Electric ID Buzz Cargo blends Kombi nostalgia with futuristic tech

I FIRST saw the electric Volkswagen ID Buzz at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2019 and was immediately enamoured by it.

- WILLEM VAN DE PUTTE

I think it was partly because I'm a little older and grew up with Kombis, and also because my aunt and her husband had an older split-window two-tone camper-van setup that they travelled the country with, and I thought they were the coolest people ever.

The ID Buzz is not available in South Africa yet, and following a pilot test scheme with DHL Express in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, selected media have been given an opportunity to drive it.

In Europe, they're available in a variety of people movers and specifications with some very retro colour schemes, but the ID Buzz Cargo we had on test was vanilla white, as most standard delivery vans are.

Exterior

From the two front doors back, it's standard VW delivery van fare with sliding doors on either side with large split rear doors, all of it to easily load goods and parcels.

There is a rear spoiler, though, to break the monotony.

It's from the front that it really attracts attention.