The Volkswagen Scirocco Story
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- Опубліковано 15 кві 2020
- A video on the history of the Volkswagen Scirocco!
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Erratum: The first bi-motor had a 1.8L engine (based on the 1.6L), not a 1.6L.
Outrageous
@florence Upton In this case the article was right, but I couldn't read.
So is it not ok to say something has "Masculine good looks" any more?
Thats a new one to me it's so difficult to keep up now.
@Big Car Not to take away your memories, but... It's pronounced *she-rocko* by the way
@@Waechter_im_All depends where you live.
It seems insane to me that the Scirocco didn't sell like crazy! Best looking VW ever.
Same thing that killed the Celica, Prelude and virtually all affordable sports cars: who the f**k wants to pay a whole lot more just to make a car look good? Could you not throw in a slightly longer drive shaft to power the rear wheels at that price point?
Jakob Holgersson
Then you would spin out in the wet like crazy.
Because they were seen as hairdressers cars, not serious sports cars.
My 2 was plain ugly
I'm wondering why they didn't try to sell it in the US market. Perhaps not as sporty as a Jetta, but it would have been a good entry level car. They could have made a stripped down ute in Mexico.
As a young man I was really into American muscle cars and didn't appreciate all cars yet. Then I saw my first Scirocco all done up in a race livery and fell instantly in love. It was the coolest shape id ever seen. That wedge look and hatchback style, the molded in spoiler oh man I had to have one. I finally got one at the age of 26. Bought from the second owner I worked with both the original owners. Both meticulous engineers that took great care of it. Neither had kids when they owned it and just drove to work and home. It had 235k miles on it but no rust and a real nice interior minus the cracked dash of course. The fuel line burst and the owner was sick of working on it so he sold it to me for just 300 bones. I put a ton of work into it and had so many adventures in it. Her names Charlie and 17 years later still got her. Best car I've ever owned and I want to be buried in that car. Just smash both of us into a cube and throw me in the ground.
Being a Volkswagen fan, I am glad that you did the history of the Scirocco. Thank you for another interesting and enjoyable video.
I'm a big VW fan too (my last car was a GTI). So you'll likely get other VW videos.
Loved the Top Gear commercials:
The new Scirocco TDI. Berlin to Warsaw in one tank.
Now, yeah. Not in the 80s.
"berlin to warsaw in one tank" uhm... are we sure this refers to a tank of fuel and not a tank with a gun?
@@ravenouself4181 Nope!
My 1st car. '79 Scirocco that I updated with an '84 GTI engine and gearbox, plus many other updates (suspension, intake, exhaust etc). Raced that in Solo II and drove it all the time for years! Was sad when it got too rusty to keep going.
I used to own a Scirocco 2 30 years ago. Thanks for your video. Brings back good memories.
I totally forgot I had a 1983 1.6 gti
scirroco in 1995 ish .. happy memories . 👍🏻☮❤
My parents had a Mk1 Scirocco from new. Dad said it was the only car he ever owned where the tyres lasted longer than the body panels.
Are you implying good tyres or bad body construction quality?
I've always liked the Scirocco. Great video, really informative as always.
Glad you enjoyed it!
A very honest preamble. You're not alone, I cringe at some of my my own early driving.
Thanks for another good video, I really enjoyed this one. 👍
Yes it's good to hear some honesty on this subject. My own early driving was nothing short of appalling now i come to think of it.
I once tried to pass a big rig at a bend on a steep climb only to realise there was another big rig hurtling down towards me! Luckily I manage to duck back. I still can't believe I made such a reckless decision. It was a second chance at life and I've been extra careful since
I love my 1988 Scirocco 16V, it was my first car and was such a blast to drive. Sadly the motor blew up a couple years ago and the car has been sitting in my garage since then. Hoping this year I can get it back on the road!
Do it!
I had a 1992 Corrado with a VR6. Awesome car. I absolutely loved it.
