Used Car of the Day: 1981 Volkswagen Pickup
The Ford Maverick has gotten a lot of attention over the past year, but it was preceded by many a small pickup. Including this 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit.
This example has a 1.6-liter diesel engine, a four-speed manual transmission, and a tick over 60,000 miles. It still has the factory Forest Green Metallic paint, and it's in South Carolina. The trim level is LX, and the seller claims there are only two rust spots.
Sadly, pics and further info are limited unless you login to see their Facebook post. But from what I can see, it really does look clean -- and it could make a VW nut very happy. The seller is asking $14,500.
[Images: Seller]
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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It's way over priced!!
Lots of other orphan cars which would like to be brought home and pampered and would be far less temperamental than a VW!!
I'd buy that little truck if it was about a third of what that moron is asking.