Volkswagen Previews New Electric Kombi Concept Ahead Of Detroit Motor Show

Volkswagen has tapped the iconic design and versatile layout of its original Microbus for inspiration in the second of what company officials suggest will be a series of new self driving electric powered concept cars to be unveiled in 2017.
 
Pictured here in a series of teaser photographs ahead of a world premiere at the upcoming North American International Auto Show in Detroit the new concept is based around Volkswagen's MEB (modularen Elektrifizierungsbaukasten – modular electrified architecture) platform first unveiled underneath the I.D. hatchback at the Paris motor show last September.
 
Intended to bridge the gap between one of Volkswagen's most heavily admired models and a future electric car line-up, the multi-seat concept is described as featuring "outstanding accommodation" and an "extended electric range".
 
The three photographs released so far by Volkswagen reveal the front- and rear-end styling treatment of the new concept, which receives distinctive horizontally positioned LED headlamps and tail lamps similar in appearance to those adorning the I.D. hatchback.