Scirocco - Test Drive

[anarchycamp]

Well.....im in the UK at the moment and drove past the local dealership...

Noticed a red Scirocco sitting proudly in prime spot out the front where there was an R32 the day before..of course i had to stop and have a good look (much to my wifes disapproval). I got talking to the salesmen about random VW stuff (plenty of MkII content) and 15 minutes later i had the keys in my hand and took it for a quick blast around the block!!!!!!

I realise this thread is totally useless without pics..and i apologise for that but it was a spare of the moment thing....

There are a lot of similarities to the GTI as far as power and handling...OK i didnt push it, but the feeling I got was very familiar. Suspension felt stiffer than my GTI but could be the fact its 3+ yrs old. The thing that kept running through my head was somewhere between a TT and a GTI which seems to make sense. build quality was very good (are these german built?) and on a par or above my GTI. If i was in the market for a GTI and didnt need 5drs id seriously be having my fingers crossed we get this thing soon, id snap one up. VERY impressed!

[roccodingo]

yeah, saw the Mk 3 Scirocco at ED 38 show while in UK...

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The front looks fine to me..

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But i couldnt live with the rear end treatment, just kills it...



Went and checked out Cameron's in Perth, but missed getting a drive by about 20 minutes, car had already gone out, headed further north after that.

[OEM G60]

I don't think anyone is getting excited about these at all really are they ?

Looking at how many hits the 'New Scirocco caught on the Ring' thread has had, and how many people have posted/commented says it all really, you look at it, but it just lacks something that makes you have anything to get excited about or comment on.

As for it making the Golf GTI obsolete i think that is a load of rubbish, i'll bet more people buy the Golf as it is more practicle, same story as the Corrado, although the Corrado was a flop because it was too expensive.

I don't know, i just don't hear anyone raving about them, my mate had a sit in one in the UK and said it felt too high off the ground to be a coupe, it just has a lower roof line.

I agree the front looks OK, but i saw a new Lancer the other day and it looked like a Roco, side on it looks like an old Honda Civic and the back looks like a squished Astra.

[Treza360]

Jeremy Clarkson's review of the Scirocco, he likes it.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...cle4741256.ece

[evorobin]

He owned the original and likes everything that doesn't sell full stop. Personally the active damping option would sell it over the golf

[OEM G60]

I don't think so, people will moan that the Golf doesn't have it probably, but still go for the Golf

[Whubbsie]

I like it, I want one, I'd buy it over the golf for sure... I do think it makes the 2D Golf GTI obsolete though.

[nemo]

I've read that in the UK the 6th gen Golf will have active damping as an option so maybe the GTI will have it too.

Still - I want the Scirocco bad. I'm a mid-20s male with high disposable income and I was in the market for a coupe - what else could I chose but the 3dr GTI. Problem is it's too similar to the family man driving the 5dr.

The Civic Type R is rubbish - the Scirocco ticks all my boxes

[nemo]

Except for RWD - am I dreaming of a sub 40k RWD coupe post-2000?

[dodgey]

Initially, I couldn't see the fuss, but that was before seeing the rear of this car.

Now, I really, really, really want 1. I've heard that VGA have tentatively said they are not bringing it to Australia, lest they cannibalise the 3dr GTI market, but if they do, I'd sell my 3dr and put an order in for 1 straight away! (Exactly what they are predicting)

With a longer wheelbase, wider track and lower roof, as well as those 4 nice and retro seats, it's brilliant!

OK, the speedo and tacho does not look as good as the GTI, but the external is soooo nice, with the mean look in the front and the wide, big butt look in the rear. It's brilliant!