Comments on: Oh VW Rabbit, We Hardly Knew Ye

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:26:42 +0000

I just bought one of the last remaining 2009 Rabbit 2 doors, and I love it.

By: bmwloco (bikes, air cooled)

bmwloco (bikes, air cooled) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:06:16 +0000

It was all about US marketing. During the Auto Show when the 2006 Golf was being ready to be shown, the firm in charge of VW marketing pulled off the “Golf” tags and put on “Rabbit”.

It’s just a name folks. The “Rabbit” is the generation V Golf. Happily, the new 2010 Golf is absolutely fantastic.

By: Dan Volkens

Dan Volkens — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:16:18 +0000

Yeah, we agree Johnny. Volkswagen continually makes market decisions that just don’t seem to make sense to us. Maybe we’re missing something? :D

By: Johnny Neat

Johnny Neat — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:03:45 +0000

My fiance and I owned an 08 Rabbit and it was awesome. The best by far in that price range. If not for baby on the way, we’d have kept it hands down, or is that up?

Sadly in some ways, we now own a 09 Jetta and it doesn’t have the refinement we believe the Rabbit motor had/has. The Jetta is not silent like the Rabbit’s motor was/is, which to us is odd. We also miss the Rabbit’s peppy drive.

I feel VW is trying to make a nitch in the car market that is not needed. The Phaeton in my option was never a good idea as VW is not known for the status of Mercedes, BMW or Audi or for that matter especially has long as they have Audi.

The mini van was just too cool and probably not practical past the concept stage and as long as Routon’s motor is you know whose, it’s an insult to anyone who knows and really bad for the VW name. it already doesn’t help being know to have mysterious electronic Gremlin issues.

By: Conroy

Conroy — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:35:27 +0000

Sad. Just plain sad. Great vehicle, but poor marketing on Volkswagen’s part. I don’t recall ever seeing a Volkswagen Rabbit commercial ever on television.

I do remember seeing plenty Mazda 3 and Subaru Impreza commercials. Let’s face it, competions is tough, and those other cars are pretty darn good. Not as good as my Rabbit, but I could have settled for them, if it came to that.

If Volkswagen had a clue, they would have capitalized on what made the Rabbit name so popular, not just nostalgic. It was an affordable, economical, fun to drive, and fun to own car. For those who don’t Golf… “Rabbit” was just fine.

By: Top Ten Bunnies in Pop Culture | Gunaxin

Top Ten Bunnies in Pop Culture | Gunaxin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:02:50 +0000

[...] that it will no longer be branding the Volkswagen Golf as the Rabbit in the United States. From Volksbloggin: Get this people, Volkswagen just announced that the Rabbit nameplate will be no more come this [...]

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:59:29 +0000

Good! I was always a bigger fan of the Golf than the Rabbit.

By: Matt Radel

Matt Radel — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:08:26 +0000

Yeah, just another example of VW missing the mark *cough* Phaeton *cough* Routan *cough* new microbus *cough*…