On Fri, 30 May 2003, dave bowers wrote: > Would anyone happen to remember a TV commercial/VW AD from about 1983, that > shows/promoted a small town police force in the U.S. south (I want to say > South Carolina or Georgia) using VW Rabbit, Gti's as their police > interceptors? > It's been 20 years, and I can't remember the details too well. I've always > wondered if it was true, that the police there really did use them ... or if > it was VW of America kicking off a new campaign. A friend of mine who lives in South Carolina told me once that Charleston used to use VW Rabbits for city police cars. I don't know if this was first-hand knowledge or if he saw the same ad. I think Charleston has some pretty narrow streets, so it might make some kind of sense.
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