VW ID Buzz interior review & car seat test

[@SeanPowell]

+1 for the brief musical interlude 😆

[@TenFoot]

9:23

[@olavre9005]

The rhythm bit with the doors transitioning to the music was funny. Made me chuckle😄

[@poplaurentiu4148]

Fully agreed, very funny techno beat slamming doors..

[@colla555]

Can you guess the cars though? I thank that speedometer was from a Mercedes.

[@andrewjones-productions]

...I don't understand why car manufacturers, car accessory manufacturers in particular, don't create accessories that take advantage of the ISO fix attachments. Especially a container box you can put on your seat and attach with the ISO fix to prevent it from falling off. I personally would love to see a professional camera bag that has ISO fixing attachments. Not so necessary in vehicles with large boots (trunk) but smaller vehicles would certainly benefit. Why use them only for baby seats? It seems a bit of a waste really as they are in almost every modern car regardless of whether you have small children or not.

[@GeneralKato]

Great idea! Now save up and make it.

[@kennshearer526]

Fun but also the most practical review I have seen so far - thank you. Once VW have finished making the IDBuzz for reviewers and showrooms they may consider selling a few to those of us who placed orders back in June 🤣😂😤

[@GManPT]

Artic Circle trip with ID Buzz will be EPIC!!

[@catalicos]

Yes, can't wait to see that. Imagine having also a version with a glass roof... you could probably mount a telescope in the back and do some cool astrophotography from a mountain top, in 20 degrees temperature 😄

[@yellowteeth8454]

I should not be awake( 1:45 am California) but I’ve been loving the buzz all around this Buzz! I can’t wait for them to come to the states. Thank you for the reviews! I love your channel and all the info you provide! ❤

[@stefanschulthess5397]

Yes, absolutely like it. But there are some things they could improve. Air vents in the back. I guess it could get quite warm in summer. And windows to open, at least sliding windows like Multivan. And it would be nice if you could open the back window separately like in Berlingo etc. There is one more thing. A 230V socket with at least 2000W. That's it. On some of these points they are working on it, I heard...

[@martinottosson6583]

+removable back seats and 40-40-20 split in the back. Non removable rear seats and no center fold narrows the usability down quite a bit for a van.

[@onepunchbud1472]

@@martinottosson6583 you have massive space in this car. I don't think you will every have a situation where you NEED to drop the center seat and cannot use the one on the side. Ps: removing rear seats could be nice though For turning it into a camper

[@martinottosson6583]

@@onepunchbud1472 I am pretty sure that it will take less than a week before I find it annoying. But then I am a frequent bike rider and so is my girlfriend, so we often bring two road bikes, mtb:s or triathlon bikes in the middle between the two child seats. In the winter, I ski several times a week and I always keep a few pairs of alpine skis and cross country skis in between the seats. I also go windsurfing often and then I mostly bring one board, three sails, one boom and one mast. All this fits perfectly in a normal sized station wagon with center fold, and you can also go to the mountains with two adults and all the ski gear inside the car. Keeps things clean , the car stays quiet and you reduce the energy consumption quite a lot if you can avoid the roof rack or roof box. No matter how big that rear boot is in this case, you will not be able to fit a set of 200cm skis or a 250cm windsurf board while still beeing able to carry two kids or two adults like you can in any much smaller station wagon with 40-40-20 split. Not that it is a problem for that many, but this car is supposed to be a cargo carrier for familys and that 60-40 seat really narrows that down for just a very minor cost save.

[@Fixtor]

"Vegan wood" 🤣 That gave me a good laugh! :D

[@poplaurentiu4148]

It might be made from beanstalk ( from the kids story Jack and the beanstalk ).. 🌱🌴🌿🍃🙃🙂

[@Rei_n1]

You definitely have to do a clamping test with id buzz! Autumn test now as winter is too far away (maybe notnin Norway 😀)

[@danI43541]

It’s great looking and I’m glad VW did. their PR right and created all the buzz around this car. But it’s really lacking some bus features like the rear air vents, center console, more Isofix or even rear windows that open. The regular T6/T7 ICE vans all have it… so the buzz is cool but just not as good as it’s internal competition when it comes to being a family car

[@poplaurentiu4148]

Last week i hear into an recent online interview of an Volkswagen marketing official, that iD-Buzz will have an upper trim ( iD-Buzz GTX ) which will be more powerful and it might also have an optional bigger battery, which will also be available for US market on iD-Buzz longer version..

