VW has been trying to resurrect the Bus for over 20 years:
Volkswagen will introduce the long-awaited production version of the 2017 ID.Buzz concept on March 9, 2022. The show starts at 7:00 p.m. in Germany, which is 1:00 p.m. in New York and 10:00 a.m. in California. It's taken the Wolfsburg-based company about five years to turn the electric design study into a production model, but the basic idea of resurrecting the original Bus released in 1950 is over 20 years old.
Power came from a front-mounted, 3.2-liter V6 rated at 231 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque. Inside and out, the Microbus looked and sounded like a concept designed with production in mind, and Volkswagen announced plans to begin building it in Hanover, Germany, in 2003. Several setbacks delayed the project and the Microbus was ultimately canned in 2004.
Compared to the Microbus, the Bulli wore a more angular design and it featured a smaller overall footprint with front-hinged doors instead of sliding units. It looked more like a van developed to replace the Routan than one designed to take the torch from the Transporter. And there was a big surprise beneath the sheet metal: the concept was entirely electric. It was fitted with a lithium-ion battery pack that zapped a 113-horsepower electric motor into motion.
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