I'm sure it's a matter of taste, but the scirocco is gorgeous, the corrado not so much. Wish I could mix and match characteristics. I'd take te carrado motor and interior over the 16v. I'm having one restored in California now. totally stock. anyway, get another corrado while they are cheap. I sold my last one in 2008 for $4800 and paid 12k for an intact stinker and will double that and then some to bring it into good nick
@@robertmassucci1I think Corrado is amazing looking. I love my 92 GTI 16v a little more, though. If I had the $ and space, I’d get a late Rado.
I loved my 1982 Callaway Scirocco.
Chassis stiffness was insane. It would lift the inside rear tire 8" off the ground on hard sweeping turns.
had a mk1 and 3 mk2s, one of them had leather and power windows. loved every one of them. so beautiful and a little underpowered. had an 88 16v , an 88 e30 M3, a 72 alfa gtv and a 2001 audi s4 all at the same time. now I have kids and a cayman S
I test-drove a Scirocco back when they were first introduced to the U.S. I remember one specific thing: It felt "planted" on the road and that you could accelerate around corners without torque steer. If I wasn't a young dad and family man, I would have gone back into the dealership and shouted, "Take my money!"
Really needed something to watch whilst prepping tea and up this pops! Perfect :D
The most British comment ever, haha!
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I don't know what the last part means, but I like your attitude!
A lot of people had the little "Rabbit," but a fellow student in high school in the mid '80's had a Scirocco, and it was by far one of the coolest looking cars of the time IMHO.
Thanks for that. This made me a bit emotional. I have one of the last models made a 2017 2L diesel and I profoundly love it! I've driven every car out there as for years my company provided me with endless hire cars and nothing can match the Scirocco's powerful fun driving, ergonomic logical interior and sheer beauty. It's the silver lining on lockdown that I'm not putting miles on it!
The Volkswagen Scirocco was the best peformence car in the world! 👍
I Can Remember Being A 14 Year Old Boy When My Neighbor Bought A New Silver Scirocco In 1977 And It Sure Made An Impression On Me Back Then !!! The Next Year We Bought A New Rabbit Diesel With A Manual Transmission And Eventually I Learned How To Drive With It And Volkswagens Were Always Cool Cars To Me !!! Now 45 Years Later, I Bought A Used Passat TDI And I Feel Young Again !!! LOL !!I I Think Volkswagen Is One Of The Highest Quality Cars Brands In The World And Wish I Had Owned Many More Over My Lifetime …….
I owned 2 1978 models. I loved them!
Me too, had a 78 when I was in high school. It sat for a couple years before I got it. Was a nightmare on the fuel injection. After replacing pretty much the whole fuel system. It ran like a top. On the mountain roads in Colorado it was super fun to run. Wish I still had one to this day.
I remember my neighbour having a Scirocco...that design was great in the 80s and 90s!
A fine account of what was one of the best cars to come out of the 70's! The crisply folded body was a breath of fresh air that set styling trends for years.
My first car during high school. Good times.
Mine too! I had a brick red 82 with the name across the back window
I love my mk1.
It’s been my pride and joy for over 10 years.
Knock on wood it’s never been on a tow truck.
Excellent chassis on the ragged edge of barely enough.
My brother had Scirocco MK2 1984 back in 1996 (I was 6 years old). In my mind this is still best looking car ever. My brother often says that Scirocco was more or less dissaponting. Not practical (only 2 doors) and really slow, but to my eyes it's the most beautiful car.
Nothing a GTI engine couldn't fix.
"Or if you wanted an emissions cheating diesel..."
Harsh ... 🤣
BMW, Mercedes & Volvo were also part of said soot soot ...
Coincidentally they denied the union that year. Union power😢
I've had 5 of them. As well as just about every other model. Still my fav.
One of he best cars ever. I really love driving my MK2, it´s great fun :) Always makes me smile.
Loved my Mk2 ... Built solidly, as I discovered when I looked at what was left of the car that drove into me ... !
