"And remember kids...don't try this at home!" says Biglorryblog! What we have here is the fastest van on two wheels...and what happens when you let some joker develop a 260hp racing version of a Volkswagen Caddy 2.0-litre TDI. Indeed the speedy Caddy has already claimed a podium finish three times so far this season in the hotly-contested Volkswagen Racing Cup (and for information of the Volkswagen Racing Cup go to www.vw-cup.co.uk ).
Apparently it's fast-enough to share the starting grid with various other VW 'performance vehicles', like the Golf GTI, R32 and Beetle RSI, And it's proved to be extremely competitive too. Though one wonders if that might be because they leave the back doors open allowing the normal load of sand and cement to err...fall out? No of course not...lose that idea immediately BLB. Anyway click through here for more and another picture of the flying VW.
In the race at the Rockingham circuit in May, the Caddy's regular driver and a previous director of VW Commercial Vehicles, Peter Wyhinny, set a fastest lap and came close to creating a British motorsport first when the Caddy van achieved its best-ever result coming in less than half a second behind the winning Golf GTI. "That was completely exhilarating, the best drive of my life," Peter tells BLB, "the Caddy is extremely competent and tremendous fun on the race track." I'll bet it is....
Meanwhile, Roger Green from EVO magazine has also successfully raced the Caddy van this season and achieved a third-place podium finish in rounds one and two at