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Hatchbacks Mazda3 Mazda3 2.3 vs. '07 VW Rabbit
389 messages, Last post on Apr 17, 2009 at 12:40 PM
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Replying to: stallionre (Apr 09, 2007 10:31 am) Despite what you may think, you are misinformed. The name alone didn't change, the ENTIRE car did too. To say its the same parts and from the same factory is a bit off as well, seeing as how the rabbit is completely built in germany, with an engine sourced from mexico and the golf was built totally there. I know the differance between a model refreshing and a complete re-design. You do not. And if you do, everything you have said, says otherwise. Plenty of people on this forum could explain this to you; its a fact that you have to accept wether you like vw's or not; its a brand new car. For example: just because i don't like the NEW nissan sentra doensn't mean its not a full redesign and its just the same car. You see how this logic doesn't make much sense? That what your posts sounds like. Marketing ploy? Yes to a certain extent and NOT in the way you mean it; yes vw re-named the golf the 'rabbit' for the american market, but they did so when they re-designed the car...the only 'marketing tool' they would not have been able to use if they didn't rename it is all the rabbit innuendos.  But thats pretty much it;...but rabbit or golf, the mkV is a differnt car than your mkV golf.
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 09, 2007 10:19 am)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Apr 09, 2007 11:42 am)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Apr 09, 2007 11:42 am) If you look at an early 2006 GOLF it looks like the same golf in 2001-2005. If you look at the model that VW calls 'the Rabbit' it is a completely different car...the name change and middle-of-the-year release is what is throwing you off. In europe, this car will always be called the golf,but when the newest generation debuted here, it was renamed the rabbit. This is fact, not opinion and i don't understand why its so hard to understand! Google pictures of both generations and its plain to see! 
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Replying to: stallionre (Apr 09, 2007 1:25 pm) But now you know huh? 
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 10, 2007 3:58 am)
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 10, 2007 3:56 am)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Apr 10, 2007 8:20 am) The only place that the current gen rabbit remains the golf is in europe. End of story.
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 10, 2007 8:40 am)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Apr 10, 2007 8:46 am) The golf has not been called the rabbit since back in the 70's when it first came to our shores! I don't think this is an issue about 'caring'. I'm just stating facts. All your posts have insinuated that the rabbit, in its form now, has always been this way and that a name change was all that occured in 2006. WRONG. The sheetmetal, suspension (torsion ---->independent), engine (2.0 115 hp ----> 2.5 150 hp), interior, chassis, everything, is part of a brand new model. Will a golf always be a golf? Yes but there a differences between the generations! DUH! Isn't the mazda 3 just a successor to the protege with a changed name and revised styling, suspension, drivetrain, interior, suspension etc? Yes, thats why its called a FULL MODEL CHANGE. YOu seemed earlier to not be able to understand this concept. Other examples: yes the new civic is still a civic, but its worlds different than its previous version. Same goes for the mazda 3, the nissan sentra, the vw rabbit, (regardless of name change) and the list goes on and on! Would it make sense to harp on a 1970's rabbit and say that the new one is the same thing? NO! They are worlds apart and ALL vehicle models vary, sometimes VERY drastically from thier previous generation. This conversation is not about the rabbit anymore, its about trying to clarify that if new models of cars don't interest you, then you'd have a tough time dealing with the automotive industry and how it works in general!
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