Volkswagen Rabbit Commercial (1976)

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"The best car in the world for under $3,500."
Volkswagen Rabbit commercial. Aired July 1976. Visit www.bionicdisco.com for 1970s pop culture fun.
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@manuelmartineznusn 4 жыл бұрын

Today $3500 pays for HID headlights as an option

@jaredbridgeman246 4 жыл бұрын

Lol wow man as a person who doesn't have a car, that's steep!! But then again, even a used Rolls Royce umbrella can cost you a good $3000 US Dollars anyways

@johna.4334 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't you have a car?

@TheReadBaron91 Жыл бұрын

We paid 15000 in parts and 12 hoist of our own labor for our jet. Expensive in any situation for those HIDs

@dasbof Жыл бұрын

My second car was a used 1975 VW Rabbit 2door 4 speed in "orange" (kind of dark orange) same as car in video, I think. It had brown vinyl interior with dash tray and clock. It was simple, basic, but FUN transportation. Loved the way it handled. It never gave me any trouble and I later sold it and bought a 1977 VW Scirocco in light blue. That was also super fun. Would love another but they are hard to find now.

@Mumblix 6 жыл бұрын

My first car...same color and everything!

@Marty48034 4 жыл бұрын

Same!! Mine was a 75 though. Same color, two door, etc.

@waterheaterservices 4 жыл бұрын

I was a Volkswagen dealer parts man in the early 80s. We sure sold a lot of parts for these cars. A lots of parts failed prematurely. Catalytic converters, fuse blocks, window crank handles, engine fan thermal switches, radiators, etc.

@firingallcylinders2949 11 ай бұрын

It's funny because nowadays you still see a good amount of Mk1s, they still make a ton of parts for them. I think some of the parts got better over the years.

@Kevin-hw3pn 10 ай бұрын

Yes! My catalytic converter was swapped out four times!! And it wouldn't start when it was hot.

@johneddy908 Ай бұрын

The Rabbit (Golf) shared one thing in common with the Dasher (Passat) and Scirocco - all three were penned by master Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro. His company, Italdesign, would later become part of the Volkswagen Group.

@AngelusNeko Жыл бұрын

I love my car. 😊 Wish I could live the time where you'd see these everywhere

@firingallcylinders2949 10 ай бұрын

There's a cult following for them in Pennsylvania, You see a bunch of Mk1s around here.

@AngelusNeko 10 ай бұрын

@@firingallcylinders2949 then I'd love to move there and send my car there too so I can have meetups with you guys : )

@AngelusNeko Жыл бұрын

Why is everyone here complaining about the golf/rabbit? I have an 84 convertible currently, it's been reliable to me, runs fine, replaced the CV axles but other than that, runs like a dream, took it from Texas to Oklahoma and Illinois, I love this darn thing.

@justacentrist4147 8 ай бұрын

Every car company has lemmons. If yours is still running, you have a survivor or just a car someone spent money on to maintain. I have seen VWs still running at 500.000 kilomiters. Because the ownerd did the mantinence. Every car breaks parts eventually. And some cars and parts are lemmons. Parts technology also got better as time went on. And nome new manufatured part are better than the originals

@AngelusNeko 8 ай бұрын

@@justacentrist4147 haha, you've got a point, I'll do my best to keep it alive, maybe someday I'll resto-mod it once all the original parts give out just so my rabbit can see the next generations to come

@dmj-ju9zx 4 жыл бұрын

Of course, you couldn't touch one for that. Dealers were only stocking Rabbits loaded with about $1000 worth of options.

@sci-figuy6668 4 жыл бұрын

I wish they still made cars like this. Everything now is about “luxury”.

@chinabluewho 11 ай бұрын

The diesel version got 53 MPG and was dirt cheap to buy unlike overly complicated hybrids now a days

@firingallcylinders2949 10 ай бұрын

Yep my 81 Diesel Rabbit gets 50mpg@@chinabluewho

@wcnmvp3820 5 жыл бұрын

$3,500 in 2019 money is $15,613

@3pistolpete2 10 жыл бұрын

$3,500???? ill take 4

@kilh__22 5 жыл бұрын

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@Marty48034 4 жыл бұрын

Kinda how I drove my 75 in the early 80s. I broke that car. LOL.

