2008 Volkswagen Scirocco

Designed by Giugiaro, built by Karmann, and sold in the States between
1975 and 1981, the first Scirocco was an instant showroom success.
http://automobnews.blogspot.com/2007...-scirocco.html

On May 18, 7:49 am, " > wrote:
> Designed by Giugiaro, built by Karmann, and sold in the States between
> 1975 and 1981, the first Scirocco was an instant showroom success.http://automobnews.blogspot.com/2007...-scirocco.html

I miss my 'roccet. Best car I ever had and I sold it to some guy for
$600. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Was 90% of the fun of my 944 with 10%
of the headaches.

I wonder, will the new one be as light and good-handling as the
original? If it is, I'm in trouble.

nate

N8N > wrote:
> On May 18, 7:49 am, " > wrote:
> > Designed by Giugiaro, built by Karmann, and sold in the States between
> > 1975 and 1981, the first Scirocco was an instant showroom success.

http://automobnews.blogspot.com/2007...-scirocco.html

> I miss my 'roccet. Best car I ever had and I sold it to some guy for
> $600. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Was 90% of the fun of my 944 with 10%
> of the headaches.

> I wonder, will the new one be as light

No. Safety weights, and I suppose a 5-star NCAP rating is a target for
this car. I am guessing its weight should be approximately the same as
the Golf with the same engine (1300-1400 kg).

> and good-handling as the original?

It should be as good as the Golf GTI, which has been praised by the
journalists.

> If it is, I'm in trouble.

But that is a good kind of trouble.

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N8N skrev:
> On May 18, 7:49 am, " > wrote:
>> Designed by Giugiaro, built by Karmann, and sold in the States between
>> 1975 and 1981, the first Scirocco was an instant showroom success.http://automobnews.blogspot.com/2007...-scirocco.html
>
> I miss my 'roccet. Best car I ever had and I sold it to some guy for
> $600. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Was 90% of the fun of my 944 with 10%
> of the headaches.
>
> I wonder, will the new one be as light and good-handling as the
> original? If it is, I'm in trouble.

I read somewhere that the Scirocco won't be coming to the US. Supposedly
there's no space for it in VW's lineup. Looks nice though, for a Golf...

>
> nate
>
Ulf

On May 18, 2:30 pm, " > wrote:
> N8N skrev:
>
> > On May 18, 7:49 am, " > wrote:
> >> Designed by Giugiaro, built by Karmann, and sold in the States between
> >> 1975 and 1981, the first Scirocco was an instant showroom success.http://automobnews.blogspot.com/2007...-scirocco.html
>
> > I miss my 'roccet. Best car I ever had and I sold it to some guy for
> > $600. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Was 90% of the fun of my 944 with 10%
> > of the headaches.
>
> > I wonder, will the new one be as light and good-handling as the
> > original? If it is, I'm in trouble.
>
> I read somewhere that the Scirocco won't be coming to the US. Supposedly
> there's no space for it in VW's lineup. Looks nice though, for a Golf...
>

WHAT??? Has VW reached the point of complete rectal/cranial
inversion? First they decline to offer us the Polo GTI and now no
roccet? SUCK!!!

nate

(guess that means I really have to put the Corrado back together)

N8N wrote:
> On May 18, 2:30 pm, " > wrote:
>> N8N skrev:
>>
>>> On May 18, 7:49 am, " > wrote:
>>>> Designed by Giugiaro, built by Karmann, and sold in the States between
>>>> 1975 and 1981, the first Scirocco was an instant showroom success.http://automobnews.blogspot.com/2007...-scirocco.html
>>> I miss my 'roccet. Best car I ever had and I sold it to some guy for
>>> $600. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Was 90% of the fun of my 944 with 10%
>>> of the headaches.
>>> I wonder, will the new one be as light and good-handling as the
>>> original? If it is, I'm in trouble.
>> I read somewhere that the Scirocco won't be coming to the US. Supposedly
>> there's no space for it in VW's lineup. Looks nice though, for a Golf...
>>
>
> WHAT??? Has VW reached the point of complete rectal/cranial
> inversion? First they decline to offer us the Polo GTI and now no
> roccet? SUCK!!!

Apparently it's not set in stone:

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/02/g...-be-u-s-bound/

>
> nate
>
> (guess that means I really have to put the Corrado back together)

Umm, how can you prefer a FWD to a RWD?

>
Ulf

On May 18, 3:01 pm, " > wrote:
> N8N wrote:
> > On May 18, 2:30 pm, " > wrote:
> >> N8N skrev:
>
> >>> On May 18, 7:49 am, " > wrote:
> >>>> Designed by Giugiaro, built by Karmann, and sold in the States between
> >>>> 1975 and 1981, the first Scirocco was an instant showroom success.http://automobnews.blogspot.com/2007...-scirocco.html
> >>> I miss my 'roccet. Best car I ever had and I sold it to some guy for
> >>> $600. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Was 90% of the fun of my 944 with 10%
> >>> of the headaches.
> >>> I wonder, will the new one be as light and good-handling as the
> >>> original? If it is, I'm in trouble.
> >> I read somewhere that the Scirocco won't be coming to the US. Supposedly
> >> there's no space for it in VW's lineup. Looks nice though, for a Golf...
>
> > WHAT??? Has VW reached the point of complete rectal/cranial
> > inversion? First they decline to offer us the Polo GTI and now no
> > roccet? SUCK!!!
>
> Apparently it's not set in stone:
>
> http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/02/g...ht-vw-exec-say...
>
>
>
> > nate
>
> > (guess that means I really have to put the Corrado back together)
>
> Umm, how can you prefer a FWD to a RWD?

Cast aluminum control arms with integral, non-replaceable ball joints
for about $600 apiece will do that to you. Don't get me wrong I still
love my 944. But right now that's the only running car in the
driveway...

nate