Comments on: New Volkswagen Scirocco Revealed

By: Howler

Howler — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:53:10 +0000

Curse you VW! This car is road kill. A flattened Rabbit!

By: Strippo

Strippo — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:22:57 +0000

The difference is the C30 is perceived as a unique offering in the Volvo lineup. There are only so many ways that VW/Audi can repackage the Golf before people start to become disinterested in each new variant.

By: AKM

AKM — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:02:27 +0000

Definitely looks like a rip-off of the C30. Given that VW competes with Volvo in prices and luxury aspiration, it makes sense. I’d like to see it in person, but it doesn’t rock my world.

By: shaker

shaker — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:01:54 +0000

Depends on how much they want for it. If they want $30k, they ain’t gonna get it, ’cause it looks like a Golf… with a sleeker nose.

By: driving course

driving course — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:42:01 +0000

I guess VW are worried that if they make it too sleek it’ll compete with the TT.
Very disappointing, the original Scirocco Storm was a fantastic car that delivered great performance, good value and driving fun well into old age – I drove one that had around 200,000 miles on the clock.
I’d be very surprised if this one is as much fun.

By: Kman

Kman — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:32:02 +0000

This reminds me.

I saw a good-condition Corrado on the street awhile back, and had to observe how current the car still looks. Very nice design that was.

As for this Scirocco: it looks quite nice, but not as a Scirocco! What a letdown.

By: unleashed

unleashed — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:05:53 +0000

A great looking one!

By: Andrei Avarvarii

Andrei Avarvarii — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:41:25 +0000

If I was 10 years younger (and still in 1998)I might have been touched by this design.

By: thetopdog

thetopdog — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:14:31 +0000

It’s not like the old Sirocco looked vastly different from the Golf of that time period

By: Johnster

Johnster — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:07:09 +0000

Justin Berkowitz: At least it’s not a Trailblazer with the key between the seats…

Bwah ha ha ha!

VW could at least give us a little bit more of a fastback look like the original 1st gen Giugiaro-styled Scirocco, or the like the Corrado.

By: lerxst

lerxst — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:50:00 +0000

NOT an improvement over the Corrado.

By: jerseydevil

jerseydevil — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:00:22 +0000

looks good to me – looks volvo c 30ish.

By: Strippo

Strippo — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:14:01 +0000

It would definitely look good parked next to a WRX. So there’s that.

By: Mike Solowiow

Mike Solowiow — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:55:09 +0000

Wasn’t the first Scirocco a Rabbit with a sleeker nose?

VW design has started to wander through the proverbial Black Forest of misguidance.

By: Jerome10

Jerome10 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:03:00 +0000

Peugeot

By: Blunozer

Blunozer — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:07:56 +0000

Hey, I think its the best looking VW since… The last Scirroco!

Damning with faint praise I know… But a R32 version with AWD might be a hoot.

By: Redbarchetta

Redbarchetta — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:40:30 +0000

Don’t the French already make a car that looks like this one? Not sure which brand but I know it loks like one of them. I’m all for them fixing the stupid VW front they have now, kick the cross-eyed designers out of the studio.

By: mastermik

mastermik — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:39:11 +0000

oh god… this is gonna look horrible once the tuning kids get their hands on it.

By: starlightmica (Richard Chen)

starlightmica (Richard Chen) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:33:34 +0000

Yawn.

By: NICKNICK

NICKNICK — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:33:27 +0000

“without a horizontal-slatted grill and the big VW logo, it doesn’t even resemble the rest of the VW lineup”

you say that like it’s a bad thing…

By: Samir Syed

Samir Syed — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:14:36 +0000

This is totally underwhelming.

The FWD was expected.

But I saw so many cool concept shots for this car! They must have gotten Toyota to add some last minute blandness.

By: Jordan Tenenbaum

Jordan Tenenbaum — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:11:48 +0000

Quite possibly the best example of bollocks I’ve seen yet.

By: Justin Berkowitz

Justin Berkowitz — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:04:33 +0000

@guyincognito:

Now the bad news. I’m pretty sure it’s FWD.

By: Bancho

Bancho — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:04:12 +0000

@guyincognito

Where did you get the info that it’s RWD and lighter? It’s not in the linked article.

By: serpico

serpico — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:55:18 +0000

Why didn’t VW just use this model as the new Golf/Rabbit instead?