Volkswagen Dune Buggy ‘Under Active Consideration’
New buggy would use Volkswagen’s MEB platform, be part of ID electric vehicle family.
Volkswagen hasn’t had a great time over the past few years since Dieselgate exploded onto the front pages of every automotive publication in the sun. The German automaker has since decided to completely divorce itself from diesel and jump straight into electrification, starting with the upcoming ID family of electric vehicles.
One of those ID models may be a dune buggy, according to Autocar, specifically one modeled off of the beloved Meyers Manx.
Per Autocar‘s anonymous source, the Meyers Manx tribute would be a two-seater built upon Volkswagen’s MEB modular platform, and is currently “under active consideration” to the retro-mod ID family, set to include takes on the Microbus and a re-imagined Beetle.
All three ID models are under the watch of Volkswagen chair Herbert Diess, with the new dune buggy planned to make its world debut at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. This follows the debut of the ID Buzz microbus in 2017, where Volkswagen’s head designer, Klaus Bischoff, told Fox News that the automaker was also considering bringing back “some open off-roadish vehicle that stands for a lot of fun.”
According to Autocar, the Volkswagen ID dune buggy is “an open-top design featuring a low-set body, a free-standing windscreen, a sturdy roll-over bar and large wheels,” very much like the Meyers Manx, which was built upon the original Beetle. The electric buggy is said to be currently in development in Braunschweig, Germany.
