VW Caddy IV (2015 to 2019)
Drums, fishing equipment or the offspring? High-roof station wagons like the VW Caddy can handle this and other cargo well.
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Whether used as a small truck or as an everyday car, which should also give the pragmatist in your free time – the VW Caddy can take a lot. It has proven itself as a load master and its body shape has hardly changed over the years, apart from a certain fine-tuning.
But during the main inspection (HU), the car – admittedly badly strained by high mileage – shows its weaknesses.
Model history: The Caddy IV under consideration was on sale as a new car from 2015 to 2019. It wasn’t really a new generation, but a renewed thorough facelift of the 2K type, which had been built since 2003 and which from then on was on the road with engines brought to the Euro 6 standard. In 2018, the diesels were converted to Euro 6d Temp.
Body variants: The original model from 1979 was still available as a platform, the Caddy IV in the car version was only offered as a high-roof station wagon in two wheelbases. Both versions came with a choice of up to seven seats.
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The tailgate could be ordered to open upwards in the classic way or as a split wing door variant. From 2016, the higher Caddy Alltrack with all-wheel drive was offered.
Dimensions (according to ADAC): 4.41 m to 4.88 m x 1.79 m x 1.79 m to 1.87 m (LxWxH), trunk volume: 750 l to 3030 l (maxi version, depending on seating: 530 l up to 3880 l). In the seven-seater version, the volume shrinks to up to 120 liters.
Strengths: Thanks to the rigid axle and leaf springs, the Caddy can handle a lot of loads. In the HU, the front lighting performs well above average. According to the “Auto Bild Tüv Report 2022”, the same applies to brake lines and hoses.
Emissions testing (AU) is rarely a problem. On the chassis side, drive shafts as well as the steering system and joints give a decent picture, rust occurs very rarely.
Weaknesses: However, the report also writes that specimens without defects can be “found below average often”. The problem areas are therefore the axle suspensions, which already have too many defects at the first HU.
During the second check, the diagram shows red for axle springs and damping. Rear lights of all years of construction only cut mau. Right from the first appointment, the Caddy often suffers from badly worn brake discs.
Breakdown behavior: The ADAC places the Caddy IV in good places in its breakdown statistics of all years of first registration, while the predecessor sometimes did slightly worse.
Engines: petrol (three and four-cylinder, front-wheel drive): 62 kW/84 hp to 96 kW/131 hp; Diesel (four-cylinder, all-wheel drive and front-wheel drive): 55 kW/75 hp and 110 kW/150 hp; Natural gas (four-cylinder, front-wheel drive): 81 kW/110 hp.
Market prices (according to “DAT Marktspiegel” by Deutsche Automobil Treuhand with statistically expected kilometers):
Caddy 2.0 TDI BlueMotion Conceptline (2015); 75 kW/102 hp (four-cylinder); 124,000 kilometers; 10,700 euros.
Caddy 1.0 TSI BMT Highline (2017); 75 kW/102 hp (three-cylinder); 79,000 kilometers; 17,750 euros.
Caddy 1.4 TGI BMT Maxi Conceptline (2016); 81 kW/110 hp (four-cylinder); 91,000 kilometers; 14,100 euros.
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