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The Volkswagen Golf Mk1 is the first generation of a small family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen.It was noteworthy for signalling Volkswagen's shift of its major car lines from rear-wheel drive and rear-mounted air-cooled engines to front-wheel drive with front-mounted, water-cooled engines that were often transversely-mounted.
In North America, the Rabbit Pickup was equipped with one of two engines: originally a 1.6-litre petrol engine, joined by a 1.5-litre diesel for 1980. These were soon replaced by a 1.6 diesel with 52 hp (39 kW) or a 1.7 petrol engine with 78 hp (58 kW). [4]
The Volkswagen Golf (listen ⓘ) is a compact car/small family car produced by the German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen since 1974, marketed worldwide across eight generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplates – including as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada (Mk1 and Mk5), and as the Volkswagen Caribe [1] in Mexico (Mk1).
Many owners have had the VW engines replaced in pursuit of improved power and reliability, [27] [28] particularly the Wasserboxer due to phosphated coolant. [29] [30] Apart from the Porsche and Oettinger engines already mentioned, swaps have used VW Rabbit diesel engines, the 2.0 L Tico Engine, Golf/Jetta petrol engines and Ford Zetec engines ...
"Boat engines from Volkswagen Marine - Self-study programme M002 - Design and Operation" (PDF). vw-m.de. Volkswagen AG. August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011 "Volkswagen Marine - engines for planing boats" (PDF). vw-m.de. Volkswagen AG. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2011
When Volkswagen took a can opener to the Rabbit, it created an '80s icon. With a 90-hp 1.8-liter engine, like the contemporary GTI, the Rabbit convertible was a quick and nimble runabout.
The factory manufactured a range of fuel-efficient small cars with gasoline and diesel engines, all variants (or rebadged models) of Volkswagen's Golf: the Rabbit (79–84); Rabbit GTI (83–84); Rabbit Pickup (1979–1982); the Golf Mk2 and GTI (85–89) and the Jetta (87–89).
Currently, all diesel engines offered by Volkswagen Group are direct injection (DI). This engine started as a straight-five-cylinder Audi diesel in 1989 (itself derived from the EA827 series), but got reduced to an inline-four-cylinder for Volkswagens use.