19 years ago VW showed off the first concept for a reimagined Microbus. Road & Track has a great rundown of that revival with all the other concepts that followed over the years.
As long as I can remember Iβve dreamed of owning a VW bus… Traveling with laptop and camera, capturing the world, experiencing new places, visiting friends old and new.
Now that this electric ID. Buzz will soon be hitting dealership lots, I’m less gung-ho. Electric vehicles aren’t suited for road trips. I like having a toilet. And worst of all those horrible capacitive controls VW has been introducing (and subsequently phasing out).
But still, I gasped when rounding the bend and saw one IRL at the auto show.
It’s CHONKY. (It is a minivan after all.)
But it also has a vibe.
I’m starting to wonder… Once the infrastructure builds out, there are bound to be toilets near all those charging stations…
The rest of the auto show was filled with manufacturers chasing the SCREENS EVERYWHERE approach and it’s just so tiresome and unsafe.
Second best thing on the floor: The Hyundai Santa Fe update looks intriguing in its Land Rover Defender disguise.
Worst in show? The Nissan ARIYA climate “controls.”
@glass My current thinking is that the sweet spot would be a plug-in hybrid with ~120 miles of ev range. That would meet the needs of both commuting + road trips.
1000%!
I think I need me some close up viewing of that Bus. Soon, I hope.
Also, I know I need actual buttons and knobs, cuz I’m old.
Lovely photos. By the way, I just washed our Bus for the first time this year and the PNWest moss had taken over already. Yeesh. It’s all shiny, now!!