Bye,bye bunny!

No - not an April 1 or Easter jest. In the autumn of 2009, the VW Golf VI will also head stateside, thus sending the Rabbit into retirement. The American Rabbit has finally run its course and is being sent to the big bunny hatch in the sky.

It was in the year 1978 that the first Golf started hopping between the big U.S. cruisers on American highways. The little German with the fun name Rabbit was well received in the States. Oddly enough, it was then castrated for three generations and had to tote the Golf badge on its fur. Maybe this was a reason for the Americans falling out of love with the car during this period. The clear solution was to give animal lovers their long-eared friend back in its fifth generation and an extensive advertising campaign in 2006 heralded the revival of the Rabbit.