Is the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo ULEZ compliant?

Most petrol Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargos from 2006 and diesels from September 2015 meet the Euro standards for London ULEZ and other UK clean-air zones, so they are generally exempt from the daily charge. Pure-electric versions are always exempt.

What insurance group is the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo in?

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo sits in insurance group 19 of 50. Your actual premium still depends on age, postcode, annual mileage and no-claims history.

Is the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo reliable?

Our reliability score for the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo is 70 out of 100 (good), derived from DVSA MOT records.

What economy does the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo get?

Expect roughly around 3.5 miles per kWh for a typical Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo, based on official figures and our running-cost model. Real-world figures vary with driving style, load and conditions.

What are the common problems on the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo?

On the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo, the issues that come up most by mileage include 12V auxiliary battery, Tyres (wear faster on EVs) and Brake discs (corrosion from light use). The section above breaks down each one with its typical mileage, repair cost and severity.

Is the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo reliable?

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo scores 70/100 on Forecourt's MOT-based reliability measure.

How much does a used Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo cost?

A 2023 Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo with around 36,000 miles is worth roughly £31,750 today (typical range £28,200–£35,350). Dealer forecourt prices sit higher and part-exchange offers lower; newer or lower-mileage examples cost more.

How quickly does the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo depreciate?

A new Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo typically loses about 50% of its value over the first three years, then depreciates more slowly. Buying at three to five years old avoids the steepest part of the curve.

What insurance group is the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo?

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo sits in insurance group 19 of 50 — the middle of the scale. Exact premiums depend on the trim (some versions sit a few groups higher or lower), your age, postcode and no-claims history.

What goes wrong on a used Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo?

The most common age-related issues we track for the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo are: 12v auxiliary battery (typically around 40k-70k, £120-£220 to put right); tyres (wear faster on evs) (typically around 18k-28k, £320-£600 per set to put right); brake discs (corrosion from light use) (typically around 40k-70k, £240-£480 to put right). A full service history and a recent MOT with no advisories are the best protection.

What does the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo cost to run?

Expect around 3.5 miles per kWh, £195 a year in road tax, about £185 for a standard annual service. The full cost-of-ownership table above breaks this down per year and per mile for the exact year and mileage you choose.

Ranked #27 van in the UK · Panel van (EV) · 2,400 units sold last year

Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo is the electric panel-van version of the retro-styled Buzz - a charming, car-like small-to-medium van for urban delivery and trade use. It pairs genuine load practicality with head-turning looks and VW's MEB electric platform. Range suits city and regional routes rather than long hauls, and it's pricier than conventional vans, but nothing else in the class brings this much character to the working week.

Body: Panel van (EV)
Years: 2022–2026
Fuel: Electric
Range: — mi
Insurance: Group 21

The short version

30/100

Forecourt score

Value 8 · Reliability 34 · Insurance 64

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo loses value faster than most cars and is cheaper to run than most. Its MOT-based reliability is good, 70 out of 100, ahead of 34% of the cars we track. On three-year value retention it ranks better than 8% of models.

The Forecourt score blends how this car ranks against the catalogue on value retention, reliability and insurance cost (weighted 40/40/20). Higher is better; running cost is not yet folded in.

Pick your version

Estimates are tuned to the version you choose.

Fuel

Electric

Power

204 ps

Drivetrain

RWD

Efficiency

2.7 mi/kWh

The volume ID. Buzz Cargo - the retro electric panel van on VW's MEB platform. 77 kWh usable, ~256 mi WLTP, ~3.9 m3, ~650 kg payload. Heat pump available. The style-conscious urban EV van.

Tell us about the one you're looking at

Year of registration2023

20222026

Mileage on the clock36,000 mi

0Expected: 36,000180k

Conditiongood

PoorFairGoodExcellent

Tidy and well looked-after for its age — the typical car.

Region

Remembered as you browse other cars.

Know the registration?

Optional — fills in the exact year and ULEZ status for your specific car. The registration isn’t stored.

Estimated market value

£31,750

Range £26,600 – £37,350

medium confidence

When new (2023)£56,000Age-based value£28,000Mileage adjustment+£0Condition & region-£18Market calibration+£5,568Forecourt price£33,550Private sale£29,950Part-exchange£26,400

The depreciation curve

How a 2023-registration Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo loses value over time.

Marker = your selection
Dashed = mileage either side

What it costs to own

Over

Based on the 2023 car with 36,000 miles you entered above — worth about £31,750 today — here is the cost of owning it for the next 5 years, at roughly 12,000 miles a year.

