>>  I also don't claim to be that knowledgbile about every name and nuance.
>
>>Most people in the US have no idea what a VW Polo is. It was a Rabbit. I
>>would know.
>
>>I don't think I fuss over car model names too much. >I'm sorry, I was being
>>US-centric.
>
>
>  I beg to differ, a Polo was NOT a Rabbit, never was.
>  How is it that you would say, on one hand that 'you would know', but on
>the other hand, that you don't know about names and nuances?
>The Polo is a VERY different car from any older US Rabbit in every way.
>
>Not sure about nowadays, though.
>
>Mike B.

The Polo is still a distinct model, smaller than the Golf (though
with models growing, the current Polo is considerably larger than the
Golf 1), though I think that the A3 shares its platform. Polos never
got good reviews from enthusiast writers.

The only one that might have been interesting was an early-90s one
into the rear of which VW stuffed a wasserboxer with G-lader (great
combination, both unreliable).
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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