Fun fact.

"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada) 12/02/2016 at 11:33 • Filed to: SOUTH AFRICAN CAR FACTS

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The Citi Golf wasn’t the only VW sold for an obscenely long amount of time in South Africa, you could also get the OG Caddy (or Rabbit Pickup in NA) until around 2007. It was basically the same as a Citi Golf, with the same interior and front end treatment, just in bakkie form.

The more you know.

S65 > not for canada - australian in disguise 12/02/2016 at 11:35

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gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > not for canada - australian in disguise 12/02/2016 at 11:38

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That looks like it has a longer bed and wheelbase than the Rabbit. Maybe I’m wrong, having never seen one in person.

not for canada - australian in disguise > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 12/02/2016 at 11:39

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Rabbit Pickups had deceptively long beds.

nerd_racing > S65 12/02/2016 at 11:46

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Patrick Nichols > not for canada - australian in disguise 12/02/2016 at 11:52

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God I love Caddy’s, good to know we can import newer examples in the future

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > not for canada - australian in disguise 12/02/2016 at 11:55

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Maybe it’s the angle it’s sitting at, but the black one still looks longer.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > not for canada - australian in disguise 12/02/2016 at 12:11

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Yep. Had one, can confirm.

bhtooefr > not for canada - australian in disguise 12/02/2016 at 14:11

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That’s because their body shell was derived from the four door Jetta.

Does mean that the cab is ludicrously cramped, though, where a two door Jetta would’ve had more room.

not for canada - australian in disguise > bhtooefr 12/02/2016 at 14:15

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Huh. I thought it was just a stretched Golf/Rabbit with a pickup bed.

I mean, it kind of essentially is because the Jetta is a stretched Golf/Rabbit. But still.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > bhtooefr 01/14/2017 at 10:26

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Can confirm that the cab is seriously small. I don’t know how I used one as a DD for years, or took a 1000 mile road trip with my mother in that thing. Then again, I fold myself into a Mazda5 on a daily basis, so what do I know about roomy vehicles...