5-year total

£19,981

Per year

£3,996

All-in per mile

£0.33

Fuel per mile

7.7p

Depreciation£7,792

Fuel / energy£4,629

Servicing£1,765

Road tax£975

Insurance£4,820

Best age to buy — around 5 years

A 5-year-old example loses roughly £3,800 a year — under half the £10,200 a one-year-old sheds. The steepest drop is behind it.

Uses current UK pump and home-charging prices (DESNZ weekly), typical-driver insurance and manufacturer service intervals. "Fuel per mile" is just the energy input — so an EV at ~9p and a diesel at ~22p make running-cost comparison direct. A guide; your own costs will vary.

How it compares

Where this car ranks against the 340 vehicles in our index — higher is better.

Holds its valuebetter than 8%

Reliabilitybetter than 34%

Cheap to insurebetter than 64%

Percentile rank across our full index. A measure is shown only where the data spreads meaningfully across the index.

Petrol, diesel, hybrid or EV?

How the available versions compare on price, running cost, and the headaches each tends to develop.

Cargo 79 RWD / GTX

VW's MEB EV van. Cross-shop e-Transit Custom (cheaper, more range options), eVito (Mercedes badge), Maxus eDeliver 7 (cheaper, Chinese). The ID. Buzz Cargo earns its £47k+ premium via distinctive styling + 282mi WLTP + 170kW DC charging — best DC speed in commercial EV van segment.

New price: £47,000
Annual fuel / energy: £1,000
3-yr depreciation: 50%

Watch for

·Too new for clear patterns
·Software updates frequent (OTA)
·Some early units slow DC charging hitting 90kW vs 170kW claimed (firmware-fixed)
·Higher price than rivals — pays premium for distinctive styling

Fuel/energy costs based on this week’s UK averages (w/c 22/06/2026) · Petrol 153.3p/L, Diesel 172.5p/L, Electricity 27.0p/kWh · DESNZ

Estimated insurance

Group 19 of 50 (mid — around the UK average) · Comprehensive · 3 years NCB

Indicative annual comprehensive premiums for this car, by driver age band and risk profile. Pick the combination closest to your circumstances.

No-claims bonus3 years

0 yearsBaseline: 3 years15+

Risk profile:

Estimated annual premium · typical, age 33-39

£964/ year

Roughly £80 per month

Typical

Average UK driver — 3 years NCB, average postcode, no recent claims.

Age band	Lower risk	Typical	Higher risk
Age 17-25	£2,198	£2,747	£3,572
Age 26-32	£1,147	£1,350	£1,647
Age 33-39Selected	£848	£964	£1,138
Age 40-49	£720	£800	£928
Age 50+	£642	£713	£842

How we estimate this

Indicative annual comprehensive premium estimates. The 'Typical' figure represents an average UK driver in each age band; Lower and Higher risk show the realistic spread driven by factors UK insurers legitimately price on (postcode, occupation, claims history, NCB, voluntary excess, modifications). Based on 10,000 miles/yr, £250 voluntary excess, and the no-claims bonus selected above. Always get individual quotes before buying.

Expected annual costs

Adjust the annual mileage to match how you'll actually use the car. Insurance is what you selected above (age 33-39, typical risk, 3 yrs NCB).

Annual mileage12,000 mi/yr

2,000UK avg for this model: 12,00030,000

Routine service

£185

Annual main-dealer service

Major service

£210

Every 2 years, annualised

Road tax

£195

Standard rate, post year-one

Electricity

£1,200

3.5 mi/kWh, 27p blended

Insurance

£964

Age 33-39, group 21

Clean-air zones

✓ ULEZ compliant

Electric variants are compliant with London ULEZ and all UK clean-air zones.

Based on London ULEZ standards — Birmingham, Bath, Bristol, Sheffield, Glasgow and other UK clean-air zones generally follow the same rules.

Total expected£2,754 / year

Excludes depreciation and unscheduled repairs (see next section).

Unexpected costs

What out-of-warranty repairs typically run, by mileage band. Your selected mileage is highlighted.

0-30k miles

£80

per year · low risk

30-60k miles

£240

per year · low risk

60-100k miles

£520

per year · medium risk

100k+ miles

£900

per year · high risk

Tyres

195/65 R16 · 215/65 R16C

What a full set of four will cost you (including fit and balance), and which brand each tier of buyer should pick. A typical set lasts about 24,000 miles.