4:09 The good old times (older than me).
As a boy driving that car looked a real man back then great video
I looove my mk iii, it makes me smile every time I drive it contrary to my {family}GLC
My 87 red loaded Scirocco 16v is my favorite car ever.....I loved it. Incredible build quality!! In the real world I could leave cars that were supposed to be faster cause it was so easy to drive fast!
I wish we had more coupés like this now - practical, reliable and stylish. Great vid keep 'em coming! X
That's why we dont have coupes like this now. Not as practical as 4 doors.
Only ended production of the most recent Scirocco a couple of years ago, SUV T-Roc replaced it in the line up as Coupes don’t sell in high enough volumes these days
@@speedwell0560 yes sad but true. I don't like SUVs but the T-Roc convertible looks quite cool even though its a bit daft :-D
@@nicolasansom2681 I had one of the last scirocco’s, brilliant car. Test drove a T-Roc R which was fast but had a really cheap cabin, all scratchy plastic. Driving Golf GTi 8 now and very happy with it but doesn’t handle like the Scirocco did
I had an '85 Scirocco, awesome little car to drive!!!
Got a mk3 in late 2008, gifted it to my father 11 years later but still I occasionally drive it, BEST car I ever had. The only mainstream car you really look forward to drive everyday. I now drive a merc glc due to children and it’s meah. The sales where great at the beginning until with the facelift they stopped the small turbos and focused on 2.0 engines making it forbidden for the Mediterranean countries like Greece etc where the car was selling like crazy and surprise surprise sales tanked... today with the new 1.5 150 it would sell like crazy, hope they make one again, I would definitely buy one as second car since it is fully useable for a family of 4 with small children
I always loved the MK1 and got to drive many many mk2s when I worked for a VW dealer in the early 90s, three nights ago I watched George A Romero's original classic 'Dawn of the Dead' waiting for the part where they use a MK1 scirroco from a display to go round the shopping mall and lock all the entrance doors, dare I say it's a 'drop dead gorgeous car' - groan!!
I could watch and listen all day. Great work as always.
Had a 75 lime green that I rolled and wrote off, replaced it with a 77, I put a GTI engine in it and what a car it was. Loved that it had a single windshield wiper. Thanks for the video.
I had a 1980-S, and I really enjoyed this.
Thanks for taking the time to upload. Really enjoyed watching this episode. Forgot to mention the Mk2 Scirocco Storm edition which i brought many years ago in the ugly golden tan addition which was offered to me for less then a bag of chips.
I appreciate this video. The Scirocco is one of my favorites but I know so little about it. Wanted to buy one when they came out. Wasn't cheap in those days.
I had a 84 and truly loved it, loaded it down with Nuspeed performance parts and had a close friend who was a VW master mechanic who helped me a lot on it. Really miss that car.
I have a 1981 Mk1 Scirocco. Its my favorite car by far out of over 40 different cars that I have owned. Its an absolute blast to drive.
Here in Los Angeles, I had a 1977 Scirocco back in the early '80s, 4 cylinders with a stick, good memories.
I'm so old, I can't recall why I got rid of it... cheers!
I bought a Scirocco in 1981. I loved it, beautiful champagne with brown interior. I ruined 5th gear by not adjusting and replacing the bushings in the shift linkage. At 186,000 miles, I stopped driving it. A couple of years later, my son and I found a low mileage Audi 5 cylinder that completely wrecked in the rear. It was a super nice car after that swap. Years later, my son sold it to a guy in Atlanta that completely restored /modified it.
Brilliant video. Great insight. My dad taught me to drive in a 1983 Scirocco in 1997. Love older VWs.
I had a '76 Scirocco in the early-80s. Loved that car. It wasn't exactly quick, but so much fun to drive. I'm about 5'11" and my hair would graze the headliner. It was silver, which suited the shape beautifully. To this day I miss it dearly. I had a series of GTis afterwards, owning a '91 model for 17 years. Then I switched to the AWD Evolution platform and have lived with the Evo IX for the past 14 years. Sure, I love the car and there are no plans to let it go, but to this day I remember my Scirocco very fondly.
