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Volkswagen Caddy
Free option upgrades and a deposit contribution of up to £2,400, 2.9% APR representative, are available on order placed before March 31.
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Order books are now open for the all-new Caddy Cargo panel van, with retail customers receiving free option upgrades on orders placed before March 31 and a deposit contribution of up to £2,400, 2.9% APR Representative.
The new Caddy, which has been redesigned from the ground up, offers increased space, efficient engine options, additional driver assistance systems to improve safety and a new connected Digital Cockpit and infotainment system to turn the vehicle into a smartphone on wheels.
The fifth-generation Caddy is available as the Caddy Cargo panel van and the passenger-carrying Caddy. The Caddy Cargo is available in three new trim levels: the entry-level Commerce, Commerce Plus, and the range-topping Commerce Pro.
Orders placed of the Commerce before March 31 comes with a free Business pack upgrade, which includes rear parking sensors, climatic air-conditioning, a Thatcham categoryone anti-theft alarm in the cab and tow away protection. Commerce Plus and Commerce Pro models receive a free Tech Pack upgrade, which includes adaptive cruise control, rear view camera, and a direct tyre pressure monitoring system.
Customers financing the Caddy Cargo on Personal Contract Plan, Hire Purchase and Lease Purchase can benefit from a deposit contribution of £2,400 (including VAT) and a low finance rate of 2.9% APR Representative*. All Caddy models financed through Volkswagen Financial Services are also eligible for two services for just £99.
Business customers can finance the Caddy Cargo on Contract Hire for just £209 per month in 102 PS Commerce specification.
The new Caddy Cargo is now capable of carrying a Euro pallet sideways in the back of the load bay, and is available with a range of petrol and diesel engines.
Drivers receive a boost with the addition of a series of assist systems. 19 are added, with five completely new in the Caddy. They include Travel Assist, which, for the first time in a Volkswagen commercial vehicle, facilitates assisted driving across the full speed range. In
connection with Travel Assist the Caddy’s redesigned multifunction steering wheel is equipped with capacitive sensors.
The background to this is that for legal and safety reasons the driver must permanently monitor the system. The wheel’s capacitive sensors ensure precise detection of even a lightly touching hand, thus avoiding any false alarms. In other words, for as long as one hand is touching the steering wheel, the system gives no prompts to steer.
Also new: the oncoming vehicle braking when turning function fitted as standard in every Caddy, which as part of the Front Assist system can help to avoid accidents when turning off across possible oncoming traffic. Likewise new in the Caddy and thus for the first time in the ‘A’ segment of city delivery vans: the trailer manoeuvring assistant familiar from the Crafter, Trailer Assist (which makes reversing with a trailer easier).
Like the assist systems, the Caddy’s new four-cylinder engines are also innovative. For example, the turbo diesel (TDI) engines feature a new ‘Twin dosing’ system which significantly reduces the nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission levels compared to those of the previous model. The TDI engines of the Caddy are thus among the cleanest turbo diesel engines in the world.
The new drive system technologies have a noticeably positive impact both ecologically and economically. For example, the TDI: the combined NEDC fuel consumption of the new generation Caddy 2.0 TDI with 6-speed manual transmission and power output of 75 kW (102 PS) is 4.7 l/100 km, 1.4 l/100 km less than the comparable engine in the now discontinued fourth generation Caddy. This is aided by significantly improved aerodynamics which drop the cw value from 0.33 on the previous model to 0.30 on the new Caddy – a new benchmark in this segment.
In comparison with its competitors too, the new Caddy is on average ten per cent more fuel efficient on the road, i.e. it also emits ten per cent less CO2. • Prices (RRP excluding VAT) scale from £17,800 for the entry-level 1.5 TSI 114 PS model to £26,850 for the 2.0 TDI 122 PS.
