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VW Christmas card could preview I.D. beach buggy EV

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We’re already excited about the launch of the retro-futuristic

Volkswagen I.D. Buzz

, a sort of electric rebirth of the classic Microbus using the German automaker’s new modular electric platform. We’re convinced we’ll eventually see the return of the

Beetle

— for which

VW

recently

pulled the plug

on life support — in some fashion as an

EV

in VW’s I.D. lineup. It appears that there may be another retro-inspired I.D. car in our future, if

this report from Autocar

is to be believed, showing what appears to be an electric interpretation of the

Meyers Manx dune buggy

on a VW Christmas card.

The silhouetted, topless vehicle is pictured cruising in the moonlight with Santa at the wheel. We can see soft curves, a free-standing windshield and big, knobby tires pushed out to the very corners of the little two-seater. A little flag flies off the whip antenna at the rear of the car.

Autocar

says VW’s I.D. beach buggy is currently being pieced together at the automaker’s R&D center in Braunschweig, Germany, with a possible debut in March 2019 at the

Geneva Motor Show

. While production seems like a longshot, the report claims the buggy is under “active consideration” as a third retro-inspired car to be built on the MEB platform, the other throwbacks being the I.D. Buzz and a Beetle-inspired five-door hatchback. Fingers crossed.

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