I had a 1986 16v. Wrecked it in New England in 1995. That car saved my life. I miss that car.
Thanks for this review! I was one of the youngest and first owners of a Scirocco in my City when the Mark 3 came out in 2008. Still remember how many heads it turned when i got it. Nothing else like it on the road at the time 😀still miss that car!! Shame they discontinued it again.
Had a neighbor growing up that owned a late Mk. 1 Scirocco. I always thought it was a good looking car even with the crash bumpers we had here, and I preferred the round lights to the square things that were on most cars here by the early 1980s. Those square things were ugly. Great topic and video!
Owned one in 1981 when I was 17. It was a rusted out POS with an engine that was burning oil like crazy. Loved that car!
I had a 1985 MK2 in metallic blue, still a very handsome car even now.
I had a '86 Scirocco, loved it.
I had a bright orange ‘76 Dasher two door that was great fun when I was in college. My buddy had a Sirocco, I loved it.
Reminds me that I miss my 1990 G60 all black VW Corrado. Really love the history -- thank you!
I found a mk1 in a scrap yard near me about 15yo when I was into VW Golfs. I removed its single wiper mech, made good money on eBay with it too! Rather wish I had removed the whole car now!
Drove a Scirocco S on a trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles and back on HWY 1 - one of the best road trips ever!
Nice video
Had a '79 5 spd. Wonderful car. Decent acceleration, cornering, braking & fuel economy (40+ MPG). A bit of a maintenance prima dona, but we can't have everything.
I had a 1975 silver first generation then in 1985 bought a new red Wolfsburg addition 1.8 liter. I loved my Wolfsburg. It was my pride and joy.
I really enjoyed your video on the old classic scirocco. I have had my scirocco GT11 for 22 years and it was the last of the production in 1992. I intend to keep I forever.. thank you again and I hope everyone enjoys all the info. You put out..
I've owned three Scirocco's. 1979,1981 and a 1982. The '79 and '81 were both the same color, kind of a metal flake red, while the '82 was black. I bought the '81 used in 1988. I loved those cars. The '82 wasn't as quick, had a bit more body roll and I do like the original body style better. I had a similar situation in the '79 when it was brand new as the one you describe in the video. I was in the mountains of Pennsylvania hauling ass down this winding road. I came flying around a corner and suddenly there was a Jeep CJ doing about 20 mph. I still remember seeing the Rolling Rock beer tire cover right in my windshield. All I could do was bang it out into the oncoming lane and hope no one was there. I blew by this guy and just kept on going. Scared the crap out of me. The way I drove those cars it's amazing I never crashed one.
I had a 1979 in the mid 80’s in high school. I wished I knew how to care for it better then. Good luck finding decent ones now.
from the time Volkswagen still made sporty cars.
I too have great memories of the Scirocco. I had a friend who drove his GTI like mad on Belgian back roads. I can vouch for the efficiency of the brakes. It was a fun driver's car.
An added fun fact: the military Iltis was powered with a Scirocco engine, and you could drive it on tarmacked roads at over 100 kmh. Well, in a straight line - it didn't corner as well as a Scirocco... But it was awesome!
My mom had the MK1 Scirocco and I was devastated when she almost replaced it with a Corrado but then bought a Honda Accord. While I was grateful to inherit the Honda later on, I always thought about how cool a Corrado would've been instead. I still chastise her about it decades later and she blames it on my father. I guess I got my love of VWs from my mother of all people!
Very interesting film, really like the Scirocco but didn’t really know much about it. Thank you for the good quality films.
You're so right, sometimes I just can't help but watch Big Car... :)
I owned a 1980 so this brought back some very pleasant memories. I would add the Corrado details, it really was the third generation
I'll probably do a Corrado video at some point.
