New Scirocco

pburns

They're resurrecting the old name. (For my generation the Corrado was just as evocative - reputation as one of the best FWD handlers of all time).

Anyhows what do ye people think? I 'want' to like it but to my eyes it looks like it's not long enough or something...

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/202313/reborn_scirocco_is_go.html

unkel

Nice. Pity it won't arrive until 2008. It might not look as fresh anymore then...

Fey!

Why can't they let the greats rest in piece?

SouperComputer

Fey! wrote:

Why can't they let the greats rest in piece?

Seconded. Although the GT40 was a great job!

Fey!

Good point, SC. But more often than not they are, IMO, disasters.

Look at the new beetle and the BMW Mini....

crosstownk

I want to like it too - but to me it looks more like a Passat Coupe. Which is all it is really. It doesn't have the 'flair' of the old Sirocco.

I'll reserve my final judgement until I see it in the flesh.

maidhc

unkel wrote:

Nice. Pity it won't arrive until 2008. It might not look as fresh anymore then...

2 years to weld a roof onto the Eos?

...and call it a Sirocco to help it sell?

Mike2006

They are bringing out a Passat coupe too in 2008.

It will be a 4-door though. Something of a similar shape/layout of the Mercedes CLS CLass.

That could look good..

Stephen

I kinda like it. Its the same approach they took with the Corrado really, it resembles the Jettas/Passats of its day in much the same way that this new Scirroco resembles its siblings.

KTRIC

it looks nothing like its namesake at all.

Seanie M

It looks more like a sporty Passat/Bora then a revamped Scirocco.

Lex Luthor

I hate it and I can't see too many selling when they have the Golf GTi

mike65

It looks like a reborn Corrado with that high back end. Anyway its good news for those who still have a good example the proper Scirocco as interest will be tweaked by the new model.

Mike.

crosstownk

Mike2006 wrote:

They are bringing out a Passat coupe too in 2008.

It will be a 4-door though. Something of a similar shape/layout of the Mercedes CLS CLass.

That could look good..

Any pics of this "coupe"? Sounds kinda interesting.

Stephen

in case the image is hotlink protected or something: http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/67736.jpg


http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/67737.jpg

Lex Luthor

Stephen wrote:

in case the image is hotlink protected or something: http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/67736.jpg


http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/67737.jpg

That looks ok, but I think a 4dr coupe from VW is pointless. People will buy the 3 series coupe before this one

IrishRover

crosstownk wrote:

I want to like it too - but to me it looks more like a Passat Coupe. Which is all it is really. It doesn't have the 'flair' of the old Sirocco.

Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. This ain't no Scirocco! :mad:

maidhc wrote:

2 years to weld a roof onto the Eos?

...and call it a Sirocco to help it sell?

PMSL, exactly!