Volkswagen ID. Buzz: 'more a Porsche business model'

ID. Buzz has been 3 years coming. Worth the wait? (Images: Driven/Supplied)

Sun, 29 Jun 2025

What’s this new car all about, then?It’s the retro-reborn electric Volkswagen Kombi everybody’s been talking about for years, silly: the ID. Buzz. The big news is that it’s finally here in New Zealand, and because we’ve waited so long, it’s actually an updated model.You've met Kev, right? It's VW NZ's EV-conversion 1966 Kombi.VW NZ has been keen to get its hands on the ID. Buzz since launch in 2022, but the European market got dibs in the early days, and then there was all that...

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