@@BigCar2 Thanks for the reply! Given the depth of your automotive knowledge I'm interested in your perspective on where the Corrado fits in the Scirocco story. I always assumed it really was the third generation just with a name change.
@@martinstastny829 I only know this stuff when I learn it from the Interweb. I'm doing the Renault Avantime video and 2 days ago I knew nothing about it. But I'm interested in doing the Corrado at some point.
@@BigCar2 doooo eeeeet! Corrado Corrado! Especially where the name came from. I heard there is a story (of course) but I still don't know what it is.
Thanks, another great video. I lusted after a Scirocco in the seventies, it was a hopeless dream as I could barely afford a clapped out mini. Someone in my office did buy one and boy was I envious, how could they afford it, and I was skint. I suppose it pushed me to try harder and move job and eventually be able to get the cars I wanted.
Never did own one, in fact I have never driven a VW for some unknown reason.
Keep up the good work.
I almost skipped university because I wanted a Toyota MR2. Thankfully I deferred my enjoyment, but like you I never bought the car of my dreams.
VW did a great job on the revamp of the Beetle; I'd love to see them do the same for Scirocco body style offered around 1981-82.
Fond memories, my older brother bought a TS when launched, it was like the sportiest car on the road in 75 in the Netherlands.
I loved my scirocco and my brother had the diesel rabbit that got 50 miles per gallon in the late 70s, but I can't remember the last time I saw a scirocco but I know what a ghia costs now because I owned three of those as well
Very interesting video. I do have a mark 2 scirocco.
I bought a crazy cheap Scirocco from a woman who parked it under a tree since this was her own parking space at home, and never washed it. Green mold and even some grass grew out of it before i first washed it, but under the dirt was a rustfree silver paintjob. The car was in perfect shape, 90 hp 1.8, GL trim, and i loved to drive it. But as the catalyst crazyness started in Germany, taxes for non-catalyst cars like my Scirocco skyrocketed and i bought a BMW 735i with 218 HP 3,5 Liter 6 Cylinder that was cheaper, surprisingly. My good pal Scirocco was like lead , noone wanted it, and since i had no place to store it , i sold it for ONE Deutsche Mark . But since i just paid 300 a few years ago and never had to spend a dime in repairs, it was still a pretty cheap ride. And i loved it, as long as could afford it.
I always liked this particular VW.
Thanks for another great upload!! You really deserve more subscribers..your content is always top draw!!
Thank you so much 😀
Wow I so loved my scirocco's I had a mk1 gli in gold and a mk2 GTI in red with a bbs body kit that stopped the lift at speed on the front. VW's finest now have a Audi tt it kind of captures some of the spirit of the scirocco.
In the early 80s, bought a rusted out 75 scirocco for $140.00. Took it on a trip from Detroit to the upper peninsula of Michigan (800 miles RT) The front motor mount had rusted through and the engine dropped down causing the front tires to camber in at the top. I remember driving home in snow and rain with bald tires going only about 40mph or I would lose control. Got about 40 MPG out of my Webber carbed scirocco! One of the most fun cars I ever owned.
Stumbled upon this , so many great memories. I had a MK1 GLI in gold colour paint , bought it for $900 in 1988. Great car , thrashed it and it still came back for more.
Used to love the Scirocco. Never heard of the bi-motor, that's insane!
I was a Scirocco fan for many years and had all of them. From the Scirocco 1 with 1,5L to the Scirocco 2 in 1,8L 16V. Great memory of times I was much younger.
Sometimes it looks like an early BMW. Uncanny...I always noticed this car when I was a teenager; thank you for this! Interesting as always!
Bought a new one in 77 best car in the snow I’ve ever owned. Very easy to work on the mechanical fuel injection. Only thing I didn’t like was the different thickness discs to adjust the valves . Mine had a non electronic distributor with points & condenser
I remember back in my high school in the 1980s, you were the bees knees if you had a Scirocco.
