![The Volkswagen ID. Buzz is a joyous mix of the past and the future Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Volkswagen ID. Buzz](/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/2023-05/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Future%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20Volkswagen%20ID%20Buzz%20%E2%80%93%20LEAD.png?itok=FdaOE8Jb)
Do you struggle to make friends easily? Or find it difficult to strike up a conversation with strangers?
If so, then this is the car for you. Or is it a van? Or a minibus?
That’s just one of the endless questions you’ll find yourself being asked, as well as – for the umpteenth time – “Where’s your surfboard?”
![We find out what the new Volkswagen ID. Buzz is like to drive Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Volkswagen ID. Buzz](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Future%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20Volkswagen%20ID.%20Buzz%20%E2%80%93%2005.png)
Thanks to its low-slung batteries, the Volkswagen ID. Buzz handles surprisingly well despite tipping the scales at 2.5 tonnes
Because, while not everyone knows what the ID. Buzz is, they sure as hell recognise its inspiration, the enduring VW Type 2 ‘Bulli’.
And they all want to talk about it, with none of the malice reserved for other attention-grabbing vehicles (the type with multi-cylindered engines and multi-vowelled names).
This car/van/whatever has been a very long time coming, the idea having been first mooted as far back as 2001 as the Microbus Concept, building on the late-’90s success of the New Beetle.
![Volkswagen ID. Buzz interior Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Volkswagen ID. Buzz](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Future%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20Volkswagen%20ID.%20Buzz%20%E2%80%93%2003.png)
![‘Pause’ and ‘play’ symbols on the Volkswagen ID. Buzz’s pedals Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Volkswagen ID. Buzz](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Future%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20Volkswagen%20ID.%20Buzz%20%E2%80%93%2004.png)
Airy cabin in the Volkswagen ID. Buzz (left); ‘pause’ and ‘play’ symbols on the pedals are a nice touch