Budget

£300

set of 4, fitted · £60 per tyre

Mid-range

£440

set of 4, fitted · £95 per tyre

Premium

£620

set of 4, fitted · £140 per tyre

What to fit

Optional extras worth paying for

Factory options ranked by how much of their original cost they recover at resale. Anything above 70% return tends to make money back; below 40% is paying for your own enjoyment.

Option	New cost	Added used value	Return
Tow bar Strong return — actively sought by trade buyers.	£650	£450	69%
Full bulkhead Cheap, and most working buyers expect one.	£300	£200	67%
Parking sensors & reversing camera	£500	£300	60%
Ply-lining / load-area protection	£350	£200	57%
Twin side loading doors	£450	£250	56%
Air conditioning About half its cost back; widens the resale audience.	£900	£450	50%

Parts most likely to fail

Drawn from owner reports and warranty data. Filtered for relevance to 36,000 miles.

Watch now

Failure typically happens around your current mileage.

Upcoming

A known weak point — but you haven't reached its usual mileage yet.

Already due

Past its usual failure mileage. Either already fixed, or about to.

12V auxiliary batteryWatch now

Typical at 40k-70kCost £120-£220low severityParts high

General wear item — not a model-specific fault.

Tyres (wear faster on EVs)Already due

Typical at 18k-28kCost £320-£600 per setlow severityParts high

General wear item — not a model-specific fault.

Brake discs (corrosion from light use)Watch now

Typical at 40k-70kCost £240-£480low severityParts high

General wear item — not a model-specific fault.

Suspension bushes & drop linksUpcoming

Typical at 60k-100kCost £150-£400medium severityParts high

General wear item — not a model-specific fault.

"Parts low/medium/high" indicates how easy the replacement part is to source — discontinued or specialist parts mean longer workshop time and bigger bills.

Reliability

70/ 100

Good

MOT outlook

Insufficient MOT history at this car's reference age — too few tests to compute a reliable percentile.

Things owners say

01Range is geared to urban and regional work - plan longer routes around its real-world figure.
02Car-like to drive with a practical, flat load bay and a striking image - good for customer-facing trades.
03Pricier than a conventional small van; check battery health and charging history like any used EV.

Safety recalls

Manufacturers occasionally issue safety recalls to fix a fault free of charge. You can check whether the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo, or your exact vehicle, has any outstanding recalls on the official DVSA service.

Check on GOV.UK

Opens the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency recall checker. Choose the make, model and year of manufacture — no registration needed.

Theft risk

A general indicator from UK 2025 theft data and this car’s characteristics — not a prediction for any one vehicle.

Whole-car theft

Higher

Higher-value cars like this are relay-theft targets — keyless entry can be exploited from the driveway in under a minute.

Parts theft

Lower

As an electric car it has no catalytic converter, so the most common parts-theft vector doesn't apply.

Worth doing

Keep keys in a Faraday pouch and away from the front door to block relay attacks.
A visible steering lock is a cheap, strong deterrent on a frequently-targeted car.

Clean-air zones

Whether driving a Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo into a UK clean-air zone will cost you anything. Rules use the same Euro standard across most zones — petrol from 2006 and diesel from 2015 onwards are exempt; pure electric is always exempt.

Charging zones for cars

City	Area	Daily charge	Likely outcome
London	All of Greater London (within the M25)	£12.50	Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere.
Birmingham	Inside the A4540 Middleway	£8.00	Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere.
Bristol	City centre and part of the Portway	£9.00	Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere.
Glasgow	City centre	—	Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere.
Edinburgh	City centre	—	Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere.
Aberdeen	City centre	—	Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere.
Dundee	City centre	—	Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere.

Zones that don't charge private cars

Bath — City centre (Private cars and motorbikes are not charged).
Bradford — Outer ring road and the Aire Valley (Private cars are not charged).
Sheffield — Inside the A61 inner ring road (Private cars are not charged).
Newcastle & Gateshead — City centres and the Tyne, Swing, High Level and Redheugh bridges (Private cars are not charged).
Portsmouth — Part of the city centre (Applies to taxis, PHVs, buses, coaches and HGVs only).

Model-level guidance only. To check a specific registration, use the official gov.uk clean-air zone checker. Zone charges and boundaries are set by local councils and change over time.

