The Meyers Manx 2.0 EV, an all-electric resurrection of the iconic original dune buggy from the 1960s, will be available with a starting price that will not exactly cheap for many interested consumers. Announcing the pricing for the upcoming battery electric vehicle (BEV), Meyers Manx stated that the Meyers Manx 2.0 Electric Buggy would be made available with a starting price tag of $74,000. This price has been mentioned for the base variant that gets power from the 20-kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack. Performance figures for this upcoming EV have yet-to-be-released.

As already mentioned, the base MSRP for the new buggy was announced without any additional information. The company shared features and pricing in the press release for its new Resorter Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV). In terms of pricing, that makes the upcoming electric buggy almost as expensive as the Tesla Model S Standard Range, which is available for approx. $78,500.

Detailed information, including performance figures, is usually shared ahead of a vehicle’s launch. Thus, we still don’t know how much the electric buggy’s top-of-the-line model will cost.

Officially unveiled last year at a motorsport gathering called The Quail, the Meyers Manx 2.0 EV is the company’s first all-new vehicle in as many as twenty years. When it was first introduced, the company had said that the reimagined vehicle would be made available with either a 20-kWh or a 40-kWh battery pack, in addition to a 6-kW onboard charger as standard, while 60-kW DC fast-charging was said to be made available as an optional spec.

The bigger battery variant will reportedly have a dual-motor setup capable of churning out a combined 202 hp and 240 pound-feet of torque, enabling a 0 to 60 mph acceleration in just 4.5 seconds and a driving range of around 300 miles on a single charge.

The company has plans to build a limited beta series of 50 units later this year, while full series production of the vehicle and its deliveries to customers are set to start sometime in 2024, following the beta testers’ report on their findings that will allow the company to make any required changes.

Meyers Manx is the original manufacturer of the Volkswagen Beetle-based, fiberglass-bodied beach buggy that was quite popular in the 1960s. The manufacturer claims that its main aim behind developing the electric buggy is to retain the original’s feel and heritage, all while making it to fit the modern age, and it looks like the new EV is capable of doing exactly that.