Review
Volkswagen Caddy Life mini MPV
Price £ 19,295 - £ 26,567
by CarBuyer
- Spacious review
- Solid build quality
- easy in and out to get
- high price
- Van-like appearance
- seat not very versatile
At a glance
- The greenest
- C20 life 1.4TSI BMT 125PS DSG EU6 5dr £ 22,042
- lowest
- C20 life 1.2TSI BMT 84PS EU6 5dr £ 19,295
- the fastest
- C20 life 2.0TDI 150PS BMT DSG EU6 5dr £ 22,325
- Top of the range
- C20 Maxi life 2.0TDI BMT DSG 150PS EU6 5dr £ 26,567
"It is a van may be based, but the Volkswagen Caddy Life is built in a very convenient, good family car."
Volkswagen Caddy Life is a MPV on the small van VW Caddy based. Although about the same size as a Volkswagen Golf, the Caddy Life be ordered with seven seats, has a huge boat (mainly located in the rear seats) and feels well built. Together with other van-based MPVs like the Peugeot Partner Tepee, Citroen Berlingo and Fiat Doblo, the Caddy Life puts practicality over style and driver enjoyment.
Volkswagen also makes the Caddy Maxi Life, which is 40 more than the standard Caddy Life over centimeters, and with the option of seven seats. Under the hood there is a choice of 1.2-liter and 1.4-liter turbocharged petrol engines, or a 2.0-liter diesel engine, with either 101 or 148bhp. The Caddy Maxi Life gets the same diesel engines, but the petrol offerings are slightly different, with 101bhp 1.0-liter and 123bhp 1.4-liter turbo engines.
Unless you usually cover short distances and do not do that many miles per year, we recommend the 101bhp diesel engine. While the Caddy Life is by no means a fast car means this engine has a lot of pulling power, even if you carry a lot of luggage or a full complement of passengers at all times.
Assuming that you are satisfied with the advantages and trade-offs implicit in a van-based automaker, the only sticking point of the price of the Caddy Life is: it is more than £ 5,000 more expensive than either of the Citroen Berlingo Multispace or the Fiat Doblo.
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MPG, Rates & CO2 runs
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the Caddy Life BlueMotion is the most economical version of
Because of its easy-edged design of the Caddy can not life all the way to the fuel efficiency of other cars in the Volkswagen range - although not is catastrophic inefficient. The 1.4-liter petrol engine is the least economical 47.1mpg return and £ 130 per year in road tax due to the CO2 emissions of 138g / km.
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At the other end of the scale, the BlueMotion version a 101bhp 2.0-liter diesel engine, but efficiency tweaks this mean capable of 65.7mpg is just £ 30 per year to control costs. The 1.2-liter petrol engine delivers 51.4mpg and costs £ 130 in the motor vehicle tax thanks to its 131g / km of CO2, while the 148bhp 2.0-liter diesel engine capable of 55.4mpg and 133g / km of CO2 emitted, for same £ 130 road tax bill.
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motors, drive & Performance
- [1945081die] Caddy Life prioritizes comfort over speed and dynamics
While the Caddy Life is with three engine options available, the 83bhp 1.2-liter gasoline engine takes 14.7 seconds to go from 0-62mph and has worked too hard, especially if a lot of luggage or passengers transported. The 148bhp 2.0-liter diesel engine is significantly faster (managing 0-62mph in less than 10 seconds), but this engine pushes the Caddy Life price upwards further.
This leaves the 101bhp 2.0-liter diesel, which is the engine we recommend. During a 0-62mph time of 12.9 seconds, making a good bit slower than the more powerful diesel, cruises it smooth and there is a lot of power for highway cruising draw, or when a heavy load hauling. Whether you think it is worth spending to update the £ 1,800 or so cost Volkswagen the 101bhp engine BlueMotion specification depends on how much the slight economic improvement is important for you.
if they are either equipped with diesel engines, the Caddy Life is good motorway car, which treats distances with ease, although the wind noise is more pronounced than in a conventional car. The manual transmission are to live smoothly and easily, while a DSG automatic is also available.
The suspension of the Caddy Life has to smooth a pretty good job of potholes and poor road surfaces, while the steering feels solid and precise. Unfortunately, on winding roads, ie the body of the Caddy Life van-based underpinnings reveals lean.
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Interior & Comfort
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The Caddy Life feels solid and sturdy, if somewhat utilitarian
Volkswagen understands that Caddy Life buyer after ultimate practicality are more than a plush interior, but the manufacturer uses to parts of his car rather than its commercial vehicles within the Caddy. That is, the dashboard is extremely well built and it should feel familiar to Golf and Polo driver -. Although some scratchy plastics used in places
The Caddy Life is generally comfortable, with only the largest potholes cause jerks in the cabin. Given the amount of space, the Caddy Life has the potential to become an echo chamber, but noise in the car are actually very low. The engine can sometimes be noisy if you get it working particularly hard, especially diesel engines, but that goes for the car rivals.
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In terms of equipment, a five-inch touchscreen infotainment system, a DAB radio and Bluetooth phone the Caddy Life reasonably well equipped, with all models (not to be confused with connectivity and a heated windscreen, running lights and BlueMotion efficiency technology with the standalone BlueMotion version will).
The choice of mid-range Trendline trim adds rear parking sensors and cruise control, while the top-spec Highline has air conditioning, an alarm and rain-sensing wipers.
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practicality & trunk
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of Caddy Life enormous amounts of space provides
Although Caddy Life customers have to sacrifice some comfort, when compared to conventional minivans like the Volkswagen Touran, makes the Caddy Life up for this to a level with his great practicality.
All passengers get enough room and there are countless storage cubbies around the interior lines. Rear passengers have plenty of room, and the sliding doors make access to the rear particularly easy. Each middle rear seat passenger is probably a little leg room thanks to a pronounced hump in the floor is missing, but this is a common problem in many automobiles.
The second row of seats is 60:40 split folding while the Caddy Maxi Life version offers the possibility of seven seats. Meanwhile, a massive tailgate loading luggage easily and a boot volume of 2850 liters (with rear seats folded) is simply enormous, although the Peugeot Partner Tepee has a slightly larger boat.
The Caddy Maxi Life offers 3880 liters of storage space - even though you have to be the second and third row of seats to make remove use of this space, which is not very practical.
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reliability and safety
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Tried and tested VW parts and robust build quality inspire trust.
Because it uses the same mechanical underpinnings as the previous generation car, the latest Caddy Life should be a robust and reliable car. Similarly, the motors offered used throughout the VW range. Volkswagen 22nd place (of 32 manufacturers) in our 2015 Driver Power customer satisfaction survey is not a good result, but several individual models has build quality.
The four Caddy Life of five stars in its Euro NCAP safety test is a solid result for a vehicle of this type, although five star increasingly these days the norm. Anti-lock brakes, electronic stability control and a tire pressure monitoring system are standard, while higher spec versions with side and curtain airbags come.
autonomous braking is an option that will help prevent low-speed collisions, and the clients can also use a rear view camera, auto-dipping headlights, adaptive cruise control and specify an active parking assist system.
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price, price-performance ratio and options
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the Caddy Life seems expensive compared to its competitors
more than the Peugeot partner Tepee £ 4,000 more than almost £ 7,000 more than similar Fiat Doblo, the Caddy Life seems expensive. While Volkswagen is known for its build quality, but the Citroen C4 Picasso is similarly expensive and provides a far superior driving experience and interiors with a seven-seat practicality as standard.
While the Caddy Life doesn 't feel spartan inside, you have to pay extra safety technology such as adaptive cruise control and autonomous braking to get.
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