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The VW Caddy was basically a Seat Ibiza compact car (not sold in the US of A) with a van shell smushed onto its back. It was cheap to design, cheap to build, and great for small businesses. Flying, as it turns out, wasn't its forte. More »
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First we checked it wasn't April 1st, then decided after news the El Camino is back, again, this is probably the coolest story of the day: a VW Caddy Diesel Van will be competing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup! More »
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Scared of swine flu, this next-generation VW Caddy's sporting a face-mask for protection ahead of an expected Frankfurt unveiling. Unfortunately, it hides the new facelift designed to bring the van's design in line with the new Polo and Golf. [WorldCarFans] More »
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Volkswagen is showing up in style to the Dusseldorf Caravan Salon with the Topos Caddy Sail Design Concept, a version of their Caddy commercial van converted to mimic the style and functionality of a sailboat. Rather than just adding some pinstripes and wood siding, the Topos Sail concept has a working wooden deck with aluminum rails. The deck bends to to make a convenient place to lay out and enjoy the sailing, but the most trick piece might actually be the wooden ladder built-into the glass that makes the roof accessible. A wooden deck roof is at least 1,000 times cooler than a gold-plated roof, and much classier. Press release below the jump. More »
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While woefully lacking in the mid mounted 500 cubic inch Cadillac engine and scissor doors department the first tandem axle VW Caddy we discovered had, this one succeeds in another area - it's an actual Rabbitamino. If you look carefully at the hind end of this one, you can see the telltale signs pointing out this started life as a VW Rabbit and was chopped up into the masterpiece you see today. We're also digging the extra clean super-long wheel well and cool canvas bed cap. Unfortunately, this came from actual photographs in the Hemmings archives so you know all we know, still, this would make a kick-ass motorcycle carrier. More »
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