EV reality check

64 kWh

Winter range

155 mi

Cold-weather realistic

DC charge 10–80%

30 min

Typical

Heat pump

Optional

Cost option — check spec sheet

Battery chemistry

NMC

Higher energy density, faster charging, charge to 80% daily

Cost to charge

~£17

full charge · ~£10.00/100mi

Winter range estimates assume ~5°C ambient with cabin heating; figures from manufacturer cold-weather testing where available, otherwise derived as a fraction of WLTP. DC times are manufacturer-claimed 10–80% on the headline charger; real-world sessions on UK rapids can be slower. Charging cost is a full battery at the home/blended electricity rate; public rapid charging costs more.

UK charging network

119,080 public chargers across the UK

As of 2026-04-01, the UK has 119,080 publicly available EV chargers, up 12.6% on the prior year (13,281 added in 2025). 23% of those are rapid (50 kW+) or ultra-rapid (150 kW+), so the network can support both home and on-route charging.

3-8 kW

50%

Standard

8-50 kW

27%

Standard plus

50-150 kW

12%

Rapid

150 kW+

11%

Ultra-rapid

Source: Department for Transport / Zapmap · Released 2026-05-21 · DfT statistics

Servicing & the dealer network

How well-supported Volkswagen is across the UK — a practical read on how easy servicing, parts and warranty work will be to find.

Franchised UK dealers

~190

Large network

Mass-market

Network size relative to the UK's largest (Volkswagen is 4.2% of all franchised outlets)

Servicing, parts and warranty work are easy to find UK-wide, and most independent garages know the brand well — which keeps maintenance competitive.

For context, the UK has roughly 4,500 franchised car-dealer outlets in total, plus about 15,500 independent garages.

Approximate figures, curated from public UK industry sources (NFDA, Car Dealer Magazine). Franchised networks shrink year on year — these indicate network size, not an exact count.

Dimensions & weight

Length

5,000 mm

Width

2,000 mm

Height

2,000 mm

Kerb weight

2,250 kg

Boot

4,000–9,000 L

Battery

64 kWh

What it can carry

Load capacity and payload across the body-length and roof-height variants. The bigger spread means more versatility — but also more choice to get wrong when buying used.

Load volume

3.5–8 m³

Payload

600–1,400 kg

Gross weight

3,100 kg

Body variants

L1H1, L2H2

Common questions

Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo, answered

Is the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo ULEZ compliant?: Most petrol Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargos from 2006 and diesels from September 2015 meet the Euro standards for London ULEZ and other UK clean-air zones, so they are generally exempt from the daily charge. Pure-electric versions are always exempt.
What insurance group is the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo in?: The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo sits in insurance group 19 of 50. Your actual premium still depends on age, postcode, annual mileage and no-claims history.
Is the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo reliable?: Our reliability score for the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo is 70 out of 100 (good), derived from DVSA MOT records.
What economy does the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo get?: Expect roughly around 3.5 miles per kWh for a typical Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo, based on official figures and our running-cost model. Real-world figures vary with driving style, load and conditions.
What are the common problems on the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo?: On the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo, the issues that come up most by mileage include 12V auxiliary battery, Tyres (wear faster on EVs) and Brake discs (corrosion from light use). The section above breaks down each one with its typical mileage, repair cost and severity.

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Built on the VW MEB platform

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Common questions

Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo, answered from the data

Is the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo reliable?: The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo scores 70/100 on Forecourt's MOT-based reliability measure.
How much does a used Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo cost?: A 2023 Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo with around 36,000 miles is worth roughly £31,750 today (typical range £28,200–£35,350). Dealer forecourt prices sit higher and part-exchange offers lower; newer or lower-mileage examples cost more.
How quickly does the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo depreciate?: A new Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo typically loses about 50% of its value over the first three years, then depreciates more slowly. Buying at three to five years old avoids the steepest part of the curve.
What insurance group is the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo?: The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo sits in insurance group 19 of 50 — the middle of the scale. Exact premiums depend on the trim (some versions sit a few groups higher or lower), your age, postcode and no-claims history.
What goes wrong on a used Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo?: The most common age-related issues we track for the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo are: 12v auxiliary battery (typically around 40k-70k, £120-£220 to put right); tyres (wear faster on evs) (typically around 18k-28k, £320-£600 per set to put right); brake discs (corrosion from light use) (typically around 40k-70k, £240-£480 to put right). A full service history and a recent MOT with no advisories are the best protection.
What does the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo cost to run?: Expect around 3.5 miles per kWh, £195 a year in road tax, about £185 for a standard annual service. The full cost-of-ownership table above breaks this down per year and per mile for the exact year and mileage you choose.

Answers are generated from this car's Forecourt data — DVSA MOT records, DfT licensing statistics and our valuation model — and update with the weekly data refresh.