mrtn Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 This is all kinds of wrong: http://vanguide.co.uk/volkswagen-caddy-2020-images-released Quote The Volkswagen Caddy 2020 is the all-new fourth-generation version of VW’s light commercial van. Designated the Caddy C5 (VW class the 2015 update as a new model), the 2020 is based on the new MQB platform (Modular Transverse Matrix) and will also form the basis of the new Ford Transit Connect – due in 2021. Time to buy the badge-engineered Toyota Berlingo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G B L Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 On 2/20/2020 at 2:47 PM, mrtn said: and will also form the basis of the new Ford Transit Connect – due in 2021. That does not make me happy, a cross breed between VW and Ford . Could be a mess. The specs for the one for over here will be interesting . Hey Maybe an Air Cooled Boxer engine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMartin Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 It will last exactly 71k miles and then spend the rest of ever on a hook, following a tow truck. Oh, well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtn Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 The new Caddy is now on the market. Gives you an idea what's to come. Grab your original Ford while the stocks last. BTW: the Caddy ad looks to have been shot in Estonia (most of it in my home town), just like the ad for ID3, they probably fell in love with some places over here and came back. You'll recognize them, very specific. There's a tunnel scene in the beginning of the ID3 ad, it's 6 minutes from my house. The road was closed for 15 minutes when they shot it, I made a couple of spy shots when waiting to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearhead Grrrl Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I'm currently trying to wear out my 4th and 5th VW Golf diesels, so I don't think the VW platform is necessarily a bad thing. But the Caddy appears to be. amore car oriented design so I think we're going to lose some of the current TC's truckliness. Drivetrain wise, the current TC's 26 MPG EPA Combined is damn good for a gas engined van, VW's 1.8 liter gas engine can barely equal that in the smaller Golf Alltrack wagon, the other possibility for the U.S. is VW's 1.5 liter gasser which gets decent MPG but is probably a tad underpowered for a van. We might get the option of All Wheel Drive in the deal though. I've been following the TC for a couple years now, was tempted to get one when VW bought back my 2013 TDI but I lucked out and found a NOS 2015 TDI to replace it. Been shopping TDIs again but street prices are rising again so few good deals now. I'm going to wait for a good deal, failing that unless the next generation is a big improvement I'll order one before the order banks close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin TC Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Believe or not the VW Caddy is a common vehicle for camper conversion in Europe. JustKampers has curtains and windows for it. I think the NV200 and the Transit Connect are better though. https://www.justkampers.com/conversions/glass/vw/caddy-maxi.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoAl Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 I've had several VW. Have a 2008 Rabbit bought new and still going but others have not done so well. Have had 2 of the turbo engines fail in a catastrophic manner. I like the way they drive just don't trust them, headliners falling, rubber coating on interior parts getting sticky with age. Not impressed with some of their efforts prior to 2010. Haven't looked at them in the last 10 years. One turbo engine failure was a 1.8turbo that had a pie shaped piece of a valve head break off and rattle around in the engine. The other failure was a 2009 2.0 turbo which had a timing chain tensioner fail and fill the engine with metal shavings. I think by 2015 or 2016 they had figure out how to make a timing chain tensioner! My daughter had a timing belt tensioner go bad and start leaking on her Odyssey van - technical at Honda doing the oil change let her know. Honda wanted $1,100 to replace tensioner, pulleys and other stuff which they had done elsewhere for $900. That's a lot less than a new engine from VW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtn Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) Here goes: https://www.motor1.com/news/518616/ford-tourneo-connect-spied/ Edited July 7, 2021 by mrtn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williaty Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 That is a very ugly looking.... thing.... The 1st gen TCs weren't good looking but that had a particular goofyness that was appealing because you could see that they were meant to only ever be driven flat out by an angry man with an aluminum clipboard, preferably on two wheels. The 2nd gen TC wasn't anything one way or the other, it was just any random boxy minivan. This... thing.. has been hit with the ugly stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sKiZo Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 The first gen TCs remind me of the old phrase "so ugly it's beautiful" ... <G> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G B L Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Looks like the sliding doors are short, I might be out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtn Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, G B L said: Looks like the sliding doors are short, I might be out. Not too short: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G B L Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 9:16 AM, mrtn said: Not too short: What about Barn Doors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtn Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 50 minutes ago, G B L said: What about Barn Doors? Cargo only, pretty sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G B L Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/17/2021 at 6:44 PM, mrtn said: Cargo only, pretty sure ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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