The Rabbit could be purchased with an optional automatic transmission in 1981, but I’m pretty sure a 5-speed manual was the only transmission offered on the Rabbit Diesel Pickup; at any rate, I ...

Once again I've hit the not-so-mean streets of Alameda to find the day's Down On The Street car. Today we're going with another import: an early-80s VW Rabbit Pickup Diesel, or, as we Jaloppers ...

What do you do with a patina-laden Volkswagen Rabbit diesel pickup and a mostly-complete Mazda Miata fall into your lap at the same time? You both it! It’s a Miata chassis wearing a Rabbit ...

A 1982 Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup (known as the Golf Caddy in Europe) with gasoline engine, found in a Colorado wrecking yard. ... Diesel Rabbit in the 24 Hours of Lemons, ...

The Pickup’s 1.6-liter diesel four was rated at, gasp, 52-horsepower. The available 1.7-liter gasoline four was at a stunning 78-horsepower. No threats to the laws of physics were involved.

The real Diesel science is the com­bustion-chamber design. The Rabbit motor uses a Ricardo Comet Mk. V swirl chamber that was first employed in Die­sels 44 years ago.

The gasoline-engined Rabbit Pickup got a claimed 32 mpg on the highway (real-world mileage was always lower), while the diesel version had a 39 mpg rating. Of course, ...

Now, the next-generation Rabbit will also get a diesel option, according to Autoblog Green. ... VW Rabbit TDI coming in fall 2009, ... Here Are the 10 Cheapest Pickup Trucks You Can Buy Right Now.

And the pickup variant was one of the smartest ideas that VW has ever had. The truck was assembled in Pennsylvania and came with either a 1.7-liter gas engine or a 1.5-liter diesel engine with a ...

Next to the Mercedes, perhaps the most common 1980s diesel car is the Volkswagen Rabbit/Golf/Caddy. The Caddy is the Rabbit-looking pickup that was available from VW in the early 1980s.

We are sure Rabbit purists appreciate the diesel swapped-out for the 1.8 Miata. If you know the history behind the Mazda Miata and the VW Golf MK1, you'll understand why this odd recipe stings the ...

A tanker truck carrying diesel fuel went off Colorado 40 Thursday morning in Grand County and turned over, spilling fuel alongside the road and injuring the driver and a passenger.