[@danI43541]

@@poplaurentiu4148 yeh there’ll be a faster, longer Buzz coming… doubt it’ll have proper rear windows tho :D

[@Strato495]

Can you show me a T7 with rear windows that open?

[@danI43541]

@@Strato495 there’s a smaller window in the window that you can open. But it’s an option

[@poplaurentiu4148]

@@danI43541 Is that option available for the last row of both sides rear windows or for the middle windows from the sliding doors ? (because if is for the sliding doors the iD-Buzz has that option too with higher trims packs and 6 individual-independent seats option selected because the reason behind that option selected in camp-mode the 2 seats in front can rotate backwards, the middle 2 seats can fold to form a table with the center console slide backward in the middle and the rear 2 seats together with front seats will form a table with 4 seats.. in basic trim can't do that since it has only 5 seats (the 2 fixed in front +a 60/40 split rear bench)..

[@ramunasmargevicius2499]

that door closing b roll!!!! sooo great done!! DJ Bjørn on world tour!

[@Stryford1]

I love minivans. Highly underrated vehicles! I can't wait to see the U.S. version with it's longer wheelbase although I would rather get the short wheelbase version that you have, but VW isn't going to offer those here.

[@2packs4sure]

2:27 seconds...

[@charlesholder8009]

As a "nonbeliever", I stopped watching your channel about 6 months ago. When the Buzz image popped up, I thought I would have a look. Another great set of videos, and If hell ever freezes over and I decide to go electric I would come to your site for the best and most informative content I have seen about EVs. So, although I won't be buying an EV your content is not only informative but also an amusing insight into the EV world. Thank you.

[@poxer1]

9:25 Great! I liked that a lot!

[@michaelkim3432]

Thanks Bjorn! Entertaining as always!

[@PatricMelander]

Absolutely love the door closing mega hit! 😂🤩🙌

[@clausvandenbrink7955]

Absolutely brillant. Precisely the measurements I needed. Have been calculating boot length for my windsurfgear with phytagoras yesterday to see if I could fit in my 234cm long board but I lacked information about the passenger seat forward. Thanks to Bjørn I now know for certain my board will fit in behind passenger seat. Thanks!

[@runeaa6493]

9:24 Awsome remix 😆

[@GlennGutierrez]

I like this shit. I wish the price hadn't crept up so much, but I'm still watching every video about it.

[@imbahell4574]

Is it possible to store skis under the back seat?

[@trizvanov]

This is as perfect of a van as they get. Please, PLEASE! bring it to Australia !

[@nomadchad8243]

Australia always gets hosed, In Canada we get half what the states gets for twice the price but Australia gets 1/4 for 3 times the price.

[@stianl575]

Its not. No AWD, not two engines, no panorama roof, no 6, no 7 seats.. and most of all; no heatpump. If its 5c, this thing will get 240km.. They should have waited to 2024.

[@PenkoAngelov]

9:27 for EPIC beats by DJ Bjørn!

For skis you can fold the right back seat flat and have a long flat space. One seat is lost anyways. But overall I wonder why they dowgraded the back row to only 1+2 chairs instead of the 3 individual ones you find in their current (comparably sized) Sharan van series. The middle seat is a 2nd class citizen here compared to the full three equal sized ones in the traditional van setup.

