Volkswagen Caddy

Volkswagen Caddy
Volkswagen Caddy
Overview
Manufacturer	Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Production	1980–present
Body and chassis
Class	Commercial van and utility

The name Volkswagen Caddy has been used by the Volkswagen Group to describe four different Caddy models:

Type 14 was derived from the Golf Mk.1
Type 9U was derived from the Skoda Felicia pick-up.
Type 9K was derived from the 2nd generation SEAT Ibiza platform.
Type 2K was derived from the Volkswagen Golf platform with Golf Mk5 front suspension.

Caddy Type 14

Released in 1980, the first VW Caddy is a light pickup truck and van based on the Volkswagen A platform, shared with the small family car VW Golf Mk.I.

It was also known in North America as the VW Rabbit Pickup, Pickup LX, and Sportruck (the Caddy nameplate was not used in the U.S. since it was slang for Cadillacs), which competed with other mini-pickups such as the Ford Courier of that time.

As of 2006, they are still produced in South Africa. The stamping equipment was shipped from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, the home of Volkswagen's only U.S. manufacturing plant, now defunct.

The 1980-1984 Caddy pickup used the following engines:

1.0 petrol
1.3 petrol
1.5 petrol
1.5 diesel

Caddy Type 9U

In 1996 VW released a rebadged Skoda Felicia Utility to help widen the Caddy range. The Type 9U was built in Skoda's Kvasiny, Czech Republic plant.

Engines

1.6L MPI Petrol with 55kW / 75hp

1.9L Diesel with 47kW /64hp

Features of Type 9U Caddy

530kg payload rating

2.0m2 loading area

twin airbags

length 4.12 m

width of 1.64m

turning circle of 11.2m

3 point seatbelts

option of twin airbags

option of ABS brakes

option of air-conditioning standard in Petrol model.

Caddy Type 9K

Released in 1996, the Volkswagen Caddy Type 9K was a light van designed by the VW's Spanish subsidiary SEAT and derived from the SEAT Ibiza Mk. 2/VW Polo Mk.3 platform, sharing the front body panels with the Ibiza.

It was built in Spain, at the Martorell factory of SEAT. This version of the Caddy was built from 1997 to 2003 in Europe. Its twin, the SEAT Inca, was quickly phased out when SEAT started its career in the sporty branch of the VW Group.

It is still under production in Argentina for the Latin American market. It received a cosmetic facelift in 2005, similar to the Polo Mk.3 recently facelifted. It is expected to be replaced with a version of the 2007 Gol.

Caddy Type 2K

The new Caddy for sale now in Europe since 2005 is a leisure activity vehicle with VW Golf Mk 5 front suspension, resembling the compact MPV Touran, and is assembled at the Poznań factory of Volkswagen in Poland.

The line-up varies from a Panel Van, Window Panel Van, Kombi (spartan 7-seat version), Caddy Life (7-seat family version) and a Camping version called the Caddy Tramper or Caddy Life Camper.

Engines:

1.4 — 75 hp / 55kW (petrol)
1.6 — 102 hp / 74kW (petrol)
2.0 SDI — 69 hp / 51kW (diesel)
1.9 TDI — 105 hp / 77kW (diesel)
2.0 EcoFuel — 109 hp / 80kW liquid gas (lpg)

Gallery

Caddy 1980-Present Type 14
Caddy Pick-Up 1997-2001 Type 9U

Caddy Pick-Up 1997-2001 Type 9U
Caddy 1996-2003MY Type 9K
South American Caddy 2005MY-Present Type 9K

South American Caddy 2005MY-Present Type 9K
Caddy 2004MY-Present Type 2K

Caddy 2004MY-Present Type 2K