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The ID buzz was a dumb idea.

Should never have been a full electric, it’s an ideal family travel vehicle but EVs suck for road trips.

PHEV perhaps.

Tis why they are half the price they started at MSRP. The won’t even be making them in the US anymore.

They dropped it in the US for 2026, May bring it back for 2027 with likely a new drivetrain if they’re smart.

donlever wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2026 1:10 pm The only ferry I'm taking is to Victoria.

20 - 25 minutes.

Don't need a sleeper van.

What am I?

Shaggy?

That's plenty of time for a nap and to tuck into some Scooby snax Donny

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2026 1:24 pm The ID buzz was a dumb idea.

Should never have been a full electric, it’s an ideal family travel vehicle but EVs suck for road trips.

PHEV perhaps.

Tis why they are half the price they started at MSRP. The won’t even be making them in the US anymore.

They dropped it in the US for 2026, May bring it back for 2027 with likely a new drivetrain if they’re smart.

They should've put a full hybrid drivetrain in there I agree but it's pretty groovy no?

I'd pack one of those good inverter gennies in a hitch box

Always loved the VW Bus. A groovy classic for sure.

It was a great idea to bring it back, but poor execution. It's revered as the ultimate road trip vehicle, it should have hybrid and PHEV drivetrains.

Love the VW bus, classic, has a 1972 bay window but that just got too rusty to restore. So stuck to the bug and got that done finally!

Would still love a 67 or earlier split window.

The concept was great, I may have misrepresented my viewpoint, it’s just being all electric that was the fail! The design is there but it needed to be the ultimate roadie vehicle. EVs are not that.

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2026 7:46 pm I may have misrepresented my viewpoint, it’s just being all electric that was the fail! The design is there but it needed to be the ultimate roadie vehicle. EVs are not that.

Ummm….

Aaronp18 wrote: Should never have been a full electric, it’s an ideal family travel vehicle but EVs suck for road trips.

PHEV perhaps.

If that’s misrepresenting then I apologize for every comment I’ve ever made here as they must all have been too vague.

Simply meant it’s not that I actually don’t like the design and bringing back the bus, just not as an EV.

Saw one on the street today, it's truly a beautifully aesthetic, modern design of the classic... unlike the mistake that was the new Beetle, IMO.

As a city EV, I prefer the utility of this over a Tesla or any jacked-up SUV. However, the overall value isn't there for the sticker price.

Bringing it back is not the issue, it's the implementation of it that's the problem because buyers have a completely different expectation than what this actually delivers.

Right now would probably be a good time to bring back the Beetle, entry level, inexpensive starter vehicle like it originally was.

I’d give it multiple options for engines and make it better looking than the original redesign (there’s tons of renderings out there that look great). Bring back the fun and delete all the standard options that drive up price these days.

Back to Donny’s new whip, personally I’d get the M5 Touring or the RS6 Avant. But I know your penchant for SUVs and the BMW XM cranks out 739 hp and is a plug in hybrid to appease your island neighbours