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Autoblog asks has the Harlequin Golf returned<\/a>? What’s a Harlequin Golf? That’s one there at the right. Not some redneck assembly of junkyard parts, these were actually made this way. Here’s the deal:<\/p>\n

.. these cars … feature body panels painted in Pistachio Green, Ginster Yellow, Tornado Red, and Chagall Blue. Building four single-color cars and then exchanging their body panels was how these Harlequins were produced, and Volkswagen did this for approximately 275 cars that were sold in the U.S. as 1996 models. A Harlequin model’s rocker panels, rear quarter panels and roof reveal its original color.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love oddball rare cars like this. There’s a certain appeal to a rare, low production car. I had never heard of the Harlequin Golf, but I think it’s pretty cool.
\nWhat got Autoblog wondering was the new VW comercial<\/a> announcing the return of the VW Rabbit in the US. The Rabbit was the original US name for what the world knew as the ‘Golf’. It became the Golf here as well in generation 2 and now with the introduction of generation 5, it’s back to the Rabbit. In the commercial, a white Rabbit and a black Rabbit go into a tunnel, evidently do what Rabbits do, and come out with several grey Rabbits trailing behind, including a multicolored white\/grey\/black one.
\nCheck out the Harlequin Golf registry<\/a> and the Harlequin Golf photo page<\/a> (with the Harlequin Beetle from Mexico and the Harlequin Polo that started it all in Europe.) too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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