A stock 1979 Rabbit would have been light, simple, slow, and economical. This one has been fitted with a 12-valve VR6 from a 1991 Passat, which changes the personality from “commuter appliance” to “front-wheel spin happy torque goblin.” Are you the next owner who might be willing to read through some massive old school wiring […]
If you causally mention you have a Volkswagen Caddy, a normal person would assume you had some sort of golf sponsorship…but a not-so-normal person will ohh and ahh for they know how special VW’s front-drive water-cooled leisure activity vehicle (LAV…not kidding…that’s an actual marketing term from a later generation Caddy). Today we’ve got a version […]
The Volkswagen Rabbit was not a three-wheeled oddball with dual bubble cockpits and a tail fin, but here we are. What? Who? There are so many unanswered questions in this next listing, but you’ll have to buy it to find out what’s going on. Fly in, fill it up with diesel, and drive home. Find […]
This next car comes as a tip from Dave in Tampa who writes: This has got to be a mistake, right? A broken odometer maybe? If that’s really the miles this should be on a dealership floor reminding people how cool VW used to be. Or has the Find this 1985 Volkswagen Cabriolet offered for […]
Do you know what the typical Volkswagen Rabbit owner wishes he had? A long bed pickup. Because the little Rabbit isn’t great for hauling a bunch of construction debris or making a impromptu hot tub or other things pickups are good at. Volkswagen did make a Caddy truck, but it didn’t have back seats and […]
Few cars are slower than a vintage Rabbit Diesel, trust me, I sold the one I owned about a decade ago and seller still hasn’t gotten home. Anyway, the Diesel passenger version of the Rabbit was noticeably slower with a passenger or four, but I can’t imagine how slow this Caddy would be with a […]
Reeves Callaway was an aspiring race car driver who ended up working as an instructor at Bob Bondurant’s racing school in the 1970s. He fitted a turbo system on a BMW 320i and loaned the car to Car and Driver journalist Don Sherman who wrote a one page article on the beast. At the time, […]
Perhaps I was a bit quick to judge the scenic middle California coastal town of Atascadero in my previous rant about the Jeep Cherokee with the chopped up bits. Perhaps I should not judge a book by its cover, an inmate by his straightjacket. The last car we featured in that small town was…well…strange, but […]
Sometimes wheels ruin the look of a car…and sometimes they take it to the next level. The Ronal R10 Turbo wheels on this next car are a considerable improvement over the typical stock steelies you’ll find on a diesel Rabbit, and you might forget how stupifiyingly slow the car is when you look at those […]
If you causally mention you have a Volkswagen Caddy, a normal person would assume you had some sort of golf sponsorship…but a not-so-normal person will ohh and ahh for they know how special VW’s front-drive water-cooled leisure activity vehicle (LAV…not kidding…that’s an actual marketing term). Today’s example needs some work before you can cruise around […]