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Volkswagen 2025 ID. Buzz First Drive: Return of the Prodigal Son

•    Auto123 gets in a first drive of the 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz.

San Francisco, CA - We've been talking about and waiting for it for years. The Volkswagen ID. Buzz is finally coming to North America. And not just for show this time, but to hit the road. At the wheel, those who can afford it.

Those who can afford it, yes, because price is certainly a much talked-about aspect of this model, along with the styling and eye-catching colours.

But the ID. Buzz is more than just an electric van. This model bridges Volkswagen's past and future, resurrecting the spirit of a product that marked a generation and symbolized the counter-culture movement of the 1960s in the U.S. And in the doing, it opens the door to the brand's electrified, high-tech future.

Can we expect history to repeat itself? Will the ID. Buzz make as much of an impression on the next generation as it did on the baby boomers?

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