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Cross-bred Caddy: Volkswagen Caddy Carrera Cup Edition 2.0TDI R
Click above for a gallery of the VW Caddy Carrera Cup Edition 2.0 TDI R.
The link between Volkswagen and Porsche is about to get stronger, but VW's Swedish contingent has already created a special edition to honor the alliance. The VW Caddy has lived a staid life as a popular work truck in Europe, but the Swedes apparently think it could be so much more. So it's releasing 250 Carrera Cup Edition Caddies outfitted with black, 17-inch wheels wrapped in 225/45 R17 rubber, a new body kit, red-on-white paint scheme with Porsche's signature "Carrera" text, two-tone leather sport seats, a leather steering wheel and shifter. The 2.0-liter TDI mill is putting out 140 hp and 236 lb.-ft. of torque and with a fire extinguisher mounted on the diamond-plate floor boards, we think we might have found the perfect track-day accomplice to join that GT3 RS we've been building in our dreams.
[Source: Carscoop]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
porschedevotee 9:27PM (5/30/2008)
I know the companies have a very strong link, but this just seems sacrilegious to me. It's like putting something in Ferrari script on a Fiat. :(
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B 10:48PM (5/30/2008)
as a whole I agree, but look at it this way, they're semi trucks with Ferrari Script on them. They are ferrari official vehicles. Like they said, this is like a pit truck
Torrent 3:52AM (5/31/2008)
It's like putting "SS" on an Aveo- it's not right.
james F 2:10AM (5/31/2008)
How can they use the Caddy name?
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El Paco 6:00AM (5/31/2008)
Because it's a light commercial vehicle based on the Golf (Rabbitt). It makes sense!
why not the LS2LS7? 2:47AM (5/31/2008)
I don't get why they'd do this.
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Noidor 10:00AM (5/31/2008)
Yep, kind of like doing Silverado SS, SVT F-150, or Falcon UTE XR8, or RAM SRT-10. Those above didn't make much sense either, but still sold.
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Tsunami Racer 12:12PM (5/31/2008)
it's the Caddy that Zigs!
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ugg.tryptophan 10:15PM (5/31/2008)
that is the coolest van ive ever seen
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