1981 Volkswagen Rabbit L I [Typ 17]

1981 Volkswagen Rabbit I [Typ 17] in The Woman in Red, Movie, 1984

Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin: — Built in: — Made for: USA

00:10:18 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
carobserver ◊ 2007-02-03 04:03	What a beautiful Vw Rabbit
explorer4x4 ◊ 2007-02-03 05:10	Aren't Rabbits just Golfs with a different badge and name? Anyways, it is just a box on wheels.
G-MANN ◊ 2007-02-03 20:10	I don't like the square headlights on this US-version of the Golf and the name Rabbit is a bit of a turnoff (why did they do this?) but as for the original European Golf (with circular twin headlights) I wouldn't say the Tempo looks nicer than that.
antp ◊ 2007-02-03 20:29	wrenchhead wrote As for sales numbers, see: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/wr/article/0,17585,90340,00.html They really sold 15 million of 1st-gen VW Rabbit/Golf ? Or does it could the five gen? In that last case it is cheating, as it is five different cars that just share the same name
G-MANN ◊ 2007-02-03 20:55	Before this big digression, Explorer's question was "Aren't Rabbits just Golfs with a different badge and name?" I believe they are, though I'd like to know why the name Rabbit was given to the US version, terrible name for a car.
rjluna2 ◊ 2007-07-14 03:47	US assembled.
night cub ◊ 2019-09-21 03:08
rjluna2 ◊ 2019-09-21 20:56	Real plate issued to 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SL, last tested at 09/09/2011 04:53 p.m.