warren@ihnss.UUCP (Warren Montgomery) (06/04/84)
We have a rabbit and have been quite happy with it, and were strongly considering a second one as a replacement for our other car. A dealer recently told us that this was the last model year for the rabbit (so why not order now!), which we already knew, but did supply some hints as to what she had heard about the replacement. She said it was going to be the Golf something-or-other, and be a little larger than the rabbit (4" longer and 6" wider, or some such), and more rounded. (She also claimed it got much better gas mileage). I have seen recent golf models (I was in europe 2 weeks ago), and couldn't honestly tell the difference from an american rabbit without side by side comparison, but I don't know if the new rabbit is just an import of the current Golf. Does anybody else have more information about this car? Is it essentially the same innards with a different body? Just curious to know if I should be holding out. If anybody supplies any information of general interest, I will post a summary to the net. -- Warren Montgomery ihnss!warren IH x2494
ags@pucc-i (Seaman) (06/05/84)
I was amused by the reports that the Rabbit is being discontinued, to be replaced by the "Golf". When I bought my Rabbit in 1979, the brochure I got from the dealer pointed out that the same car was called a "Golf" in the rest of the world (except in South America, where is was called a "Caribe"). What's in a name? What is Volkswagen trying to pull? -- Dave Seaman ..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags "Against people who give vent to their loquacity by extraneous bombastic circumlocution."
emma@uw-june (Joe Pfeiffer) (06/06/84)
There is a new Golf in Europe, which has been out for a year or so. This is a replacement for the old Golf, which is still sold over here as the Rabbit. Next year (I think), we will get the new one, and apparently they will scrap the Rabbit name and call it a Golf here too. The pictures I've seen of it show it looking pretty much the same, but more rounded. -Joe P.
guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) (06/07/84)
> I was amused by the reports that the Rabbit is being discontinued, to > be replaced by the "Golf". > When I bought my Rabbit in 1979, the brochure I got from the dealer pointed > out that the same car was called a "Golf" in the rest of the world (except > in South America, where is was called a "Caribe"). > What's in a name? What is Volkswagen trying to pull? What Volkswagen is trying to pull is the wool, over peoples' eyes. The Rabbit, supposedly, no longer is considered a top name, so they're trying to convince people that the new car is totally new and the Rabbit is kaput. The fact that in Europe, both the old car and the new car are called "Golf" tends to indicate that the new car isn't quite as radically different as VW might like people to think... Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy
berry@zinfandel.UUCP (06/08/84)
#R:pucc-i:-30700:zinfandel:3200065:000:159 zinfandel!berry Jun 6 12:55:00 1984 Interesting note: The gearshift knob of Rabbit GTI's is a 'golf' ball. yuk yuk. Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900
wunder@wdl1.UUCP (wunder ) (06/13/84)
An additional note on the old style Rabbit/Golf: A friend of mine has a Rabbit GTI (US version), and the shift knob is shaped like a golf ball. This is a somewhat of a mystery unless you know about the European name for the car. w underwood