TOP GEAR ELECTRIC AWARDS CROWNED VOLKSWAGEN ID. BUZZ “ELECTRIC CAR OF THE YEAR” 2022
The new Volkswagen ID. Buzz has been crowned Electric Car of the Year at the prestigious Top Gear Electric Awards 2022. Judges praised the ID. Buzz which goes on sale later this year for its iconic style, inspired by the original Volkswagen T1’s design. High quality and responsive driving capabilities were also highlighted as impressive elements of the vehicle.
The editors underlined the room dimensions of ID. Buzz, offering plenty of space inside. Especially the trunk capacity, which is double the size of that found in a standard SUV. Ollie Marriage, Head of Car Testing at Top Gear, said: «People who pretend to have an active lifestyle drive an SUV, those who actually do drive a Volkswagen Bus. Everyone we met loved that the brand has rediscovered its mojo and found the Buzz breezy, fresh, and invigorating. Isn’t it great that Volkswagen has finally had the courage to reinvent the original? It’s beguilingly simple and yet entirely uplifting. And that’s why it’s our electric car of the year.»
New ID.Buzz awarded — Source: VWCV
The ID. Buzz is Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ first all-electric vehicle. Built on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB) platform, the ID. Buzz has been built from the ground up as a pure electric model. It will be available at launch as a five-seat passenger car or as the ID. Buzz Cargo van.
Cian O’Brien, Director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and receiver of the award, said: «As a brand, we are on an important electrification journey, and the long-awaited ID. Buzz marks the start of this exciting experience. Being able to launch a car that is cool in design, with sustainability at the heart of its creation, is a great way to show our customers that you can still do all the things you enjoy and travel wherever you want, while also having a positive impact on the environment. There are few better ways to celebrate this ahead of the car’s launch than with the highly prestigious Electric Car of the Year award from Top Gear.»
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles: We Transport Success, Freedom and Future
As a leading manufacturer of light commercial vehicles, the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand (VWCV) is reshaping the transportation of goods, services and people in a fundamental and lasting way. Our vehicles transport construction workers, families and adventurers, bread rolls, parcels and surfboards. Every day they help countless people all over the world to do a good job, they operate as mobile workshops and they bring paramedics and police personnel to wherever they are needed.
New ID.Buzz awarded — Source: VWCV
At our sites in Hanover (D), Poznań (PL), Września (PL) and Pacheco (ARG), around 24.000 employees produce the Transporter, Caddy, Crafter and Amarok model lines, and, as of 2022, will be producing the ID. Buzz – the fully electric version of our iconic Bulli. Within the Volkswagen Group, VWCV is also the lead brand for autonomous driving and for mobility offerings such as Mobility-as-a-Service and Transport-as-a-Service — areas in which we are shaping the future of mobility.
In this way, the brand is transporting the society of tomorrow with all its requirements for clean, intelligent and sustainable mobility. It is this that Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles stands for with its brand promise: We transport success, freedom and future.
Source: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles