This year marks the return of the Rabbit, now that Volkswagen has hastily ushered the Golf name out of the U.S market. The new 2007 VW Rabbit is available as a three- or five-door hatchback with a 2.5-liter, inline five-cylinder engine that generates 150 horsepower – 35 more ponies than the outgoing Golf. A manual transmission is standard and a six-speed automatic with Tiptronic manual shifting is optional. The Rabbit also swaps the Golf’s torsion beam rear suspension for an independent setup, and will ride on 15-inch wheels as standard with 16-inch alloys optional.

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