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W}IITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY', NOVEMBER 9, 1977, PAGJS 9 *R.sultsobtained M«hëTonsoort Canada aopproved test methods using standard transmission. Fuel cinsumption wiii vary depending on how and whe.re vou drive,:etad o ibis year imst ever cor maker arou..,nd flbe tr~ to ha ndlyou th is une Look familiar? lf's the Volkswagen Rabbif. But wifhout even looking fao closely, if cou id be one of any number of cars that have recently appeared on the market. Or are about fo. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, we're very fiattered. However, if's not the outside uine of the Rabbif that makes if 50 revoiufionary, if's what goes on underneafh the uine. ln the five intensive years of planning and innovation thaf if took ta creafe the Rabbif, if was confinually designed from the inside ouf. Not vice-versa, like many cars. Looks for looks' sake 'àas neyer aur intention, and fhat's where we drew the line. For instance, since our trans- verse engine was maunfed sideways up front, if creafed a huge amount of roam for people and luggage in bock. (Far more roamn we mighf add, D than any other car ifs size.) And R since the engine took up less room, that engineering fact plus extensive wind tunnel tests There s nog Icc determined the dramatic siope of the hood. The sieek hatchback rear end design 'and the sporty line of the Rabbit'Iýs front were no accidents either. Even though they were in part refined by hundreds of test coIlisiors ,ovýér severai years. Function followed safety. ,And form follQWs",,, function. Ail a long the uine'. You aiso getf front-wheel drive. 72 _kiiomneters, per gallon (45 m pg) on the highway, 7 km/gai (29 mpg) in the city.* You con accelerate from O f0 80 km/h in a scant 8.3 seconds. (No one has been able to match those specs either.) You get -fuel injection, rack and pinion steer- ing, front disc brakes, steel belted radiais, inde- pendent 4-wheel suspension, and a whole iisf of advanced feafures that other car makers have not even caughf on ta yef, let'alone caught up wifh. ~ Drap in at your nedrest VW dealer and test drive the aston- ishing Rabbit. Why sel*tie for pcile,,ý imitation!swhen Vai> çan ,y >mparison. th e _oýrig.i4n al? ,THEýý 1978,RABBITS. ARE. HEREIS'EE.THEM ATYOUR Oc V