Tuesday 11th March 2008

Scirocco Vid On YouTube

VW unveils footage of its new Golf-based coupe

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We’ve all seen the pics of VW’s new golf-based Scirocco sitting around at the Geneva show but now we can bring you footage of hopefully what it does best – moving.

This video is strangely void of any intro, explanation or music, but at least it gives you an idea of what the car will look like on the road.

Apparently we’d better get used to the new front end treatment as this is VW’s new ‘design language’ and most cars from the German carmaker will have it in the near future.

 

 

[whaddon]

ITS A GOLF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[neh321]

I'm sure it's great to drive with that terrific 2.0 T-FSI turbo petrol engine, but is it really a coupe in the idiom of the old Sciroccos? What's the difference between a coupe and hatchback then?

Why does VW need this car in addition to the Golf GTI and the Eos? What does it do that neither of them do?

A pointless car.

Edited by neh321 on Tuesday 11th March 14:58

[twin sparky]

This isn't a coupe, coupes a sleek, long flowing lines .. this looks like the love child between a Golf and a Megane ...

[Sonic Nonsense]

So very, very disappointing to look at...

[corcoran]

more like the bastd child of a Chrysler Neon and a Peugeot 207. It's yucky.

sorry no it's more Val Satis (sp?) or Yaris at the back.

Edited by corcoran on Tuesday 11th March 12:45

[AL600-or-so]

What a boring video, and a boring-looking car. Definitely not the new Scirocco.

[Mr Whippy]

Tall.

Not a Coupe.

Scirocco my arse.

Dave

[bimsb6]

Mr Whippy said:

Tall.

Not a Coupe.

Scirocco my arse.

Dave

+1

[DPX]

When you are flying around dont you wish you had a spare hellfire .
That was ugly 207 / micra

[DaveR]

The more I see a Megane Sport (a few times on the way to Courchevel recently) the more I think that if I was in the market for a 2-door hatch (let's officially invent that new non-coupe class now) then that's what would appeal. I can't put my finger on definitively why. Just looks like fun I suppose.

[ThunderSpook]

Looks even more dull in motion than it does at rest. Congratulations Volkswagen, you've achieved the impossible!

[B10]

What happened to the lovely details of the concept car. In particular the front end. Shame because it could have looked wonderful.

[joz8968]

I don't wish to be a frightful bore, but for all those who think it's a bit 'tall', I'm pretty sure the video is 16:9 anamorphic footage 'squeezed' into a 4:3 fullscreen frame, thus squishing it horizontally, making objects look unnaturally tall/thin. The dead giveaway is the near side-on shot at around the 2min mark - the wheels are upright 'ovals'. Also the licence plate characters are stretched and too tall.

Regardless, the bloody thing leaves me cold .

Edited by joz8968 on Tuesday 11th March 13:39

[GAFF1974]

Another dull, boring VW!

[RushV8]

They've even nicked the GM Astra panaramic windscreen / glass roof idea (but the Astra 3 door SRi / VRX looks better). Not a patch on a Scirroco or Corado ..... as everyone else is saying , just another boring VW.

[qube_TA]

That a new Micra?

[bjc388]

Mr Whippy said:

Tall.

Not a Coupe.

Scirocco my arse.

Dave

+ 2

What have VW done? I've previously owned a Scirocco mk2 and still have my Corrado - oh dear oh dear!

[Soton Pug]

Is it just me or do the promo shots from the front make it look like a hungover new Mitsi Lancer?

[fluffyducky]

Yes the apect ratio has buggered the shape up but that's not what the eroc looked like I'm sure. Its a 2 door Golf FFS!

[jamiesim]

its a toyota yaris on steriods!!!

would have a golf GTI every day of the week!

poor move VW