You see a VW Microbus and it does conger certain images in your head, and certain stereotypes, too. There were a fair share of them running around Kalamazoo back in the day, with five colleges and universities in town One of those stereotypes is now legal, in Michigan; the other is as popular as ever. And guess what's back, this time complete with state of the art technology, no less. Plus, the cherry on top of the cake is, Volkswagen has even given it an appropriate name, the VW Microbus ID:Buzz. Where do you start a conversation about the Microbus? Its history dates back to before World War II, with ties to Adolf Hitler's desire for a "Volkwagen", a people's car. The first people's car became what we know as the VW Bug. But then after World War II, as Volkswagen wanted to expand its product line, the microbus became the first van.