volkswagen

A german car manufacturer, the name means "Peoples Car." Volkswagen was a great company with many successes, after replacing the air cooled with the amazing water cooled A1's (rabbit&jetta) it went down hill, and currently they are in a decline because VW is now in a world of conforming to what other companies are doing as opposed to doing their own thing no matter what everyone else did, which of course lead to their great successes in the past. from there they moved to the A2 chassis, in 1985 and the cars got heavier, then the a3s and they got even heavier
and again a4s even heavier. VW lost sight of what it once was. and now all we have is our a1s to love and cherish and think of what vw could have been.

rabbit, jetta, golf, passat, vanagon, bus, dasher, scirocco.

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jetta

A car that debuted in america in 1980. All a1 jetts were produced in germany and weighed around 2000 pounds, generally lighter than 2000lbs. The car is small economical, easy to work on, and very reliable. 1984 was the last year for the a1 jetta, which could come with a 1.6 diesel, or 1.6 turbo diesel motor, each easily capable of 50+mpg. The more common jetta featured a 1.7l gas motor, and the sport model came with a peppy 1.8l jh 4 cylinder, and a close ratio 5 speed transmission. In 1985 the jetta got a redesign a little bigger, but still a jetta. Optional motors were the 1.6 diesel, 1.6 turbo diesel, and 1.6 ecodiesel, various 8v gas motors, and a 1.8 or 2.0 16v motor. in 1993 the mk3 jetta debut, really this car is extremely to heavy, and i would only ever consider an mk3 as a daily driver. anything after the mk3 is pretty useless to even think about

"that 2 door 1981 diesel jetta that key dawg owns is rather sweet"

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