Roger Chatfield 0 Posted September 9, 2015 Stealing this pic from Tempest's post I can't help but think the Corrado should have been the Mk2 Scirocco. It looks far more like a Mk1 than the mk2 ever did. Then I think the Mk2 Scirocco should have been the Mk2 Passat coupe... Did someone mess up at VW. Rog. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZpog 10 Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) It looks far more like a Mk1 than the mk2 ever did. The Mk1 Scirroco looks the better of the two IMO Edited September 9, 2015 by MZpog Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SR_Neale 10 Posted September 9, 2015 If it had of been at least it would save having to tell people it's a corrado not a scirocco lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chuggs1 10 Posted September 9, 2015 Suppose it was being sold at the same time for a while - but yes similar although more like the bigger beefier cousin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Chatfield 0 Posted September 9, 2015 The Mk1 Scirroco looks the better of the two IMO Know what you mean, I've always loved the shape of the Mk1, I had an Alfasud Sprint for a number of years, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, same person who designed the Mk1... I do think they have an uncanny resemblance to each other....lol.... Think someone got paid twice for the same design. Rog. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fendervg 30 Posted September 9, 2015 More bad marketing by VW. They sold the Corrado as the higher end option while the MkII Scirocco was still on sale. It was really kind of a side project for the designers. The special German Corrado book has lots of pics and history. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 1 Posted September 9, 2015 The Corrado was always intended to be the MK3 Scirocco however. It was just that development costs (and therefore the retail price for the car) spiralled beyond what was originally projected, and they quickly realised that they couldn't simply release it as the new version of the Scirocco with a significantly higher price than the outgoing model. So they ended up having to market it as a new model, and keep the MK2 Scirocco going a little bit longer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chuggs1 10 Posted September 9, 2015 The Corrado was always intended to be the MK3 Scirocco however. It was just that development costs (and therefore the retail price for the car) spiralled beyond what was originally projected, and they quickly realised that they couldn't simply release it as the new version of the Scirocco with a significantly higher price than the outgoing model. So they ended up having to market it as a new model, and keep the MK2 Scirocco going a little bit longer. Didn't know this - really interesting and not completely surprising Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fla 9 Posted September 9, 2015 That's quite interesting. Never really been a fan of the scirocco, though I think they got it spot on with the corrado Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fendervg 30 Posted September 9, 2015 This is the bible: http://the-corrado.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=48717&d=1313740483 or http://www.amazon.de/Das-gro%C3%9Fe-VW-Corrado-Buch-Heinz-Horrmann/dp/3958431429/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441818490&sr=8-1&keywords=das+grosse+corrado+buch It stops with the G60 and 16v models though - doesn't have a lot of info on the face lift cars or the VR6, but great on the early design and production stuff and has some brilliant archive photos. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest 0 Posted September 9, 2015 Mk1 Rocco was designed by Giorgio Giugiaro, who Wilhelm Karmann knew quite well. It was based on the Asso di Picche prototype that Giugiaro had designed for Audi. Giugiaro then in the mid 70s designed another prototype for BMW, the Asso di Quadri, which you can't help but think that it served as inspiration for VW's own in-house designers when they designed the Mk2 Rocco. VW was chosen as the preferred designer following a competition which was run by VW, into which Giugiaro did enter his design for a Mk2 Rocco, which was felt to be too similar to the design of the Mk1 Rocco. When VW had finished their design of the Mk2 they handed it over to Giugiaro to "tidy" up the design, so you can imagine his mild surprise to see what similarity it had to his Asso di Quadri design. Expecting a brandnew book on Karmann to arrive on my doorstep any time soon now, as recommended (and inspected by me whilst visiting him) by Wilhelm Schwebe himself. Tempest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fendervg 30 Posted September 10, 2015 (edited) @tempest - you met the great man himself? We are not worthy! Edited September 10, 2015 by fendervg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest 0 Posted September 10, 2015 Yup, passengered in my C to the event campsite for him to sign all sorts of things like glove box lids etc. Poor man nearly developed writer's cramp! Tempest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jayjay73 10 Posted September 10, 2015 Know what you mean, I've always loved the shape of the Mk1, I had an Alfasud Sprint for a number of years, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, same person who designed the Mk1... I do think they have an uncanny resemblance to each other....lol.... Think someone got paid twice for the same design. Rog. Rog, I do love the twin headlamps of the Mk1 Rocco and the Alfa Sprint. I only wish there was a decent,reliable, easy to fit twin headlamp conversion for the Corrado (the Nothelle conversion looks ace imo) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon green 4 Posted September 10, 2015 I had a mk2 Rocco,loved it and did many miles in it,but the build quality wasn't nowhere as good as the C ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
