How to Use microbus in a Sentence

microbus

noun
  • Buzz, a retro-style model that resurrects the iconic microbus as an electric van.
    William Boston, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022
  • This rover, about the size of two microbuses, can fit two passengers and gear comfortably, four in a pinch.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2019
  • Probably a lot more than can be squeezed into its microbus proportions.
    Jeremy White, Wired, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Part of the microbus genius lies in its cab-over configuration.
    Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The electric, all-wheel-drive microbus has ample travel space inside, with an electric driving range of up to 270 miles.
    Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Buzz, an electric iteration of its iconic hippie-era microbus, on March 9.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The microbus is to be on display during the LA Auto Show in the Volkswagen area.
    Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Elsewhere in Afghanistan, a roadside bomb struck a microbus in eastern the eastern Ghazni province on Monday, killing six people.
    Washington Post, 11 June 2018
  • Volkswagen last year showed off an all-electric update of its classic microbus and announced plans for new mobility services like driverless ride-sharing.
    NBC News, 7 Jan. 2018
  • As a gesture of their own thanksgiving, the two teenagers decided to clean up and used a Volkswagen microbus to haul the Brocks’ leftover trash to the local dump.
    Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2018
  • Volkswagen is officially bringing back the microbus, a hippie favorite first released in the 1950s.
    Michael McGough, sacbee, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The county's ambulance authority said in a statement the accident took place Wednesday when two microbuses crashed on a highway in the southern suburb of Helwan.
    Fox News, 12 June 2019
  • Just like the lovable and chaotic Hoover family in Little Miss Sunshine, travelers will squeeze into the Volkswagen microbus before trekking across the highway.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • Though the microbus appeared unscathed, the vehicle in reality was a basket case and in need of more than 900 replacement parts, Volkswagen of America said in a statement on its restoration.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Throughout the 1950s, Volkswagen’s Type 2 microbus was hardly a collectible, but rather a tradesman’s workhorse, or a wholesome weekend motel on wheels for families camping mostly across Europe and North America.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2025

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