Will mk2 Scirocco's be cool again?

[wbx6dan 10]

im surprised by the comments on this thread by a few of you all i can assume is that you never owned one!

After a short holiday away i was so pleased to see mine i took its photo at the airport (it was a long time ago ref the bosses hair!)

 

 

ps styled by Giugiaro!!

 

 

As for mk1s i think this one fab dug out an old mag for you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 14, 2014 by wbx6dan

[axcel01uk 0]

It was my mate's Mk1 bronze scirocco that got me into VW's in the first place it was fantastic, I loved it and still love scirocco's both the mark 1 and 2 to bits.

 

It was the early 90's I was driving a mk3 escort at the time which was the biggest pile of crap you could ever wish to drive. My mate had his 1980 mk1 scirocco. It was so reliable and pretty compared to my escort and I loved the sporty low down driving position. I wanted one so bad but just couldn't find a decent one. I then started looking at mk2 scirocco's but again had terrible problems finding a really decent one, so ended up buying a 1989 Mark 2 golf gti 8v instead. Don't regret buying the Golf though it was fantastic especially only being in my early twenties at the time.

 

No doubt that the prettier mark 1 is seeing values go steadily upward, the GLS example on 4star classics was up for sale recently if I remember at something like 18k and has sold already. http://www.4starclassics.com/VW-Scirocco-GLS-For-Sale/.

IMO I think the mark 2 whilst not as pretty as the mark 1 looks best with the black trim bodykit, makes it look more purposeful. Cant see them ever being as sort after as the mark 1 but I still think they look cool and I still regularly look at the classifieds for both.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

I struggle to like them as when i was a kid the local weirdo lady with loads of cat had one and that's all i picture when i see one. She was like that grotbags lady from kids tv.

 

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[Jim Bowen 1]

I swear its the same woman :lol:

[robrado974 1]

The more I look at the mk2 the more I want one !

[wbx6dan 10]

I took a couple of pics at pod last year and just found them and thought i would add them too mk1 s are sweet too!

 

 

 

[vw rule 19]

The MK1 is nice infact has similar lines to that of the Corrado,

mainly the way the rear windows kick up slightly and the back end.

You really can see just how close they look the MK1 Sciorroc and the Corrado,

would you have still bought the Corrado if it had been called the MK3 Scirocco ??

 

But for me it was the MK2 Scirocco that I went for,

bought my first VW back in 1998 for around £2000.00

that Scirocco had done 54,000 miles on a F plate when I bought it,

it was the 1.8 Scarla in metalic silver complete with colour coded body kit & door mirrors,

and it had the chrome effect scarla wheels.

All I did to it was lowered it a bit still on the scarla wheels,

and fitted a full Janspeed exhaust with the twin chrome tail pipes,

and a K&N air filter, it sounded amazing.

I really shouldn't have sold it but I needed some cash to purchase the Corrado at the time.

 

Sold the Scirocco in 2002 to a guy in his 60's said he used to have one from new,

back in the early 1980's and told me he had always wanted one of the later MK2 scarla's.

I really wish I'd kept it, but at least it went to a good home,

plus I had already fallen for the Corrado so had to purchase one.

 

The MK2 Scirocco's to go for were the GT2, GTS or GTX was it, and the Scarla.

 

I've seen on (Car and Classic.co.uk) a MK2 Golf G60 going for £10,000.00

and a MK2 Golf 16v going for £7000.00.

There's a MK1 Scirocco going for £17,995.00

and I've seen a MK2 Scirocco going for just under £4000.00

 

They sell Corrado's on there as well,

last year I saw on there a VR6 going for around £5000.00

but it was a low milage.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/43/scirocco/

 

 

Si

[robrado974 1]

Cant believe that a gtx sold on ebay yesterday for £1200 . It was said to be in lovely condition and had 83 k on the clock . I cant stop looking at these now !

[Tempest 0]

The MK2 Scirocco's to go for were the GT2, GTS or GTX was it, and the Scarla.

 

All depends on what engine you wanted, carb or injection. The GTX had the poky DX injected engine (the second generation GTI engine, the first was the 1.6 EG). The carbed EX was quick off the lights, faster than a DX, but then ran out of steam a little quicker than the capable DX.

 

All GT2 had the carbed EX.

 

Special editions included the Storm (had one of those :), available UK-only), the Tropic (never available in the UK), Whitecat (never available in the UK). VW launched quite a few more special editions of the Mk2 compared to the Mk1, because sales of the Mk2 early on already proved to fall way behind those of the Mk1.

 

Tempest

[vw rule 19]

Yeah Tempest that's what I had the EX engine with carb,

I had to replace the wax stat on mine as the auto choke packed up,

then about 18 months after that the old original Pierburg carb,

packed up for good so phoned VW dealer and they wanted around £650.00 to £800.00

for a new carb which is mad, it's just stupid that VW were charging that much for a new carb,

so I went for a twin choke webber carb replacement,

cost me around £250.00 to £300.00 back in the year 2000

 

I found the original pierburg carbs were ok when new,

but after 50,000 miles or more they did tend to play up,

as they had extra bits on them that you didn't really need.

But with the new webber carb fitted it felt a lot more responsive,

the only snag with the webber was you had a manual choke,

instead of the wax stat auto set up of the pierburg.

 

Yeah my old Scirocco was quicker off the mark then my current Corrado,

but after about 45 to 50 MPH the Corrado would kick it's butt.

The Scirocco had the MK2 Golf gearbox with cable clutch operation,

it had quite a close gear ratio where as on the Corrado it's got a much longer ratio,

so it's much better at high cruising speeds, where as the Scirocco was faster off the mark.

But I still miss my old MK2 Scirocco it was a nice car,

and still looks good today although the flat front end is a bit dated,

but the back end with the dark tinted lights and the big black tailgate spoiler,

that for me looked lush and the colour coded body kit.

 

You want a sports coupe to be unique and be as far away as possible from a hatch back and saloon,

shame really the mk3 Scirocco doesn't have the same kind of feeling to it,

it just seems like a Golf that's been stretched slightly to be honest.

The front of it looks ok ish but the back to me looks totally wrong.

I have sat in the R-line diesel haven't driven one though,

but it does seem alright inside it's just the exterior.

 

The old MK1 & MK2 Scirocco's are a classic style sports coupe especially the MK1,

which the Corrado well and truly lived up to.

For me the Corrado has elegant lines and looks good from every angle,

VW put so much passion into it when producing the Corrado,

something that the MK3 Scirocco is lacking big time.

It looks too much like a hatch back.

 

 

Si