toledo 0 Posted June 21, 2016 Apologies in advance if this is old news on the forum but I found it interesting ( from nov 2015 ) https://www.carthrottle.com/post/the-magnum-g60-is-a-super-rare-vw-corrado-shooting-brake-that-ll-cost-you-50k/ The Magnum G60 Is A Super-Rare VW Corrado Shooting Brake That’ll Cost You $50k The only two examples of the VW Corrado Magnum Sport Kombi ever made are up for sale, but for a hefty price The Magnum G60 Is A Super-Rare VW Corrado Shooting Brake That’ll Cost You $50k - Used Cars Is there a cooler body style than that of the shooting brake? We don’t think so, but in the last few decades the format has been criminally underused by manufacturers. An exception to that rule could have come from VW in the form of the car you see here: the Magnum Sport Kombi, but it wasn’t to be. The Magnum G60 Is A Super-Rare VW Corrado Shooting Brake That’ll Cost You $50k - Used Cars This brilliant oddity came about when the German manufacturer commissioned a firm called Marold Automobili GmbH to turn the Corrado coupe into a shooting brake, and it proceeded to create two gloriously boxy prototypes. Both were built with the supercharged ‘G60’ four-cylinder engine, giving 158bhp and a 0-60mph time of just over eight seconds. The plan was to follow these two up with a limited production run, something that never happened. The Magnum G60 Is A Super-Rare VW Corrado Shooting Brake That’ll Cost You $50k - Used Cars Happily, the pair of prototypes weren’t just stuffed into the corner of a museum, and both have just come up for sale via Long Island dealer Lux Sport. Both are wearing Borbet rims, one with five spoke examples, and the other with a more BBS-style look. The former car is showing 13,000 kilometres on the clock, and the latter just 8000. The Magnum G60 Is A Super-Rare VW Corrado Shooting Brake That’ll Cost You $50k - Used Cars Want one of these unusual pieces of motoring history? You’d better have a decent chunk of disposable income ready - both are up for $49,995 apiece. Source: Lux Sport via World Car Fans Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fendervg 33 Posted June 21, 2016 Would be nice if they had the 16v G60 in them. A real sleeper! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted June 21, 2016 Yep - was already posted fairly recently :) Discussion can be found here: http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?94643-VW-Corrado-Magnum-Sport-Kombi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
