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European Caddys were built in Volkswagen's plant TAS in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then within SFR Yugoslavia, from 1982 till 1992.

Its first use was in Europe in 1982, when the Caddy came to Europe. The Caddy nameplate was never used in North America. Three years later, the model was introduced to Europe, where it was sold under the Caddy name. The first cars under the name Rabbit Pickup were sold in the United States in 1979. The Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup competed with compact pickups, such as the Ford Courier, Datsun Truck, the Toyota Hilux, the Dodge Rampage and the Subaru BRAT. The Caddy actually was not called Caddy until 1982 when it was released in Europe. One unique feature of the diesel was that it came with a five-speed gearbox, with the fifth gear labeled as “E” or “Economy”. In North America, the Caddy came with two engine choices. Trim levels such as LX and Sportruck were available.

Volkswagen of America was interested in the pickup, and Volkswagen released the Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup in North America, produced at the Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly Plant in Pennsylvania from 1978 to 1984. The Caddy came to fruition when Volkswagen was experimenting with Golf derivatives, an estate and a pickup. Released in 1979, the first Volkswagen Caddy, also known as Volkswagen Golf Mk1 Caddy is a coupe utility and van based on the Volkswagen Group A1 platform, shared with the small family car Volkswagen Golf Mk1.Ĭaddy debuts internationally as the Rabbit Pickup