Volkswagen News - VW Caddy EcoFuel on sale in the UK this summer

February 28, 2009 by tsikot

VW Caddy EcoFuel on sale in the UK this summer

Filed under: MPG, Volkswagen, Natural Gas, Europe/EU

Click on the image above for a gallery of the VW Caddy EcoFuel

Putting natural gas in the tank isn’t the first thing people think about when they talk green cars (unless said person is T. Boone Pickens) but in Europe, especially, natural gas is a somewhat common alternative fuel. Volkswagen has announced that a compressed natural gas (CNG) version of the Caddy commercial vehicle will be coming to the UK this summer. Called the Caddy EcoFuel, the CNG-powered panel van has been sold in other European companies since 2006 and 7,500 units were snapped up last year. VW will also offer the Caddy Maxi EcoFuel, with an extra 1.0 m³ carrying capacity, in the UK alongside the Caddy EcoFuel. More details after the jump.

The Caddy EcoFuel can burn CNG or biomethane. For the range-worried, rest assured that there is a 13-litre reserve gasoline tank that can be used if the CNG runs out. The Caddy EcoFuel was on display in Britain last summer and, in 2007, Rainer Zietlow took ones of these vehicles around the world on CNG in just 142 days.

Gallery: VW Caddy EcoFuel