Long-term wrap: VW Caravelle BiTDI - Independent Online
VW Caravelle 2. 0 BiTDI AT. Johannesburg - Whenever I’m asked for a list of cars that would occupy my dream garage, I include something like a VW Caravelle among all the predictable high-performance exotics. As a family guy who likes a spot of cycling in-between all the car testing, and heading off to the beach or the bush from time to time, it fits my lifestyle like a glove. There’s nothing like being able to fit your 29” mountain bike – fully assembled and standing upright – into the gap between a Caravelle’s front and middle seats, instead of fiddling with a bike rack or having to fold down the rear seats (and... You get spaced-out on that kind of convenience (even though that’s not what hippies referred to when they got spaced-out in the original 1960s Kombi), and now that our VW Caravelle 2. 0 BiTDI automatic long-term test vehicle has gone back to its... It makes a superlative people-lugger, with plenty of stretch-out leg- and elbow-room even with all seven seats occupied (there are three rows in a 2+2+3 format). With armrests and adjustable backrests in the front two rows, it makes for a comfortable long-haul vehicle and the middle seats can be swivelled to face backwards if rear passengers wish to be sociable with each other. The rear seats can be separately slid fore or aft on rails, or removed altogether to turn. Source: www.iol.co.za
