1980 Era VW Rabbit (Golf). Image credit: VW Vortex American car makers would have us believe they have an intense struggle to develop new designs and to capitalize new operations in which to make more efficient cars, suitable for the Climate Age . What a line of propaganda that is. Back in 1980, amidst a serious oil shortage, I bought a cheap (for

the era) VW Rabbit, as pictured, which consistently got over 40 mpg. Among the models introduced to meet the US’ increasingly stringent emissions standards, Rabbit did this with fuel injection instead of the cobbled Detroit-style carbur… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Nostalic Pragmatism: I Want My 70 Horsepower, 1980 Volkswagen Rabbit Back - Only Better