Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site hammer.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!hammer!jeffm From: jeffm@hammer.UUCP (Jeff McMeekin) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: The Rabbit gets the axe Message-ID: <495@hammer.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 11:50:30 EST Article-I.D.: hammer.495 Posted: Tue Feb 7 11:50:30 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 06:20:09 EST References: <259@pyuxss.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 17 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.