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 ...

Volkswagen's Rabbit Pickup Concept still not coming to the U.S. December 3, 2008. Editors of Truck Trend Writer Dec 03, 2008. ... Direct-injection gasoline and diesel engines are both expected; ...

1980: Beat the Gas Lines with a Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup The fine print doesn't mention the diesel engine's 48-hp rating. By Murilee Martin Published: Feb 24, 2020 ...

The Hoonigan team welcomed Thomas, the owner of a 1980 Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup with the internals of a cult car, a 1994 1.8-liter Mazda Miata, to their backyard.

Builds 84-mpg, '81 VW Rabbit For Under $7000. Nate ... a baby blue 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit diesel dubbed the Sipster that's been ... was completely enclosed by a unique combination of plywood, ...

When Volkswagen introduced the Pennsylvania-built Rabbit Pickup to the world for the 1980 model year, truck shoppers—those who had recovered from the what-the-hell-were-they-thinking absurdity ...

Volkswagen has diesels running all over Europe, but it only recently reintroduced diesels to the U.S. after a short hiatus, in the form of the 2009 Jetta TDI. Now, the next-generation Rabbit will ...