Full details of the new Volkswagen Scirocco has officially been unveiled, and Volkswagen says the Scirocco is positioned as an affordable sports car, perhaps the German version of what the Mazda MX5 is.
Three petrol engines and one diesel engine are available. Petrol engines include a 122 horsepower 1.4 litre TSI with 200Nm of torque, a 160 horsepower 1.4 litre TSI with 240Nm of torque, and the venerable 200 horsepower 2.0 litre TFSI engine with 280Nm of torque. The 1.4 litre engines are available with the new dry clutch 7-speed DSG, while the 2.0 litre TFSI and the 140 horsepower TDI turbodiesel with 320Nm of torque is available with the wet clutch 6-speed DSG, the gearbox that changed the landscape of shift performance. All of the manual transmissions are 6-speeders.
The Volkswagen Scirocco is 4,256mm long, 1,810mm wide and 1,400mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2,578mm. For comparison sake, the Golf GTI is 4,216mm long, 1,785mm wide and 1,466mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2,578mm. The two cars have an identical wheelbase, which means the rear passengers of the Scirocco will most likely enjoy the Golf’s generous rear knee room, but the Scirocco is longer, wider and shorter than the Golf GTI, lending it a much sleeker profile.
The sleek side profile sports a hidden B-pillar, and the front end shows a new Volkswagen front fascia, which might be a preview of the 6th generation Volkswagen Golf’s front end. The Scirocco is a 4-seater with front and rear bucket seats, and it has a 292 litre boot, extendable into the cabin area for a total of 755 litres via the foldable 50:50 split rear bench.
For more photos of the Scirocco, look at the previous post linked below.
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Where will this car be placed? Slightly below the golf as it has 4 seats?
Poor man’s sports car. Will that be a quarter million bucks here in Malaysia? That is if it even makes it here…
The shape looks almost like a stretched Fiat Punto Abarth. I still like the last Scirocco… and it sounded great in the VR6 guise. Have not seen one on the road for years now.
@mystvearn, Scirocco is a performance coupe and sits above the Golf.
Very nice…….I hope they are sold in U.S.
i like the iroc concept design better ;? but its a good try to make yer own bodykit..mwaahahaha!! lol
1st impression, the design might be hard to swallow, and I kinda felt dat the concept is much better too…but honestly looking at d real car closely …you guys might think twice..its beautiful and quite radically advance looking, love it!…
Paul, why izit comparable to MX5…izit RWD