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" What was the appeal?"
For me back then the appeal was made up of several things:
Handling and road feel. The cars seemed to put the driver in touch with the road in a very nice way. You could get along a twisty road at a very good turn of speed and not get beaten up by the car in the process.
Build quality. The early Golf (Rabbit) and Scirocco were well screwed together (The Pennsylvania Rabbits brought the Rabbit GTi but there was a dismal drop in build quality) Contrasted with the cars offered by North American companies at the time, they were impressive.
Cheap to run. At a time when V8s were struggling with first generation emission controls, the VWs' power to weight ratio wasn't so bad and they burned way less gas.
Best
Les
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Best
Les
My train of thought has been replaced by a bumper car.
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