What’s the difference between a Rabbit and a cabriolet?
The Rabbit convertible – later known just as the Cabriolet – came in to fill the convertible hole left when VW stopped making the Beetle convertible in 1979, though in America at least, you could still buy some into 1980, now in Super Beetle form (well, they had been since 1971). In the 1970s VW America was obsessed with continuing the ‘Bug’ theme so tried to give all their cars animal names so the Golf became the VW Rabbit in the US market. VW’s analysis team described their findings for the name Rabbit as ‘not a racy elegant animal, but a lively one to love and stroke’.
How big is the gas tank on a VW Rabbit?
Fuel & MPG 319. EPA estimated mpg: Rabbit L diesel 47, Rabbit L/GL gas 31, GTI 26.
Can you put a V8 in a Volkswagen Rabbit?
Vw rabbit with a mid-engine audi v8 this unique 1984 volkswagen rabbit was built by dm motorsport in l’epiphanie, quebec. Sitting behind the driver is an all-aluminum 4. L v8 and six-speed manual transmission from a 2004 audi s4. The gti came with a 1. The ’84 rabbit came in both two-door and four-door hatchback versions.