@JosipM333 3 жыл бұрын

Always the best💪

@montrosepatriot 10 жыл бұрын

I do recall viewin the commercial during my childhood (it was the first VW commercial which I have seen on TV which was not a Beetle)

@smittykins 3 ай бұрын

If this commercial was made today, there’d be a disclaimer saying “Professional Stunt Driver, Do Not Attempt.”

@pamparker4047 27 күн бұрын

That car can actually do that ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@nlpnt 2 жыл бұрын

The $/DM relationship was such at this point that they had to offer a special stripped-down Rabbit for the US market only, the Rabbit "C" was the base Golf for the rest of the world.

@justacentrist4147 8 ай бұрын

I wish they still sold the rabit trucks

@ingridlamping4922 Ай бұрын

It seems , that inflation is no Phantom.

@chinabluewho 11 ай бұрын

Odd an American commercial but the rabbit pictured in the commercial has European round headlights and not the square American ones.

@markhealey9409 7 ай бұрын

The first 5 years of Golfs/Rabbits sold in North America were imported from Germany,until they started making them for that market in Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania,with square headlights & indicators/parking lights not in the bumpers. First gen Jettas were always imported from Europe.

@eeeecccc 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this car caused all kinds of problems for my family, way too many mechanical issues, and we were a VW family.

@pamparker4047 27 күн бұрын

Maybe you bought a lemon

@jasonhsu4711 9 жыл бұрын

Come on, did anyone ever think that beating the Vega, Pinto, and Fiat was that noteworthy? The Vega was infamous for rusting in the showroom and for the self-warping engine. The Pinto was infamous for exploding in rear end collisions that the occupants would otherwise have walked away from. The Fiat was so bad that it couldn't even compete with the Vega and Pinto, much less Honda and Toyota.

@biaggiwins 7 жыл бұрын

your missing the point. under $3,500. they sold the rabbit to compete in the price range of these cars. it was a no brainer. sold very well.

@horseathalt7308 6 жыл бұрын

Jason Hsu When you compared the Rabbit MK1 (Golf) with the competitors it was much better in many ways. Those you name WERE it's competitors at the time. The FIAT Strada was its direct competition and was a good car actually was a better handling and performing, but wasn't built that well so it suffered .

@ironinquisitor3656 5 жыл бұрын

The whole exploding Pinto thing is a myth.

@johnwilburn 5 жыл бұрын

The Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique were worse. They fell apart before 50,000 miles, had a recall and TSB list as long as your arm, and while made from 1995-2000, by 2008, you never saw one.

@ellypsis603 3 жыл бұрын

3500$... Now its 35000 fucking dollars

@RoadCone411 4 жыл бұрын

I think the German-built Golfs (sold in Europe) were better than the Pennsylvania-built Rabbits. They didn't have a reputation for being so fragile.

@nlpnt 2 жыл бұрын

The '76s were German-built, the PA plant didn't get going until model year 1979. If it's stock square headlights are a sure tell but the parts are interchangeable. VW had been building the same car for 30 years at this point, so they had some teething problems with the switch to the new one that was completely different.

@dougn2350 3 жыл бұрын

What joke. The rabbit was JUNK

@firingallcylinders2949 10 ай бұрын

Yea ok, That's why you still see so many of them....They're easy to fix and simple. People who say they're junk are just bums who don't do maintenance. The diesels literally go forever.

@BionicDisco 11 жыл бұрын

Things do tend to be copied. Who knows - maybe it was the same director.

@horseathalt7308 6 жыл бұрын

Bionic Disco Thanks so much for these old Rabbit TV commercial uploads.... The MK1 Rabbit was a very good basic car, and with basic maintenance it would last for decades. I owned a 1984 Rabbit GTI and still miss it today.