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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: 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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Replying to: bodble2 (Apr 10, 2007 8:20 am) Now in Germany, the current U.S. market Rabbit was called the Golf last year. I think since 2004?
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 10, 2007 9:00 am)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Apr 10, 2007 11:22 am) you never said the car hasn't been changed huh? I never argued that because you change a model's name; it makes it a new car. If you change the name of the civic to something else, and everything remains the same, yes its still a civic. With the golf, when it was time for a COMPLETE redesign, they decided to change the name along with it. Why is that hard to understand? If you don't car what they call it, fine. This whole thing started because someone who owned a u.s. spec GOLF (previous gen) stated that the RABBIT (current gen) sucked, when he's never driven it and he admitted to that. EVEN if they NEVER changed the name, his comments would have still been unfair, because he would still have to deal with the fact that this thread is about the current generation (MKV) and he owned a previous one. (MKIV) You seem to think just because it has a new name it has become a completely new model. No I DON'T. But in the case of the rabbit, when they changed the model, they...also...changed...the...NAME! What if they changed the name mid-cycle? That would really throw you for a loop, No it wouldn't, but it certainly has for you! I've been very plain with my posts, to the point where another poster (avi) has had to tell you that, YES it is a totally different car from the previous generation. |
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