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The 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit diesel in U.S. spec was fitted with a 1.6‑liter naturally aspirated diesel that Volkswagen rated at 52 horsepower
The contemporary reporting does not record a distinct curb‑weight figure explicitly for the 1983 Quantum equipped with the turbo‑diesel; the most concrete published weights are for the gasoline (2,665...
The Rabbit diesel in spec was fitted with a 1.6‑liter naturally aspirated diesel that Volkswagen rated at 52 horsepower; earlier 1.5‑liter diesel variants were rated at about 48 horsepower (and the co...
The turbocharged diesel Quantum sold in the was the SOHC 1.6‑liter turbodiesel four and is commonly reported as being rated at 68 horsepower and about 98 lb‑ft of torque ( / 98 lb‑ft) for the turbocha...
The curb weight most commonly cited for a diesel hatchback is roughly 810 kg, or about 1,775–1,780 pounds, based on enthusiast posts and spec-aggregation sites . Contemporary and later period publicat...