RE: Shed Of The Week: VW Corrado VR6

[Hugo a Gogo]

Project of the Week maybe.
If you are having to invest time and money solving problems, it's not fitting proper Shed criteria

[Chimune]

I ran one for 9 years - longest I have ever kept a car for. I kept it for so long because it was utterly fab. If I could afford a good one now to run as a weekend car, I would.
Sold it to a chap from Sunderland 7/8 years ago. reg was N290 FSC if anyone knows its whereabouts.

[krisdelta]

Strawman said:

Bargain, shame it only has a couple of weeks MOT.

Potential alarm bells.. ?

[Hammer67]

Juicetin1 said:

Fabulous cars. Shame the steering wheel is so knackered, how much do re-trims cost?
and what does "alloy wheels require full refurbishment as are losing air" mean ?

Corrosion where the tyre bead meets the wheels resulting in a poor seal. Can sometimes be cured by removing the tyre, wire brushing the area and applying gloop called bead seal before remounting the tyre. Full wheel refurb is the permanent fix.

HTH.

[GranCab]

If I remember correctly it was headlined on the front of Autocar (or possibly Motor) as "The VW that will make Porsche bleed" as it was seen as a rival to the 924/944.

[AC43]

A mate of mine bought one in 94 when I got a 200SX. It was a sort of arms race. Living in London he'd actually got rid of his previous car all together but we'd grown up with cars and he just couldn't let me get away with being the only one to have a 200+ bhp coupe.

He eventually sold it to a mate who lives round the corner who still has it.

It was/is a lovely thing. For outright handling my mate preferred his previous 2.0 16V but for everything else the VR6 was a peach.

It did the obligatory blast to the South of France and I once went in a very *ahem* memorable convoy with it from London to Edinburgh.

Fablous sheddage

[green-blood]

Shed gold, absolute GOLD, well done that has set a high standard for the year

[Quhet]

Fantastic! Brilliant shed

[billzeebub]

that is ridiculously cheap. Most for sale at this level will be little more than runners with much expense needed. Within the Club/Forum community most decent cars start at around £3500with minters in original fettle being upwards of £5000. I sold a 2 owner 1995 60k miler with beige leather in original condition last year for £6500. I do regret selling that car as it had 20 VAG service stamps and was a rare colour combo (Aqua blue / Beige Leather). These are stonking, rare, characterful cars though with so much ability and practicality. Fitted with a decent stainless exhaust and a BMC Carbon induction kit they sound incredible, not too bad stock either. Currently on my 8th Corrado. Couldn't imagine not owning one again

Edited by billzeebub on Friday 9th January 09:54

[Chicane-UK]

danp said:

Bodywork different from other Corrado's, are you sure?

And not sure a G60 is worth any more than the VR6, on a like for like comparison, certainly not x10!

A great shed, enjoyed my 16v, but always fancied the 6 pot.

Bodywork went through a subtle facelift in '92 - slightly flared wings, a bonnet bulge, and modified bumpers but all Corrado's got it - so the 2.0 16v, the 2.0 8v and the VR6. The interior got some changes too - modifications to heater controls and other switch gear.

And indeed - G60's are commanding such strong values. There are a couple of laughably overpriced examples out there which are traders who hoovered them up at a bargain price and then doubled the prices.

[PistonBroker]

I guess it's a sign of Shed success if you click the link to the ad, hoping beyond hope that it's local, and you're then really disappointed that it's hundreds of miles away on the other side of the country!

I didn't realise they could still be picked up this cheap. I honestly think I would've gone straight round to see it if it had been local. Damn the consequences when SWMBO gets back from work!

Cambs a little too far though!

Only had a short tenure in a clapped-out Golf VR6 but it was good fun whilst I had it. Always wanted a Corrado VR6 Storm but I'd settle for this.

[lufbramatt]

danp said:

Bodywork different from other Corrado's, are you sure?

And not sure a G60 is worth any more than the VR6, on a like for like comparison, certainly not x10!

A great shed, enjoyed my 16v, but always fancied the 6 pot.

IIRC on the early cars the middle bit of the bonnet dipped down, but the VR6 and late 2.0 cars the bonnet rised up in the middle, think there are differences in the headlights and grill too. Not much though.

Not a huge fan of the VR6, sounds great but not especially powerful and poor economy considering the power output. Plus the flawed intake manifold design with unequal length runners to the front and back cylinders which can give bore wash issues due to some cylinders running rich all the time. Apparently VW had intended the VR6 to have a variable length intake manifold system like the later VR5 engines but it was too expensive to implement at the time.

[marmite monster]

danp said:

Bodywork different from other Corrado's, are you sure?

And not sure a G60 is worth any more than the VR6, on a like for like comparison, certainly not x10!

A great shed, enjoyed my 16v, but always fancied the 6 pot.

yes all early corrados had narrow front wings and a flat bonnet . vr6 corrados had wider front wings and a more humped bonnet to make room for the engine .
on the run out cars they put the wider wings and bonnet on all models

[Leins]

Wouldn't ten times the price get you into a mk2 Golf G60?

Always liked the Corrado, but it got battered in the sales stakes by the Calibra as far as I remember

[J4CKO]

Cant argue with that for a grand, however, do make sure in your enthusiasm that it isnt rusty, Corrados can look fine but be pretty rusty in some strange places.

[rallycross]

I will be buying this one if no one beets me to it.

These early model VR6 always felt a bit crisper than the late ones so this would be well worth tidying up, put some new standard height shocks and refresh the bushes and you have a great handling car for the price of a service on an M3.

[Frimley111R]

Its nice on the surface but its an old car that will have had a very hard life. Be careful of getting too misty-eyed over it. Memories are often seen through rose tinted glasses. By todays standards its not quick, the brakes will be poor and tin worm will be taking a hold.

[V8 FOU]

Am I alone in thinking these are fugly crap cars? Most unimpressed when I drove one. Poor shed IMO

[fastgerman]

Great find and I can't understand why prices haven't shot up like the MK1 and 2 GTI's. I'd much rather a CVR6.
If anyone has a low mileage midnight blue Storm, let me know if it's for sale :-)

Here's my old car:



http://www.fastgerman.com/corrado-vr6.htm

Edited by fastgerman on Friday 9th January 10:28

[Dale487]

Great shed - the best in a long time

So glad its in Cambridge - very very tempting