[@harvey66616]

Plus with 123 cm square cargo space, skis up to 170 cm will easily fit diagonally flat on the floor/. Granted, that's a bit on the short side, but would still work for some. By propping up the skis a bit to take advantage of the second diagonal dimension, even somewhat longer ones could fit. As I understand it, when the US version is released, it will have a longer wheelbase, and maybe a slightly longer cargo area (with the third row of seats out/folded), so could fit even longer skis in the back without taking up any of the passenger seats.

[@toninocars]

Thanks for sharing. This car ( The snowpiercer ) looks really good, modern and capable of transporting people or cargo. Great for taxi, delivery and small business car needs.

[@HuibertGuijt]

When can we expect the extended remix? ;)

[@staffanbrynge7679]

Yes!!! Finally someone measured the interior height!!!

[@descendency]

Daddy Bjørn is about to get one of these when he runs out of banana boxes for the test 😂 Family car for the win.

[@NoelBarlau]

They're going to sell roughly a zillion of these things. Great packaging and excellent use of interior space. The ID Buzz official website says they're not available in the U.S. but I saw two of them at SXSW in Austin, TX earlier this year and I'm sure that was a clue as to VW's intentions. Great review as always, thanks!

[@alvinomartinez9728]

Heard the will be selling a longer wheelbase version for North America as a 2024 model.

[@petercorrin2414]

Rumor is $70K plus unfortunately.

[@b4804514]

@@petercorrin2414 Includes VW poor reliability and bad battery choice

[@petercorrin2414]

@@b4804514 okay

[@-JustHuman-]

@@b4804514 And not grat software. Also I liked the 2017 version more, then again is it 10 years on and it's still really just coming still.

[@michaelmeier2037]

9:25 DJ Bjørn is in da house 😎

[@manicdee983]

Those seats are almost as good as Honda Jazz "magic seats". Lovely!

[@briise]

Nice ringtone 🙂 at 9:30

[@MalaysianPodcast]

Looks like you need more banana boxes before you can do the banana box test :) Can't wait to see how many boxes it can fits! :P

[@Draconis8888]

Thank you for the beat 😂 and including two car seats in the video. Looking forward to driving info and hoping it comes to USA soon

[@XevieEXxx]

I ROFL when u had that little Techno door opening segway...hilarious but very informative. Thank you for all the interior measurements and getting int the back lying down, the pram being chucked in and the baby car seat install XD AMAZING!

[@tymanot]

Dr B door sound shuffle - luve it. 😁 And vegan wood made my day.

[@nomadchad8243]

I love your jokes throughout , they are fast and obscure. TPS report , Lol

[@alien1813]

7:34 I wonder if you could fit skis in that hole between seats.

[@AdamMcDougall]

Heck yeah I love the door music part

[@markumbers5362]

Excellent review Bjorn. How easy is it to completely remove the back seat/s and what is the selling price for this model please.

[@BogdanDuceac]

About the back seats. Magic seats from honda civic use them since 2006. They ar folding down just like this. The honda seats ar folding up at 90 degrees as well, in normal position a backpack with 2 laptops fits under the seat. So no german engeneering but i am happy to see that the space starts to be used corectly in other cars. :)

[@BogdanDuceac]

My civic from 2016 still has them but on later versions they removed them :(

[@krzysztofcwik5347]

It should have 3 seats in the middle with 3 isfix sets there as well as one in the 1st row passanger seat. I stil hope for childseat friendly tilt for 7 seat version not only in LWB option but in this 4,7 m too. That would be perfect variant. SWB, 7 seats and RWD to get this insane turning circle for City use. It is a van it should swollow 3 childests in 2nd row easly. From what I could see, this bigger one went a bit into the middle seat because isofix set is not installed as close as possible to the eadge of the bench. That is my point - it is nice but it was so easy to make it perfect big family car but VW failed. It is another 4 people car - just as ID 4, but with huge trunk. VW used to make briliant family cars like Touran - much smaller but with 7 seats, childseet friendly filt and 5 isifis sets..... ooooo VW You are so lazy.

