Scirocco silly season
Newswheel staff :: 15 June 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Hatchback, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Scirocco, Europe & UK
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On again, off again VW coupe
Beat us wafer thin with a steak tenderiser if we’re wrong. But the
original VW Scirocco was a rather unprepossessing little hatchback. A
Golf with a chopped roof and not much by way of dynamic addendum pretty
much sums it up. So, quite why the prospect of an all-new Scirocco has
inspired an army of Photoshop-addicted rumour mongers to crank out a
seemingly infinite catalogue of rum renderings, we know not.
Especially since it’s the Corrado, not the Scirocco, that many still
regard as one of the finest-handling front-drive cars of all time.
Whatever, the latest riff on the ongoing Scirocco saga comes courtesy
of US rag Autoweek, which weaves a tale of internal squabbles and
design disagreements at VW headquarters…
If Autoweek is to be believed, the pfennig-pinching pencil pushers eventually lost out to the car enthusiasts at VW’s Wolfsburg head office – the Scirocco is go and will be bona fide driver’s car. Other than the revelation that VW’s (rather bland) Ecoracer concept will provide styling inspiration, most of the details provided by Autoweek are as per our report back in October last year. Based on the PQ35 platform that underpins the current Golf, the new car will offer wider tracks, 2+2 seating and an aggressively low roofline. The entry-level engine option is expected to be V-Dub’s impressive Twin-charger 1.4-litre lump, with 2.0-litre FSI and narrow angle V6 also making an appearance, the latter in 3.6-litre 280bhp trim and backed by 4Motion all-wheel-drive transmission.
Autoweek reckons the Ecoracer concept will provide styling cues for the new Scirocco
Starting with Autoweek’s latest effort, here’s the Newswheel Review of the silly season of Scirocco sketches:
Linkage:
Autoweek on new Scirroco
Scirocco, Corrado or Rivo? (internal)
Posted 16 January 2007, by Juliet.K
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