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Last week we got the dreaded phone call from Volkswagen and it’s time for the Scirocco to go back to its rightful owner. Having spent nearly three months with the little VW, I am reluctant to let it go. But since my feeble attempts at the authoritarian “we can’t send it back yet” phone calls and even desperate pleas cut no ice, it seems we will have to see our longtermer off shortly. (continue reading…)
The Golf GTI’s well-known TSI engine with 2.0-litre displacement and 155 kW / 210 PS is now also available for the Scirocco and Eos. The greatest advantage: the engine, which replaces the previous top class engine, the 2.0 TSI (147 kW / 200 PS), reduces fuel consumption by up to nine percent. Continue reading ‘GTI engine now also available to order for Scirocco and Eos’
This years Race of Champions was spectacular! Thanks to freecaster.tv, you could watch it live from any where. If you missed it head over to Radio Le Mans to relive the action, catch the Scirocco’s and watch Mattias Ekstrom defeat Mr. Schumacher! Gallery after the jump!
Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Mattias Ekström or Giniel de Villiers – the world’s best racers started from the grid at the Race of Champions in Beijing.
For the first time, the racing version of the Volkswagen Scirocco was part of the action. 16 top-class drivers competed with identical vehicles in the annual event at Beijing’s famous Olympic Stadium, both in a national and in a single classification. On Tuesday, the “Nations Cup” went to the German team consisting of Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher. The title win of the Race of Champions was celebrated for the third time by Audi factory driver Mattias Ekström, who prevailed against his select rivals at the wheel of – among others – a Scirocco.
Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Scirocco debuts in the Race of Champions’
R-Concept – sports car project. Powerful, fast, fuel efficient and clean: The new Scirocco R – a sports car without compromises
Clear the ring: World premiere of the Scirocco R at the 24 hour race
R-values: 350 Nm, 265 PS, 250 km/h, 8.3 l/100 km, 6.5 s, Euro 5, 2.0 TSI
It is certainly the perfect venue for the world premiere of a new sports car: the Nürburgring. On May 23, at the legendary 24 hour race held there – the toughest in the world – Volkswagen will be presenting the new Scirocco R. Power: 195 kW / 265 PS. Character: genuine sports car. Performance: at its fullest. Handling: just like it should be. Fun factor: maximum. Market launch: sometime in 2009.
Continue reading ‘The Scirocco R – World Premiere at the Nurburgring’
Sports car has international debut at the Nürburgring
There could not be a better time or place for a world premiere: parallel to the start of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, Volkswagen is presenting the new Scirocco R for the first time anywhere. A sports car without compromise and a race track that demands everything of the driver will be meeting together this weekend.
Continue reading ‘The new Scirocco R – From the race track to the road’
The new performance diesel variant of the Scirocco GT equipped with a 2.0-litre TDI 170PS engine is now available to order. Combining effortless acceleration, made possible by 258 lbs ft of torque delivered from 1,750 rpm, and the ability to return 53.3 mpg on the combined cycle, the new model mixes style, economy and sharp dynamics.
Continue reading ‘Scirocco GT TDI 170ps combines performance, style and economy’
24-Hour Race on the Nürburgring 2009
At the 24-Hour Race on the Nürburgring on 23/24 May, Volkswagen will field two Scirocco cars with innovative natural gas engines. Volkswagen based this CNG (compressed natural gas) version on last years winning 2.0L pertrol engine. In the end, the Scirocco GT24 CNG creates just under 300 hp and 350 Nm of torque which continue to be transmitted to the front wheels via a six-speed DSG gearbox operated by paddle shifters in the steering wheel. Yes, all you DSG naysayers, you read that right!
The new Scirocco GT24-CNG wll makes its first appearnce in this weekends Four-Hour Race at the Ring.
Following the historic one-two victory at the Dakar Rally in January, which Volkswagen won as the first automobile manufacturer using diesel technology in the event, the Wolfsburg brand is now taking on another technical challenge – the use of EcoFuel engines in the endurance test twice around the clock on the world’s most demanding race track. The two Scirocco GT24-CNG two-litre turbo engines powered by natural gas deliver nearly 300 hp. In addition, the “factory” team will field three further Scirocco GT24 cars powered by two-litre turbo petrol engines in the classic endurance race at the “Green Hell” in the Eifel region. Last year, Volkswagen had clinched a one-two victory in the two-litre turbo class even before the Scirocco’s market launch.
Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG makes its debut on the Nordschleife’
Volkswagen has been honoured with a trio of awards for its newest models in the prestigious What Diesel Car of the Year Awards.
Chief among these awards was one for the new Golf which beat a total of 23 entrants to the title of “Best Medium Car’.
Continue reading ‘Volkswagen honoured at What Diesel Car of the Year Awards’
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