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Friday, March 15, 2024
That shows promise, as long as it isn't electric (which it probably is, alas).
Looking at the wheels makes my bad neck hurt. The suspension must be stiff as concrete. The tires have almost no sidewall which will be very stiff to protect those expensive rims and there's no clearance between the fenders and tires. VW is bringing the Buzz to North America late in 2024. Al_in_Ottawa
Pretty sure you want stiff suspension when you're slinging three tons of fragile and highly flammable battery pack. But hey! It probably gets almost 200 miles between 8-hour charge cycles, and there's room on the roof for a couple of permanent solar panels to cut that down to only 6 ½ hours!
I guessing about a $90K-120K price point, to appeal to former hippies now making millions.
Won't be needin' one of those. Just plowed my 3.5 miles of dirt/mud road with 3 foot drifts with a tractor that is barely up to it. You can imagine what that looks like. An old 4wd Suburban or Jeep Cherokee does a much better job for me. And can you imagine what it's like to pull one of those out when you get it stuck? Heavy and flat bottom. Sure hope they don't go full stupid and stick with that idea of all-electric.
I used to have an old Motor Trend or Car and Driver with a pic of a Vanagon climbing a mountain grade behind a caravan of campers and motorhomes. The caption read- "A historic first, a VW van held up by slower traffic." Peter Egan's prose, I think.
I don't see actual doors on the right side. No seams or hinges. Is it right hand drive with all the access on the left, or a model ? Dennis the librarian shusher
Starting to think if it's ugly with aero its electric
ReplyDeleteMAYBE if it wasn't black would help?
ReplyDeleteNo front grill= Electric.
ReplyDeletethe olde rear-engined pusher?
DeleteVW does make a pretty good diesel.
Deleteshitty tires
ReplyDeleteLooking at the wheels makes my bad neck hurt. The suspension must be stiff as concrete. The tires have almost no sidewall which will be very stiff to protect those expensive rims and there's no clearance between the fenders and tires.
ReplyDeleteVW is bringing the Buzz to North America late in 2024.
Al_in_Ottawa
Pretty sure you want stiff suspension when you're slinging three tons of fragile and highly flammable battery pack.
DeleteBut hey! It probably gets almost 200 miles between 8-hour charge cycles, and there's room on the roof for a couple of permanent solar panels to cut that down to only 6 ½ hours!
I guessing about a $90K-120K price point, to appeal to former hippies now making millions.
Won't be needin' one of those. Just plowed my 3.5 miles of dirt/mud road with 3 foot drifts with a tractor that is barely up to it. You can imagine what that looks like. An old 4wd Suburban or Jeep Cherokee does a much better job for me. And can you imagine what it's like to pull one of those out when you get it stuck? Heavy and flat bottom. Sure hope they don't go full stupid and stick with that idea of all-electric.
DeleteI used to have an old Motor Trend or Car and Driver with a pic of a Vanagon climbing a mountain grade behind a caravan of campers and motorhomes. The caption read- "A historic first, a VW van held up by slower traffic." Peter Egan's prose, I think.
ReplyDeleteBody by Buckminster Fuller?
ReplyDeleteI don't see actual doors on the right side. No seams or hinges. Is it right hand drive with all the access on the left, or a model ?
ReplyDeleteDennis the librarian shusher
There’s a door handle, for the large sliding door that most minivans have. The seams are visible to me.
DeleteRelated…VW owns the brand that is reintroducing the classic International Scout…as electric only! Criminal IMO.
ReplyDeleteThey call it... The Lozenge.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention that there is no "crush zone" to absorb any head-on impacts -- the DRIVER is what would get crushed. No thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe diversity version of the Wienermobile Sorry - couldn't resist
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