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From: jeffm@hammer.UUCP (Jeff McMeekin)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: The Rabbit gets the axe
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Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 11:50:30 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  7 11:50:30 1984
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What looks like a Rabbit, and uses many existing Rabbit components?
Answer: the new Rabbit.

It's rather odd to hear on the news (I heard it on a couple
of radio news spots as well as on TV news) that the Rabbit
is being discontinued, because its such non-news.
Volkswagen has made no secret that they've been working on a replacement
for some years now, and all the major car magazines have had at least
brief writeups of the new car (which is now available in Europe and expected
here late this year or early next year).  So what's the big deal? I
figure it's all marketing hype.  The bottom fell out of VW's market starting
in 1980 as consumers turned off to the "Americanized Rabbit".  And despite
the changes in '83 the only bright spot in sales is the GTI.  So marketing
figures, let's make a big splash and announce the death of the Rabbit.
What I think they really mean is the death of the "Rabbit" name in
an effort to re-Germanize the cars.  Who knows, maybe they'll call it
the Golf.