The Caddy has seven seats, but you would never guess that by looking at it. From its exterior, it looks like a compact commercial van — because that is what it originally was. But VW decided to add five seats to the back to turn it into a multi-purpose vehicle. So you are essentially buying two cars in one. A van with lots of cargo space in the back when you need it, and a seven-seater people carrier when you have a large family in tow. It also sits within the Category A Certificate of Entitlement classification.
SINGAPORE (March 6): A half-van, half-people-carrier hybrid, the VW Caddy can quickly morph from one into the other
Forrest Gump famously said: “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” The same can perhaps be said for a car reviewer. Initially, when I was heading to Volkswagen’s Alexandra Road showroom to test-drive the new Caddy, I did not exactly know what it was. VW already has the five-seater Sports van and the seven-seater Touran and Sharan in its line-up. So, I assumed the Caddy would fit somewhere in the middle. I was wrong. The Caddy is a half-van, half-people carrier hybrid that can quickly morph from one into the other.
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