[@chryschrysostomou5392]

I believe the standard (short wheelbase) model will be offered in the format we see now, and later, a 2 + 2 + 2 seating option will be offered. The long wheelbase model will be offered as a 2 + 3 + 2 with a different middle row bench. I also believe that both models will be offered with 180⁰ rotating from seats. The variation in seating will expand dramatically over time!

[@krzysztofcwik5347]

@@chryschrysostomou5392 You are right but SWB should also be 7 seater as well to make it ntxt touran - bigger, electric but still easy in town. I have 3 kids and I would love to have them all in middle row and be able to give a litf without taking out childseat. There is so much space, but in my opinion wasted.

[@LucaDellOca]

Totally agree. They had a huge opportunity to make it right from day1 but they failed, at least from what I would expect. At 40k € I may accept those shortcomings, but not at 75k.

[@jimwhitehead1532]

The old VW bus was a makeout favorite of US students since the '60s. Many added curtains and a mattress. People said: "If the van is rocking, don't come knocking." 📳

[@miroslavpallaghy533]

You should consider creating a new Bjorn music channel :D Do you know whether it's possible to fully remove the 2nd row of seats?

[@ericvet8b]

I like it! But would like to see better quality plastics inside (same issue with test of ID family…, but more obvious on ID buzz as much bigger panels…). That interior space is brilliant!!! Looking forward to range test, etc.. 👍

[@hankthetank185]

Love the bus 🚎 soooo much. Thanks for a great walkthrough Bjorn.

[@philipwatson7883]

Great looking machine can’t wait to see real range tests

[@tesla-spectre]

He just did them, check out his videos. Range is anything but impressive because consumption is high esp at 120kmh and battery is only as big as in ID4. But the 1000km challenge was impressive at 10.30h. But you need to pay a lot for electricity and charge very often, since at 120kmh it can barely do 250km and only on the first leg if charged to 100%, once you recharge to 80% it of course drops significantly. To me such short range, a bit too cheap interior and the terrible capacitive buttons in the front are unacceptable for such an enormously expensive car. But those who buy it will often not be very rational but rather emotional, it is for sure often for those who always wanted a T1/2 when they were young and now can afford a reminiscence of their youth. It is has some good stuff definitely but for me personally it is totally overpriced. But so are now practically all EVs includ8ng the current model 3, but the latter is a tactical d3cision to boost the Model Y. I am just glad I got mine in December 2021 before the hype started in January. Reasonably priced are very few like the MG4. And sadly one of the most reasonable EVs is now longer sold, the Ioniq classic.

[@stefanweilhartner4415]

@@tesla-spectre yeah. shortages in supply, high prices for battery resources and not to forget also government subsidies pushed the prices up a lot. but these are temporary effects. of course they will vanish over time. but i think we will not see the price tag going down but not going up with inflation anymore. so, while everything else will get more expensive with inflation every year, i expect the prices of EVs not creeping up anymore in the next 10 years. on the side of the electricity prices, i expect the same. prices will not rise anymore. solar power installations at home are getting more and more popular. battery buffers stabilizing the grid which results in lower prices.

[@sharonherrin]

Love the door closing section 🫢🫢🫣

[@craigbrown5667]

I had the same back seat mechanism in my 2007 Honda Civic Type R FN2! With the Civic though, there was baggage space UNDER the seat when it was up. Japanese engineering! 😛👋

[@afubu]

Yup, it's called magic seats, they are even better

[@luc_libv_verhaegen]

