77rabitFrom the June 1977 issue of Car and Driver.. It was with great churning of the stomach and aching of the head that some of us approached the Diesel Rabbit. When the first rumblings ofThe 1977 Rabbit - still made in Wolfsburg, the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania plant not open just yet - boasted 78 hp from a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine. The '77 Rabbit was the first