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Most Popular C4C Deal: Old Pickups for New Ones

CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) | yesterday

WASHINGTON — The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevy pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to analysis of new data by The Associated Press. The single most common swap — which occurred more than 8,200 times — involved Ford...

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They still make that? VW Golf Mk1 ends production after 25 years

The VW Livery (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Sold in the States as the Volkswagen Rabbit, the early front-wheel-drive hatchback had a transverse-mounted 1.5-liter four-cylinder rated at just 70 horsepower.

They still make that? VW Golf Mk1 ends production after 25 years

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Filed under: Classics , Plants/Manufacturing , Hatchback , Volkswagen Volkswagen CitiGolf - Click above for high-res image gallery The original Volkswagen Golf Mk1 arrived as a replacement to the Volkswagen Beetle way back in 1974. Sold in the States as the Volkswagen Rabbit, the early front-wheel-drive hatchback had a transverse-mounted (water-cooled) 1.5-liter four-cylinder rated at just 70 horsepower....

Carrots Rejoice

Being Right is Not Wrong (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

Burning Bunnies for Biofuel Currently doing some research on whether one can outfit a Volkswagen Rabbit to run on rabbit stew.

Test Drive: 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI

Brainicane (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

After a four-year break, Volkswagen brings the Golf diesel back to the US. Don’t call it a Rabbit, but do call it good, clean fun With not quite 50 horsepower at the wheels, the original Volkswagen Rabbit diesel couldn’t hit 125 miles per hour from the barrel of a circus cannon. Yet here we are in [...]

The subcompacts of Forza Motorsport 3

Subcompact Culture (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

Perhaps you've read that Forza Motorsports 3 is coming out for Xbox. The game will be filled with all kinds of vehicles, both high-powered and, well, not so much. If you're anything like me, you kinda like using the little underpowered (and not so underpowered) runts in these games (ah, the turbocharged Mitsubishi Pajero Mini on GT3). And yes, Forza 3 will have the subcompacts. You can find the list...

1981 Volkswagen Rabbit LS Diesel [Down On The Street]

Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009

Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. How much power does a car really need? For the 1,750-pound '81 Rabbit Diesel, Volkswagen felt that 48 horsepower was plenty; in fact, the Rabbit Diesel had a better power-to-weight ratio than the 1,724-pound/53-horsepower '69 Beetle, and diesel torque should...

Nostalic Pragmatism: I Want My 70 Horsepower, 1980 Volkswagen Rabbit Back - Only Better

Brainicane (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009

1980 Era VW Rabbit (Golf). Image credit: VW Vortex American car makers would have us believe they have an intense struggle to develop new designs and to capitalize new operations in which to make more efficient cars, suitable for the Climate Age. What a line of propaganda that is. Back in 1980, amidst [...]

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Editorial: Remember when compact cars used to be small?

Subcompact Culture (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009

What's happened to the "compact" car segment? It wasn't too long ago when compact cars were the size of today's sub compact cars. Take the Honda Civic for example. When it came out in the 1970s, it was pretty darn small. The Civic 1200 had an 86.6" wheelbase, an overall length of 139.8", and weighed a scant 1,536 lbs. Contrast that to today's Civic DX coupe: 104.3" wheelbase,...

Honda Insight, Toyota Prius Hybrids Named 'Top Safety Picks' by Insurance Group

Green Car Advisor (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009

The Honda Insight and Toyota Prius hybrids received "top safety pick" labels from the non-profit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, bolstering sales prospects for two of the industry's most fuel-efficient vehicles. ---------- Right, the Honda Insight dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that his survival space was maintained...

What was the most fuel efficient subcompact sold in the U.S.?

Subcompact Culture (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009

The EPA has been keeping an official record of fuel economy for cars sold in the U.S. since 1975. There have been a lot of different makes and models sold since then. With all the talk of hybrids, diesels, and alternative energy vehicles, I started to wonder what the most fuel-efficient subcompact was? A Google search yielded an article by Popular Mechanics about the top fuel sippers over the last...

VW dominates in ‘09 quality study

The VW Livery (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

The 2009 Tiguan was one of six winners for VW, which also was named a a oefull-line corporate leader.a 2009 winners The 2009 Strategic Vision Total Quality Index winners in their respective vehicle segments were: Small car: Ford Focus Small multifunction vehicle: Volkswagen Rabbit Midsize car: Volkswagen Jetta sedan Large car : Nissan Maxima, ...

Forget Initial Quality -- Are You Enthusiastic About Your Vehicle?

Straightline (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009

While JD Power is busy counting problems with vehicles, a company called Strategic Vision says it surveys owners on the totality of their experience in the first year or two of ownership -- both the good and the bad. Hence, the 2009 "Total Quality" Awards. "The Total Quality Index was calculated from 20,101 buyers who bought 2008 & 2009 models in September to December of 2008,"...

Know Thy User, Episode# 987346523: Ode to the Cupholder

Suckbusters! from David Platt (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009

Speaking of things that just work, or fail to, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the humble cup holder. My 1979 Volkswagen Rabbit and 1987 Volkswagen Golf had none. My 1995 Saab had only one, and that located very inconveniently back behind right my hip. Then somene started paying attention to real customers, and they bred like bacteria all over the automative industry -- my 2003 Honda Odyssey...

Cash for clunkers: Recommended cars that qualify for a voucher

Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009

In the first part of this series, we featured a list of vehicles that met the qualifications for the cash for clunkers legislation working its way through Congress. Here, we present the second part of the puzzle– Consumer Reports recommended models that would make smart choices for motorists looking to take advantage of this program. These are models that score well in Consumer Reports testing,...