As Volkswagen introduces its second water-cooled model to North America as a 1975 model (first time was in 1974) Typist), it was badged as a Rabbit instead of receiving Golf Badges of the Rest of the World. The The rabbit name remained here until 1984.Later The name Golf was used in North America.. Afterward, clearly to please nostalgia-prone American VW enthusiastsname Rabbit returned for late 2006 model year. This is one of the second Rabbits found in a self-service scrap yard in Colorado recently.
The Rabbit badge remained on cars sold in the US and Canada until the Mk6 was pushed aside. Mk5 for 2010. Then there’s Volkswagen. push the rabbit into the memory holewhere it has remained ever since.
The 2006-2009 Rabbit was aimed at the discerning North American urban driver and its brochure included a helpful guide to “urban driving language” including definitions for terms such as Hurry up Honker, Bumper Broadcast And Spotted Sloth. Smart!
It’s available as a two- or four-door hatchback, and it’s the former, with an MSRP of $15,600 (about $23,211 in 2024 dollars).
The engine was a 2.5-liter inline-five that made 170 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque. That was double the power of the previous generation’s 1975 engine.
The base transmission is a five-speed manual, although the car has the much more common six-speed automatic.
Both the inside and outside look pretty solid, although there is a bit of rust.
It seems to have been converted into a part of Colorado Vehicle Trade-In ProgramApplies to vehicles manufactured before 2012 that fail emissions testing.
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It has returned and is clogging the city.
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