Comments on: 2008 VW Scirocco: More hatch, less coupe?

By: Tim Wiley

Tim Wiley — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:16:38 +0000

VW is really coming on these days. I like a car mfg that doesn’t abandon its roots. I would love to find a cherry 86-87 16 valver. Also VW needs more dealers and a tad bit better pricing. Mazda and Toyota are definately not sitting still….. That 07 six cylinder Camry XLE with the 6 speed automatic in my opinion is a pretty serious ride for 27K. Also VW needs to tool up faster and quit treating the USA like we really don’t matter. Look how long we had to wait for the new GTI. Now the Scirocco will take forever and probably come in with a somewhat anemic mill…. lets hope not.

By: IllIllIll

IllIllIll — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:14:37 +0000

Has VW ever built a front engine rear wheel drive car? Haven’t they all been Front engine front wheel drive? Except the old bugs & stuff. Don’t expect the new scirocco to be RWD. It would be nice though.

By: .:: tosta mista ::.

.:: tosta mista ::. — Wed, 10 May 2006 21:43:15 +0000

The VW Scrirocco will be built in Portugal, alongside the Eos, and exported to all world markets.

The factory, called Autoeuropa, also builds the VW Sharan, Seat Alhambra and Ford Galaxy. However, the latter is no longer produced because Ford broke up the VW-Ford contract to build these people-carriers side by side to save costs.

By: Volksbloggin.com » Blog Archive » Return of the Scirocco in 2008? Mmmmmmaybe : Reviews, opinions and rants on all things Volkswagen

Wed, 10 May 2006 13:18:48 +0000

[...] * From LeftLaneNews.com: We haven’t heard too much about the 2008 Volkswagen Scirocco lately, but Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport has just published a new artist’s rendering of the yet-to-be-announced car. While AutoCar, AutoBild and others have forecasted a Scirocco with a low, sloping roof and coupe-like profile, AMS is calling for something quite different. The image shows a vehicle with a hatch-like shape, similar to the original Scirocco and Corrado models. We’re not sure who to believe, but time will tell. So far, VW has only committed to a “2+2 sport coupe that hearkens to the heyday of the Scirocco.” [...]

By: Thing2

Thing2 — Tue, 09 May 2006 22:14:41 +0000

usually not a fan of hatchbacks, but i actually like this one a lot…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 May 2006 21:47:26 +0000

yeah best case scenario 60:40 awd like autox said

By: AutoX-R32

AutoX-R32 — Tue, 09 May 2006 21:16:29 +0000

LOL..keep dreaming. Most likely FWD or – best case scenario – front-biased AWD.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 09 May 2006 20:27:20 +0000

RWD, 2800lbs, 220-250 horsepower, FM engine placement, please VW. Thanks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:41:10 +0000

whatever audi is gonna come out with theres gonna be a volkwagon version of it. well most of audi’s cars at least

By: Don

Don — Tue, 09 May 2006 17:58:58 +0000

It looks an awful lot like the Audi A1 image that Automobile Magazine has in the June issue. Kinda makes sense (VW Scirocco = Audi A1) given the Golf/GTI/A3 relationship.

By: jonas

jonas — Tue, 09 May 2006 17:55:53 +0000

it does look good, but I think a coupe would definately bring more diversity to their line up… They should keep this one RWD or AWD…

By: gsh

gsh — Tue, 09 May 2006 16:52:36 +0000

its like a cross between a 3 series and the mazda 3, looks better than both

By: sherif

sherif — Tue, 09 May 2006 16:28:06 +0000

I would love to see the coupe that picture looks kind of like a mazda3.

By: ToMoCo

ToMoCo — Tue, 09 May 2006 15:29:54 +0000

They already have the Golf/Rabbit and Polo…They should stick to the coupe.