[sbradford26]

So VW mostly "got rid of" the crumple zone on the VW Buzz through visual styling.

https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/e4948b43b5a2e77ce3119ebe70...

If you look at that picture you can see the steering wheel and the drive is behind the front wheels. They just extended the front windshield to give the same look at the older vans.