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New Retro Bus Isn't Creating The Buzz VW Hoped
Car Buzz ^ | October 22, 2025 | Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Posted on 10/23/2025 7:49:25 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 10/23/2025 7:49:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Shame to see car makers still pi$$ing away money on EV’s


2 posted on 10/23/2025 7:51:42 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger

C’mon VW, it’s electric! Gimme a break.


3 posted on 10/23/2025 7:51:54 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Red Badger

It’s not because people don’t WANT them. It’s simply too expensive.


4 posted on 10/23/2025 7:52:14 AM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Red Badger

Now if was Gas or Diesel you have sold 30 or 40 ,LOL


5 posted on 10/23/2025 7:53:08 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Red Badger

I was interested in the bus, but it was so cavernous on the inside that I felt like I had nothing to hang onto while driving.

It has a huge wide sill when you step in, and the window frame is so far from the driver’s seat that you couldn’t rest your elbow on it unless you were about 7 ft tall.

Too bad, because I’m a big VW fan.


6 posted on 10/23/2025 7:53:26 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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To: butlerweave

To old hippies.................


7 posted on 10/23/2025 7:55:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

so they didn’t add a recording of the motor sounds of the Real one ,LOL


8 posted on 10/23/2025 7:57:55 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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“The fully electric ID. Buzz ..., a starting price north of $60,000 in the US, and an underwhelming maximum range of just 234 miles ....

There are your main three problems right there, VW. I know it’s a novel thought but you might want to investigate what potential buyers want before you start building new models.


9 posted on 10/23/2025 7:59:31 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Magnum44

Yep. Throw a 150 HP four-banger in the back and I might be interested.


10 posted on 10/23/2025 8:01:27 AM PDT by T. Rustin Noone (Flarchitect)
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To: Red Badger

“The fully electric ID. Buzz...”

I wish there were a way to ‘short’ the introduction of hyped-up EVs.


11 posted on 10/23/2025 8:02:22 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: Red Badger

Looks nice.
Said to myself, “I’d buy one!”
Then I saw “fully electric”.
No sale.
Hybrid?
Yes.
All EV... no.


12 posted on 10/23/2025 8:03:26 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

They, and all the other mfrs, were coerced by the Obama then Biden administrations to go full tilt into building EVs of every shape and size.

“Build them and we will give you subsidies and tax credits.” they said.

SUCKERS!.....................


13 posted on 10/23/2025 8:04:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

I would sure like to have my old 69 VW van back, a drunk driver wiped it out as I was on my way to an 11 day solo backpack trip, the VW was made for that kind of laid back lifestyle.


14 posted on 10/23/2025 8:04:52 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Red Badger

From what I’ve heard VW van/bus problems are that its much too expensive, its ugly, and not in a good way, and the electric thing has a short range.


15 posted on 10/23/2025 8:04:52 AM PDT by jimtorr
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$60,000. Limited range camper van.

I would hope the rust prevention is better than the original.


16 posted on 10/23/2025 8:08:12 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: T. Rustin Noone

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17 posted on 10/23/2025 8:16:42 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Magnum44

Now you will get that oversized electric golf cart fanbois all upset.


18 posted on 10/23/2025 8:18:05 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: butlerweave

Or a heater that used gasoline......


19 posted on 10/23/2025 8:19:36 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Red Badger
The fully electric ID. Buzz

Hmmm. I wonder what the problem is?

20 posted on 10/23/2025 8:22:32 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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