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). VW retired the Rabbit name after the 1984 model year and switched to the Golf moniker in North America. When the company brought the fifth-generation Golf to the U. S. Rabbit name — then reverted back to the Golf name for 2010.The Golf Mk1 was sold as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada and as the Volkswagen Caribe in Mexico. A facelifted version of the Golf Mk1 was produced in South Africa as the Citi Golf from 1984 to 2009.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’.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.
How many miles per gallon did the 1980 VW Rabbit get?
The gasoline-engined Rabbit Pickup got a claimed 32 mpg on the highway (real-world mileage was always lower), while the diesel version had a 39 mpg rating. Of course, the gas engine made 62 hp, and the oil-burner wheezed out 48 hp (and I can say from personal experience that these things were slow). Fun fact: The diesel Rabbit set a U. S. Rabbit Pickup (1980–1984): Aka the Caddy in Europe, but “Rabbit Pickup” here. Same front end as the hatch, with a long box. Popular with gardeners and hipsters 40 years later.The EPA, in its 1983 fuel economy estimates, placed the VW Rabbit at the head of the class in saving motorists money at the pump — giving it an estimated 50 miles per gallon.