2023 Volkswagen Caddy

The Caddy Cargo comes standard with the following features:

• 8.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system
• Wired Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
• Wireless phone charger
• Four-speaker sound system
• Cruise control
• Automatic headlights
• Electric parking brake
• Single passenger-side sliding door (short-wheelbase)
• Dual-sliding door (Maxi)
• Rear barn doors
• Leather-wrapped steering wheel
• Two USB-C ports
• 12V sockets in front and rear cabin
• LED interior lighting
• 16-inch steel wheels (17-inch on Maxi)

In addition to three rear seats, the Crewvan adds:

• Heated, power-adjustable mirrors
• Height-adjustable front seats with four-way power lumbar
• Six-speaker sound system

The Caddy Maxi people mover adds:

• Seven seats
• LED tailgate surround lighting
• Fabric door trim armrests

The Life Maxi adds:

• Digital Cockpit digital instrument cluster
• Dual-zone climate control
• Keyless start
• Rain-sensing wipers
• 17-inch alloy wheels
• Front parking sensors
• Semi-automatic parking assist
• Adaptive cruise control (includes stop/go on auto models)

The California adds:

• 17-inch gloss-black alloy wheels
• Foldable bed
• Rear-side window storage bags
• Dimmable LED interior lighting
• Foldable table and two chairs

Volkswagen offers capped-price servicing and servicing packages for either three or five years.

The first five individual services are capped at $490, $695, $490, $781, and $490 in diesel models and $448, $641, $436, $983 and $436 in petrol models.

Currently, Volkswagen is offering (until 31 December 2022) a five-year service Care Plan for the price of a three-year plan. This is priced at $1500.

TSI220 models use a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine producing 84kW of power and 220Nm of torque, mated with either a six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.

TDI280 and TDI320 models use a 2.0-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine. This produces 75kW and 280Nm in the TDI280 and 90kW and 320Nm in the TDI320.

The TDI280 is only available with a six-speed manual transmission, while the TDI320 is only available with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.

The Caddy is available with a dizzying array of options, including multiple wheel designs, as well as various window and load floor options for the Cargo range.

Options across the range include but are not limited to:

• Premium paint: $1115
• Cherry Red paint: $305
• LED headlights with LED DRLs: $1370
• LED headlights with LED DRLs, cornering lights: $2020
• Automatic high-beam: $265
• LED tail lights: $305
• Navigation Package: $1660
  • 10-inch touchscreen infotainment system
  • Wireless Apple CarPlay

Heated seats are a $610 option on Cargo and Crewvan models, while on people mover and California models these cost $810 and come bundled with heated washer jets.

Options on Cargo models include:

• Driver’s side sliding door: $630 (SWB Cargo)
• Left or right sliding door with power latching: $630
• Lifting tailgate: $175 (excludes Crewvan)
• Lifting tailgate with power latching: $415 (excludes Crewvan)
• Front and rear parking sensors: $1005 (excludes California)

Options on people mover and California models include:

• Left or right sliding door with power latching: $315
• Lifting tailgate with power latching: $415
• Keyless entry and start: $710
• Fixed panoramic sunroof: $1420

There are a range of option packages available.

The Appearance Package, available on Cargo models for $1475 and Crewvan models for $1240, adds:

• Body-coloured bumpers
• Black-painted mirror housings
• Body-coloured door handles
• Power-folding exterior mirrors

The Driver Assistance Package (Crewvan models, $2610) adds:

• Blind-spot monitoring
• Rear cross-traffic alert
• Adaptive cruise control
• Power-folding exterior mirrors
• DAB digital radio

The Comfort Drive Travel Assist Package costs $3890 on Cargo and Crewvan models and $1825 on people movers. It adds the following if not already included as standard:

• Comfort Drive Travel Assist
• Blind-spot monitoring
• Rear cross-traffic alert
• Emergency Assist
• Front and rear parking sensors
• Adaptive cruise control
• Digital Cockpit digital instrument cluster
• Keyless start
• Black-painted mirror housings
• Body-coloured door handles

The Tech Pack costs $2780 on the Crewvan, $1355 on automatic Cargo models, and $1120 on people movers. It adds a Digital Cockpit digital instrument cluster, keyless start and, on Cargo models, black-painted exterior mirrors and body-coloured door handles.

The 2023 Volkswagen Caddy is backed up by a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty with one year of roadside assist.

Servicing is required every 12 months or 15,000km, whichever comes first.

The 2023 Volkswagen Caddy in short-wheelbase guise measures 4500mm long on a 2755mm wheelbase, with a 1797mm long and 1230mm wide cargo bay. It’s 1856mm tall and 2100mm wide including the mirrors.

Cargo Maxi variants are 353mm longer (all cargo length) with 215mm more wheelbase. Width is identical.

Payload figures for petrol and diesel variants are very similar, with up to 724kg in SWB Cargo models and 754kg in the Cargo Maxi.