The pickup version of the Mk1 Volkswagen Rabbit (known outside of North America as the Volkswagen Golf Caddy) rolled off the assembly lines of the Westmoreland, Pennsylvania VW plant from the 1979 ...

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 ...

Here, beaters thrive! 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.

Now, the next-generation Rabbit will also get a diesel option, according to Autoblog Green. Of course, we’ll have to wait until fall 2009 before that happens.

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 ...

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.

Direct-injection gasoline and diesel engines are both expected; the concept's dash tachometer suggests this one's a diesel. Like the last VW pickup stateside, the 1980s Rabbit, the bodywork is ...

Project Car Hell, Front-Wheel-Drive Pickup Edition: Volkswagen Rabbit or Plymouth Scamp?: Front-wheel burnouts with a (small) load of drywall are just a few dollars away!

If you didn't catch any of their posts, the team's guinea pig was a baby blue 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit diesel dubbed the Sipster that's been given a complete powertrain overhaul. Immediately ...