-inspired concept from VW since 2001), Volkswagen had high hopes for the all electric minivan.

Unfortunately, price-gouging dealer markups sending transaction prices over $100,000 and a drastic over-estimation of the van’s lasting cultural impact more than twenty years after the launch of the first-generation New Beetle conspired against early flippers in particular and the van’s mainstream success in general.