{"id":8138,"date":"2015-12-15T15:48:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T15:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=8138"},"modified":"2015-12-15T15:48:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T15:48:30","slug":"volkswagen-adds-petrol-engines-to-new-caddy-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/8138","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen adds petrol engines to new Caddy range"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new 4th generation Volkswagen Caddy is now available with a choice of three petrol engines.<\/p><\/div>\n

It seems the tide is finally turning in favour of common sense and lower emissions for urban vans.<\/p>\n

One of the pioneers of modern diesel engines, Volkswagen, as announced that the current 4th-generation Caddy van and the Transporter-based Caravelle people carrier will be available with petrol engines.<\/p>\n

The move does of course come in the wake of the diesel emissions scandal, which has hit VW sales hard. The German group lost 2% of its European market share in November, according to figures released earlier this week by Acea, the European manufacturers’ body.<\/p>\n

Personally, I don’t think this will do VW much long-term harm, but this scandal has served a useful purpose — diesel emissions are a problem and for urban or low-mileage use, petrol<\/a> (or electric<\/a>) makes much more sense.<\/p>\n

Rant aside, here are the details of the new engine choices.<\/p>\n

VW Caddy petrol engines (all Euro 6):<\/strong><\/p>\n