Somewhat OT: mk5 Golf to be called Rabbit in NA

[glxtasy at hotmail.com (ken weidmann)]

I also read in Autoweek that the mk5 Golf will only have a cycle life of 
roughly 2 1/2 years as opposed to the normal 5-7 years that VW uses.  
Apparently it is too expensive to assemble and takes 2 to 3 times as long to 
assemble as the golf's competitors.  VW announced that they were going to 
move forward the mk6 sooner because it will share more components with the 
other VW's and will take less time to assemble, thereby reducing costs.

Better get a mk5 soon while they last.



Kenneth Weidmann
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:28:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Harder <vwtype53@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Somewhat OT:  mk5 Golf to be called Rabbit in NA
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org, Sara Arms <gtigirlie@hotmail.com>
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This is really a shame IMO... nothing could ever replace the original Mk1
Rabbit, *especially* not
a 3,000+lb overweight Mk5!

Ben



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>Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
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