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Whether or not Volkswagen still plans to ship the Tarok pickup truck to the United States remains something of a mystery, especially now that the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked absolute havoc on the automotive industry as a whole. Volkswagen’s previous pickup that made it to these shores was the highly questionable Caddy, which was little more than a front-wheel-drive Golf with a bed hanging off the back. Compared to the kinds of hardcore trucks that Americans love, it sure couldn’t keep up. But not so for one completely wild Caddy that can now claim it is the fastest in all of Europe thanks to an all-wheel-drive swap and a tuned-up VR6 under the hood.
This truck belongs to Mike Whittaker, whose Facebook page Sleepymike Racing includes plenty of fun shots and videos documenting this build. Even at first glance, it’s clear this is no regular VW Caddy—especially compared to most of the rustbuckets that actually remain and still run on the streets of America these days. Basic conceptual issues aside, though, the Caddy has gained a bit of a cult status for city dwellers, though taking it off-roading would probably be a bad idea.
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The truck is powered by a turbocharged 3.0-liter Volkswagen VR6 that was tuned to produce 650 horsepower and over 500 lb-ft of torque by AD Edmundson of the United Kingdom. That grunt is routed to all four wheels, giving the tiny pickup enough traction to enable a recent 9.963-second sprint through the quarter-mile at Santa Pod Raceway and finishing with a trap speed of 140.25 miles per hour. Some of that impressive performance can, no doubt, be attributed to little touches like an entirely carbon-fiber tailgate, which only stands out from the rest of the matte gray truck upon close inspection.
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By: Torstein Salvesen
Title: Watch An AWD Swapped VW Caddy Crack 10s At The Strip | HotCars
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Published Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:00:20 GMT
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