Scirocco

Volkswagen looks to launch a sleek electric sports car based on the iconic Scirocco scirocco. Volkswagen claims thanks to FWD, the Scirocco blazer a path for an affordable, fuel-efficient sports car.

This model with its large tailgate, which was produced by Karmann from , featured the transverse engines and front-wheel drive system of the Golf. The equally powerful GLi was a luxurious rather than a sporty version. Up to , more than , units of the Scirocco I were sold throughout the world. The Scirocco II was launched in with an elongated wedge-shaped body, softer lines and a rear spoiler installed above the rear window. The most powerful model in the series was the Scirocco GTX 1. In terms of appearance, it also competed with the Golf GTI of the time, with its black wheel arch extensions, spoilers and side sills.

Scirocco

The Volkswagen Scirocco is a three-door, front-engine, front-wheel-drive , sport compact hatchback manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen in two generations from to and a third generation from until Production ended without a successor. The Scirocco derives its name from the Mediterranean wind. Volkswagen began work on the car during the early s as the replacement for the aging Karmann Ghia coupe, and designated it the Typ 53 internally. Although the platform of the Golf was used to underpin the new Scirocco, almost every part of the car was re-engineered in favour of a new styling penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro which was sleeker and sportier than that of the Golf. The Scirocco debuted at the Geneva Motor Show. Launched six months before the Golf, in order to resolve any teething troubles before production of the high volume hatchback started, [5] the Scirocco went on sale in Europe in and in North America in Type 1 models featured a range of four-cylinder engines with displacements from 1. The design of the vehicle combined with the lack of D. Many European owners of Scirocco with smaller engines replaced the two rectangular headlights with four round headlights as to eliminate the differentiation between smaller and less powerful engines and larger and more powerful ones. However, the European "TS" version, for which maximum power was listed as 85 PS 84 hp; 63 kW , was easily distinguishable from the less powerful "L" and "S" 50 and 70 PS versions which came with just two rectangular headlights.

Leather interior, power windows and mirrors, air conditioning, scirocco, and a manual sunroof were options for all years.

The three-door Scirocco is envisaged to sit above the second-generation ID 3 hatchback, which is set to adopt the Golf name and be sold alongside a restyled ninth-generation version of its combustion-engined hatchback sibling when it appears in Details of the new electric sports car platform have yet to be made official, but Autocar understands that it has been conceived to support a number of differing wheelbase lengths and track widths, as well as both single-motor, rear-wheel drive and dual-motor, four-wheel-drive layouts. As with the J1 platform used by the Porsche Taycan and its Audi E-tron GT sibling, the new platform has been developed to provide low door sills and floor height — elements crucial to a sporting silhouette. This is claimed to be achieved by packaging the battery within the centre tunnel and behind the cabin, mirroring the mid-engined layout of all previous Boxsters. Labelled E-Core by Porsche , it was previewed by the track-focused, bhp Mission R concept car of

Various names for this wind in other languages include:. Siroccos arise from warm, dry, tropical air masses that are pulled northward by low-pressure cells moving eastward across the Mediterranean Sea , with the wind originating in the Arabian or Sahara deserts. The sirocco causes dusty dry conditions along the northern coast of Africa , storms in the Mediterranean Sea, and warm wet weather in Southern Europe. Sirocco doesn't affect other parts of Europe. The sirocco's duration may be as short as half a day or may last several days.

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It went on sale in summer in Europe, with sales in other countries beginning early View all cars. Used Car Check Opens an external link. Karmann Ghia. This is claimed to be achieved by packaging the battery within the centre tunnel and behind the cabin, mirroring the mid-engined layout of all previous Boxsters. Luxury car. Would you buy a sporty electric Volkswagen Scirocco? The Scirocco also had its fair share of competitive racing, winning the Scandanavian Touring Car Championship. Type 3. Porsche Cayenne 8.

Volkswagen looks to launch a sleek electric sports car based on the iconic Scirocco coupe. Volkswagen claims thanks to FWD, the Scirocco blazer a path for an affordable, fuel-efficient sports car. The top GTI trim, introduced in , featured hp 81 kW and a larger front spoiler.

Over , models were sold globally up until Iconic Models. The most powerful model in the series was the Scirocco GTX 1. On cars produced after the summer break in August for the model year , the conventional two wiper system changed to a single wiper which parks on the passenger side of the windscreen, while the driver also benefited from improved, lighter, steering linkage. Additional equipment and accessories additional components, tyre formats, etc. Walter de Silva Marc Lichte. Leasing Move Electric. Read Edit View history. The most powerful GTI ever made. Launched six months before the Golf, in order to resolve any teething troubles before production of the high volume hatchback started, [5] the Scirocco went on sale in Europe in and in North America in Iconic Golf GTI. Archived from the original on Leather interior, power windows and mirrors, air conditioning, and a manual sunroof were options for all years.