Bjorn, if you want to talk about second row seats, you should review the fossil Touran and Sharan (and alhambra) from VAG. They one-up the Buzz in that they have 3 individual seats, not 2.5 like here, even though those cars are almost 10cms less wide. Those seats fold the same, can be individually shifted and reclined, and each has its own isofix. If you have ever used a Sharan (which will be discontinued soon), then the ID buzz is a poor replacement. I feel like the ID buzz was actively limited in seating configuration to not be too much competition for the T7 (which is supposed to have insane seating modularity). But that severely hampers the buzz, and makes it barely better than an enyaq for real world use. What do you do when you have 3 kids, 1.5ys apart? Back in the day when the little man was still a baby, whenever sixt handed me a 7seater, i used to stuff the front passenger footwell with the heaviest bags (clothing) for autobahn weight-distribution, my better half would sit in the second row on the passenger side, and the baby would be in the middle, and the rest of the space would taken up with bulky baby stuff. You could then just slide the door open and quickly put the cybex on the seat, to get out of the rain, and then properly set it into the mounting afterwards. And no, i am not that sort of macho who needs to drive all the time. Due to often using sixt 7-seaters for big outings, and sixt asking for more money to insure a second driver, i end up driving whatever we rent. And it has now become established that when we visit my family (600+km away) i drive. She tends to drive our car almost all of the time though, as i try to avoid having to drive wherever i reasonably can.

[@merzto]

I believe that more seat options are coming. There will be a longer version, too at some point-

[@rangerbb0190]

You are still my favorit car tester :-) I loved the door music show. .... Can you show center box removed ? Is there 220v outlet or VTG ? Norwegan price ? Can you camp with AC on ?

[@andrewjones-productions]

I think Bjørn was very excited, particularly so, when demonstrating this vehicle. That's a good sign about the ID Buzz and anyway, why shouldn't Bjørn or anyone else get excited about a car!

[@chillout1109]

9:20 🤣🤣🤣🤣 That was very funny. And very good.

[@blubb9004]

Came here for the ID Buzz...left with "MMLXX" and "Aftertime" by Lance Conrad. :)

[@medman36]

I like the ID buzz. It seems to have almost everthing you need. I like it that it has a small front bonnet. To me it look like how EVs should be. Large long front is, when I think about it, more ICE style, even the Tesal's. With this ID buzz window pushed more to the front, you get more interior space. With a Tesla frunk, you have to get out of the car to get to the front storage, and open it flat up, compared to the back, fdown up. The front lid does look a bit small to access for maintenance though. Does it mean that for maintenance you actually have to screw off the front lid and bumper to access the motor bay?

[@Tsenngu]

HAHA dude...when you had that freaking music/door mix.....i spilled my coffee all over here!

[@amirkurtovic6941]

09:40 - you are crazzzy haha

[@WildWeasel109]

Great video, what app are you using on the phone to see the kWh/battery info?

[@paulg2923]

Loving the homage to Office Space with the TPS reports. Great review as ever.

[@NinetyTres]

Seen this up close in Santa Monica CA Very cool

[@hmi1750]

the Alhambra and Sharan also had similar seats where the base moved down and out to lower the back flat... but they have the benefit of 3 separate chairs with isofix and offering much more practicality to family use. Shame the ID buzz does not have similar rail system as the new multivan.

[@Jan_Capek]

Same for Touran

[@lordpitnolen2196]

My Seat Alhambra was, probably, my favourite car. A BEV version would be ideal.

[@flavoie]

This "sedan guy door jam" is quite an earworm! Loll made my day.

[@panospapadimitriou3498]

that leaf under the trunk opening gave the solution of a more affordable choice . LOL

[@nathanwolf5547]

I can tell how excited you are about this one

[@spacedudero]

This one is going to break the banana box test XD

[@SandWraith0]

Does anybody know the song from 9:30? 😅

[@somedudeonyoutoob]

love the door close remix

[@andykphoto]

I love my id4, but the buzz is pretty nice too 😸

[@briantarby675]

I want one for Christmas 👍

[@bilgyno1]

9:20 😲🤯👍🏻

[@pigedehekkan]

Nice one. The instrument cluster is way bigger than the one in TMY ant those armrests looks nice.

[@bheboxful]

13:21 the audience demands you try to sleep on the dashboard.

[@rigobertogomez25]

Loved the video, man. Entertaining as always!

[@dGanger]

Is there place for 3 baby seats in the back, as in the middle - iso points?

[@willmac5642]

They need vents in rear! Kind of feel the rear seats cd go back alot further.

[@hklabr]

able to sit between those 2 baby seat is awesome. nice review.

