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I have found another difference by myself, the 1.8 16v has a 12 gallon fuel tank and the 2.0 a 15 gallon one (the same size as the one in my GT-Four sop hopfully i will be able to get more than 250 miles out of a tank). Not really a huge difference I know, but less visits to the petrol station the better. BTW I found that on an old scan of a magazine on http://www.redcorrado.com

Thanks people all good info. I must admit I am heading towards the 2.0 16v now what what you are saying. newer car and more potential in the engine are the main things.

He already mentioned in another thread.. looking to get a Corrado because its similar to a MK2 Golf, but that there quite a few less C's on the road than there are Golfs. Plus he wants the 16v as its quite a bit more affordable than the VR.. and it'll save him money over the GT4 which owning a VR probably wouldn't do :) Yeah well said Jim. Apparently VR6s are about the the same MPG as my car at 22-24ish, also the insurance is a bit more group 18-20 according to Parkers compared with 17 for my car. I am heading in to a "sensible" period of my life wanting to get a house. Loads of useful stuff I didn't know already, thanks guys, keep it up.

Tell me about it, I spent all last winter with a stripped out Golf trying to find a water leak, it turned out to be a rotton windscreen frame, so I got the seal changed and sold it. I would have thought there would have been a list of things to look for in the FAQ section of this forum. Also where has the http://www.vw-corrado-club.co.uk/ website gone, I had this link to that last year now it is offline.

I am planning to get a Corrado 1.8 16v or 2.0 16v in a month or so. I am finding it hard to find info about these two cars. I think the 1.8 16v was built between 1989 and 1992 then the 2.0 took over up to the end. Do all 2.0 16v's have a catalytic converter, hence the same bhp and slower performance? Can the cat be taken off them and still pass the MOT emissions even though it is built after 1992? Are the 1.8 and 2.0 basicly the same trim level or was there a mid life facelift? With all Corrados is it just really the engine which is different, or is there different suspension, brakes, trim, etc? Is the 1.8 16v basicly the same engine as in the mk2 Golf GTI? Is it a similar real world speed, not 0-60? The reason I am wondering about a 1.8 or a 2.0 is the age and therefor the condition of the car. It there anything specific I have to look of on the bodywork side of things? Thanks in advance.

Because I want somthing relitivly cheap to run. I thought about getting another mk2 Golf, but I have done that. The Corrado looks better than them, they are a bit less common and it is basicly a mk2 golf so it will be reliable. If I got G60 or VR6 I would dirve it as hard as I could everywhere and they end up with high running costs. With the 16v I will still thrash it but it will cost much less in petrol. I could get a VR6 storm and afford to run it but, I would end up saving less for a house. So a 16v it is.

Hello, I thought this would be as good a place as any to make my first post, seeing as I own a GT-Four. I am planning to get a Corrado 1.8 or 2.0 16v in the next month or so, cause my Celica is too expensive to run (usually £4-500 a month :( ) and save for a house at the same time. The ST185RC Celica (the shape before my one) should have 220 ish BHP in Japan, but less over here on our fuel. After all the 4x4 transmission losses is will only probably be about 160 ATW, in a car weighing about 1500kgs!!!! So no wonder he seemed quite slow. But a lot of GT4 owners moddify them to about 300bhp fairly easily, then you would notice a difference. I regulary go for a drive with the Devon group of ClubGTI because I used to own a mk2 Golf GTI. I struggle to keep up with them on tight twisty roads, but on te straighter stuff my car gets closer. The 4 wheel drive gives really good grip for a car weighing so much, but get the turbo boosting and it flies. But overall it can't stay with Barrie in a modded Corrado G60 or Matts 2L 16v mk2 golf. Hopfully soon I will be the proud owner of a Corrado, which will proably be more involving to dirve than my current car, if my old mk2 golf was anything to go by.