My problem with this design is that it’s a long nose car based ID3 platform with a false nose stuck on top of the hood, which begins at the front of the window frame of the driver’s door. Just look at the distance from the front bumper to the front seat. We have vans for a reason: space efficiency. If we didn’t care about that, there are lots of SUVs that share the same limited interior space compared with overall length. I recognize that VW is trying to save money by basing the Buzz and Multivan on car platforms and farming out the production of the new Transporter to a rebadged Transit made by Ford in Turkey in order to pay the fines of the diesel scandal, but just how stupid do they think we are? Expecting us to accept a double A pillar over the hood of a car chassis that obstructs forward vision, all to make it look like a “van” is insulting to those of us who have made VW vans iconic for over 50 years.
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