The car manufacturer Volkswagen According to a media report, the delivery of its electrical tone buss Id.buzz into the USA Stopped for the time being. In addition to a recall, the background is also the government’s punitive tariffs Donald Trump (79), the “Handelsblatt” reported, citing group circles.
Construction errors and punitive tariffs press sales figures
A spokesman for the Volkswagen commercial vehicles have confirmed that the ID.Buzz is currently not being delivered to the United States, according to the newspaper. As a reason, a recall because of a back seat of the US model from the author’s perspective was mentioned.
The “Wall Street Journal” writes
that the sale of the ID.Buzz had been suspended for two months, while Volkswagen built plastic parts to narrow the row of seats. As a result, the company had only delivered 564 vehicles in the three months until the end of June.
It is not the first recall for the Bulli, which is less than a year on the US market. In April the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration pointed out that the ID. Buzz the international brake warning sign in yellow and not the word “brake” (“brake”) in red capital letters showed how it is prescribed in the USA.
In addition to the construction errors, the punitive tariffs introduced in April are also a reason for the delivery stop, reports the “Handelsblatt” with reference to insiders. Since then, 27.5 percent import taxes have been raised to new cars built in Europe – previously it was 2.5 percent. Volkswagen produces the ID.Buzz for the world market in his work in Hanover-Stöcken.
Id. Buzz unpopular in the USA
Even before the recall, the high list price of the ID. Buzz, which begins at around $ 60,000, braked sales, writes the “Wall Street Journal”. US customers have switched to cheaper models. So far, VW has delivered around 3000 copies to US dealers.
The model is considered one of the central products of the electrical transformation of the commercial vehicle division and is supposed to build on the success of the original Bullis, which has also sold millions of times in the United States.
According to the “Wall Street Journal”, US sales of the VW Bullis reached its peak in 1970 with almost 570,000 copies-and then made up more than a third of the brand’s worldwide sales. At that time, the van cost around $ 20,000 and was therefore cheaper than most cars.