When Volkswagen introduced the facelift Golf Mk V to the U.S. market as a 2006 model, they inexplicably revived the Rabbit name that had originally been dumped with the introduction of the second generation back in the mid-1980s
It was available as a 3-door or 5-door hatchback and was powered by the company's 2.5L 20V inline-five, originally making 150bhp but bumped to 170 SAE net horses for the 2008 model year. A five-speed manual was standard with a six-speed Tiptronic optional.
This Tornado Red 5-door is fairly basic, with the 15" stamped steel wheels and plastic covers.
When Car and Driver tested a 2008 3-door with the manual transmission, it came in first place in an eight-car comparison test of cheap rides. It notched a 7.6 second zero-to-sixty time and a sixteen flat quarter at 88mph, circling the skidpad at 0.81g. The as-tested price was $16,435, which is about $24k in today's dough.
It was photographed with a Canon EOS M and EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS zoom lens in May of 2019.
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