The VW ID. Buzz Is Now Two Model Years Late in America
Volkswagen has pushed the ID. Buzz's US return to the 2028 model year, skipping 2027 as well. Only 38 new 2025 vans remained in dealer inventory nationwide.
The delay
Volkswagen has delayed the return of the ID. Buzz to the United States again, skipping the 2027 model year and bringing the van back as a 2028 model in the first half of 2027.
VW told US dealers about the change on Thursday, Automotive News reported. The company said the 2028 ID. Buzz brings meaningful customer-focused enhancements together in a single launch. Every ID. Buzz sold in America so far has been a 2025 model.
This is the second postponement. VW confirmed in December that it would not build 2026 models for the US market, and said at the time that the van was being optimized rather than cancelled.
What is coming
The 2027 lineup VW announced in May included a camping-focused Tourer 4Motion trim, a North American Charging Standard port and updated software. The Tourer adds a bed across the folded rear seats, window blinds, ventilation panels, a table and chairs, and an Overnight Mode.
The 2028 model folds those updates together with physical steering-wheel buttons, vehicle-to-load capability and a digital key. VW has not announced pricing or range for the 2028 van.
What is left on lots
According to Cars.com data, just 38 new 2025 ID. Buzz vans remained in dealer inventory nationwide at the time of the report.
VW sold 6,140 ID. Buzz vans in the US in 2025. Sales reached 2,481 units in the first half of 2026, almost unchanged from 2,465 a year earlier, with second-quarter volume more than doubling to 1,249 from 564 after a stop-sale was lifted.
The launch that went sideways
The ID. Buzz arrived with real momentum and lost it quickly.
It launched in the US at $59,995 for the entry Pro S, or $61,545 with destination, with up to 234 miles of EPA-estimated range. The top 1st Edition 4Motion was $69,995. Dealers added markups of up to $35,000 at launch.
The van is built in Hanover, Germany, which kept it out of the $7,500 federal purchase credit and exposed it to US import tariffs. In spring 2025 VW issued two recalls and halted US sales, one covering a third-row bench that was too wide for its two seatbelts under federal rules and one for a brake warning display.
By May of this year, VW was offering $7,500 in incentives and some dealers had cut prices by more than $20,000.
A $35,000 markup followed by a $20,000 discount is not a pricing strategy. It is a correction.
What to do if you want one
Two options, and they point in opposite directions.
If you want the van now, the 2025 models still in inventory are the only game in town, and the pricing history says the discounts are real. Ask which incentives are currently in force and treat the age of the vehicle as leverage, because a new car two model years behind is a genuine negotiating position.
If you can wait, the 2028 model gets the camping trim, the NACS port and the software updates in one package, plus a digital key and vehicle-to-load. Just be aware the timeline has already moved twice and VW has not announced a price.
Source: Automotive News via eletric-vehicles.com; Cars.com; Carscoops; Volkswagen of America.
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