The Caddy California - The elegant form of efficiency

Discover new freedom: experience the new, exciting design of the new Caddy California and be inspired by numerous innovations, a sophisticated space concept with five seats and numerous other new features. The new Caddy California offers you a comfortable sleeping place, a pull-out kitchenette, along with a stowable folding table and chairs. A spacious tent for four to six people is optionally available from Volkswagen Accessories. It can be attached to the vehicle and rounds out the overall concept. If desired, the tent can be put up separately, offering you exceptional flexibility. Now you can travel in even greater comfort with modern driver assistance systems. Thanks to the high-quality Digital Cockpit, you enjoy the greatest clarity and experience pioneering infotainment including mobile online services easily accessible via the central touch display (Innovision Cockpit).

The Caddy California has many highlights. Check out these three:

Flexibility

Folding bed
Simply sleep in – with a smile on your face. Regardless of the bed position, disc springs installed under the mattress ensure outstanding lying and sleeping comfort. Two additional insertable ventilation grilles on the driver and passenger sides ensure good ventilation. The bed is supported on the vehicle body, making it particularly easy to set up and take down. This also provides you with more storage space underneath the bed frame which measures 1980 mm x 1070 mm.

Pull out kitchenette
The small kitchen in the rear of the new Caddy California offers you practical bench spaces. Two heavy-duty drawers ensure that you always have your cooking utensils on hand when preparing little delicacies on the single burner gas stove. The kitchenette offers a standing height of two metres when the tailgate is open. Combined with the attached tent, you have a protected and pleasant cooking area. The gas cylinder required for cooking (not included in the scope of delivery) is hermetically sealed in the module and provides space for a filling weight of approx. 1.85 kg.

Free-standing rear tent
The new Caddy California sports another optional feature for even more space and an outdoor feeling: the rear tent with large window surfaces. Set up in moments thanks to the air poles and pump, it can also be used as a free-standing tent and sleeps four to six people. The tent can easily be extended and connects directly to the rear of the vehicle, also detachable if needed.

Design

Vehicle interior
The interior of the Caddy California has been completely redesigned with large sections of it becoming digital. For the first time ever, the mini-camper is now available with optional digital instruments: the Digital Cockpit. With this option, the cockpit and infotainment system form one ultra-modern digital landscape (Innovision Cockpit). A number of other controls have also been digitalised: including a light and sight button module on the multifunction steering wheel and direct access buttons for a range of menu functions. The Caddy California also comes with impressive active passenger compartment ventilation, comfortable ergoComfort seats as well as a new seating concept: the seats in the second row can be removed quickly and easily, providing you with even storage space in a matter of moments.

Digital displays
Clear, high-contrast images appear on the display in the Digital Cockpit, which has a 25.4 cm diagonal screen measurement. The driver can choose between two different screen configurations. These are selected using the View button on the new multifunction steering wheel. In the first configuration, the rev counter and speedometer are displayed interactively as round instruments; an individually configurable level is displayed in the middle of the screen – showing features such as your smartphone’s phone book. In the top-of-the-range version, the Digital Cockpit merges with the optional premium infotainment system to become the Innovision Cockpit with countless additional functions.

Technology

Comfort
When it comes to technology and equipment, the exterior of the Caddy California – which can house up to five seats – stands out due to a number of new features: these include the optional electric closing assist for the sliding doors and tailgate plus an extra large panoramic roof with a 1.4 m2 glass panel that stretches across the first and second row of seats. The new Caddy California is now also available with new alloy wheels in sizes up to 18 inches as well as new LED headlights and LED tail light clusters – which come as standard in the top-of-the-range version. A brand new feature on board: the Keyless Access starting and locking system (Kessy for short).

Engine
The new Caddy California will be launched with two state-of-the-art 2.0-litre turbo diesel engines (TDI with 55 kW/75 bhp to 90 kW/122 bhp). These are the next stage of engine evolution and already fulfil the 2021 Euro 6 emissions standard in 2020. All of the engines equipped with particulate filters. Depending on the engine version, the new Caddy California’s fuel consumption can be reduced by up to twelve percent compared to its predecessor.

Driver assistance systems
With the state-of-the-art driver assistance systems in the new Caddy California, you can sit back and enjoy every journey: thanks to the Rear Cross Traffic Alert, Trailer Assist and Travel Assist with Emergency Assist, you will always be on the safe side.