[@MickMcGuire]

Can't wait to see one, looks awesome

[@IKEAMOBEL]

No heated backseat?

[@GoBala]

Vegan wood...😂😂😂 Bjorn you are the one!!! 👍🍀🖖🤣

[@thelastninja4825]

waited for this review for 3 months ! you are the man

[@Ahvenmeister]

Hahaha Björn love that door-remix

[@lazarperic4191]

love the music 😆

[@darylbrice]

You invented a new music genre: Door Techno 9:29

[@lappedykkeren3747]

What is name of the measurement tool you use?

[@bjornnyland]

Flir one

[@jakubremer2902]

You can make test Renault Kangoo e-tech?

[@Panjangl]

9:28 dj bjorn

[@RonRattie]

The door closing club music was perfect. Someone should do a full piece using all the EV youtuber videos.

[@Encephalitisify]

It got trippy there for a minute lol

[@TeslaKägi]

DJ Björn rocks that Shieeeeet 🤣🤘🤘🤘

[@sylvainsauvage8301]

There is a hole between the rear seats back where you can stick 1-2 pairs of skis?

[@kimle01]

No 3rd row seats?

[@wte100]

TPS report - that would be great 😂

[@olahaldor]

My wife and I checked the Buzz at a shop today and had a couple questions they could not answer; what do we do with rear faced non ISOFIX (because of weight limits on isofix) seats? They need to be anchored somehow. Some cars have hoops, others leave room on the front seat sliders to attach the anchors. We were stunned to see the Buzz has neither 😢

[@keny7269]

What is the maximum length of skis you can have underneath the lifted floor / back seats in the boot?

[@krugerdave]

The folding mechanism on those seats is better than most European vans, but Bjørn, I think your mind would be truly blown by the average American van's seats 😅 The Germans can't seem to figure it out, but for instance Stow-n-Go seating in FCA vans just drops the whole seat down flush with the floor 👍

[@flyingpanhandle]

"he Germans can't seem to figure it out" Why? The average American seat is no different to the seats of 1990s/early 00s MPVs such as the Renault Espace or Ford Galaxy that were popular in Europe. Plus the the Opel/Vauxhall Zafira in Europe had stow n go seats seats in the late 1990s where the 3rd row of seating was entirely flush with the floor.

[@krugerdave]

@@flyingpanhandle well and good, I stand somewhat corrected: The Germans figured minivan seats out briefly, then appear to have forgotten how to make them (see all recent generations of Transporter, V-Class, Vito etc.) 😉 That fact that the only way to get the seats in these vehicles out of the way is to physically remove them from the vehicle (at probably >30kg each) is a little embarrassing.

[@krugerdave]

@@flyingpanhandle Also you go some way to proving my point: The Zafia you're talking about is a GM vehicle and you can't tell me that the Ford Galaxy didn't benefit from some American expertise!

[@PatrickVanNicePhotography]

The battery pack location prevents that solution

[@krugerdave]

@@PatrickVanNicePhotography you mean they designed the battery pack in such a way as to prevent that solution 😉 Same deal as the missing frunk: there's nothing fundamental standing in its way, they just didn't design the vehicle in such a way as to make it possible. Sure having a well in the floor would mean compromises with the battery design, but no one can tell me that it's impossible. Also that just means no excuses for all of the fossil vans!

[@thcleaner22]

Does it fit 3 child seats in the rear?

[@zorqis]

Finally a practical car for family travel. Flat folding seats are there for ages in a lot of cars, Sharan included. Waiting for the long version 7 seater.

[@Yanquetino]

I think it's great. Don't need it for a family hauler, but… when they release a camper version, I'm all in.

[@larsw.larsen4173]

How is road noise at highwAy speed?

[@nickdegroot2445]

Will be really nice to go camp in this at the article circle in the middle of winter with a lot of snow👌🏽

[@nickdegroot2445]

@@arsni23 Yeah but I think you can also just keep the car on standby and sleep in it.