1975 Volkswagen Rabbit Test: The Follow-Up to the Beetle Was a Whole Different Car

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From the archive: A good car at the right price means the Beetle's days are numbered.

From the April 1975 issue of Car and Driver.If you're still interested in VW's insect collection, you'll find it off in some dark corner of the showroom. Center stage has been commandeered by the marque's latest species, the Rabbit. And take our word for it: For VW, this new machine is an evolutionary revolution. While the Beetle was basically a bad design cajoled into civility, the Rabbit bursts upon us optim­ized from inception, with almost all its rough edges filed off.

The steering remains sensitive—more to the wheel than the throt­tle—up to the limit of adhesion and it is primarily body roll that keeps you from pushing faster in the turns. Most of the car's roll stiffness comes from what VW calls a stabilizer rear axle, which is actually one trailing link per wheel welded to a connecting T-section member. As the car heels over, body roll must twist against this member with its designed-in stiff­ness.

 

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