I found that our family 1981 Rabbit with 1.6 NA and 5 speed tranny was
acceptable (not dangerously slow) but then that was based upon my
recollection of yesteryears' driving; driving styles were generally
different!  LOL. (read: in general a lack of attention and stubborn
use of cruise control now seems to prevail)

My ideal diesel Vanagon would be the NA AAZ with 5 speed tranny. Oh,
and a sunroof.

Neil.

On 4/29/19, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote:

> The Vanagon version of the diesel 1.6 was rated at about 10% LESS peak
> HP than the car versions but they had similar power at normal driving
> rpms.

> Stephen Engel wrote:

>> I dare say even the VW Diesel cars (Rabbit, Dasher, Jetta) of that era
>> were dangerously slow. I think they used the same engine or a variant very
>> close to the Vanagon’s.
>

-- 
Neil n

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