I couldn't find you in that picture, everyone had hair! LOL. What a great memory picture. Same type memory for me in a 2000 CLK 320. Locked in my brain forever. Love the channel; borderline addicted. Thanks for the calm presentation.
I bought a 1978 GLS in 1991 and had it for a couple of years. Silver, with rust all along the tops of the front wings, the VW logo pinched in the Beastie Boys craze and replaced with a Lowenbrau beer mat. It was tiny. You could not have got an American in it. Rear passengers couldn't be carried further than five or six miles. It was lovely to drive though. Absolutely lovely. The steering and the gearbox and the power delivery (what there was of it) just all seemed to neatly match. I replaced it with a 1.6Mk2 - 5spd non-injected. But it drove like a boat, stodgy horrible thing, felt twice the size. Looking back I think the '78 might be my favourite car I've ever had. Well, up there with the '67 MG Midget.
Another superbly edited,well researched and concisely informative video.
Really enjoying and appreciating your channel.
I always loved the Scirocco 1
Ahhh.. the Scirocco MK1 was such a sexy car... one of my best friends bought a late 70s one in 1986, with extra wide tires and sporty aluminum rims, painted silver grey including the bumpers - it was a stunner and also great fun to drive! What a great car it was to get around when you're barely in your 20s!
Thanks for this story, Big Car!
My brother owns a 1979 Champagne Edition Mk 1, that he used as an engineering test bed. It got the GTI rims, the GLI brakes, a block from a performance shop and a head from the same place that gave it more power than the GTI engine, a five speed from a 1983 Jetta, modest aero pieces, door pockets from the 1983 Jetta as well, and a throttle body from God only knows what Audi he found in a junkyard that had a bigger diameter than any other VW Porsche Audi throttle body he'd ever found before. GTI anti sway bars front and back, and Boge shocks. It went faster than a bad rumor. I swear his wife was attracted to him partly because of the car, and after they married, he had to get rid of it, so it hides at my house.
I remember owning a 1983.5 Scirocco Wolfsburg with the 1.8l here in the states. I picked it up for $500 in very good condition. I wanted to get a Zender body kit which only was sold overseas and it cost over $3000 at the time but man nothing looked better than a Scirocco with the Zender kit. Anyhow I kept the car for about a year and never had the money to make it what I wanted so I ended up selling it. 25 years later I still think of that car.
I really enjoy watching your videos. This one on the Scirocco definitely being one of them. I'm looking forward to the one on the story of the Corrado. Cheers!
I always like your videos before I watch them 😄😁. I know the content will keep my interest, good stuff.
Me being a sport Quattro fan, i have to say that the bimotor was very cool.
"The new Volkswagen Scirocco diesel - it's explosive!" - Who remembers legendary Top Gear commercials? ;D
My first new car was a US 1976.5 Super Scirocco, a limited edition model that upgraded the 1976 emission-strangled 1.6 with Bosch CIS injection. In Spring of 1976 while delivering a friend to his repaired Audi Fox at our Austin Texas VW-Audi dealer, I happened to be gazing into a regular '76. "Interested?" he asked. "Nope," I replied, "at least until VW changes..." And I rattled off a long list of details starting with fuel injection and ending with opening vent wings. "Wait here," he replied. He returned with a fax he had just gotten that day from Wolfsburg announcing the limited edition Super Scirocco with every single change I had noted, no more & no less. "How much do I have to deposit? Will $50 do?", I asked. "Of course", he said. Over the next 3 months he would call with "no progress" updates. Then, "It's on Karmann'a assembly line". Then, "It's on the boat". Since my beloved '65 Alfa Gulia Sprint GT had been dead for almost a year and I had no other money for a new car, I thought I was SOL. Then my Alfa mechanics called to report they had fixed its broken frame as an off the books project; come pick it up. I did; I sold it in 1 day (with full disclosure) and got my Scirocco deposit money the day before the car arrived from the port. Whew!
Loved that car: raced it in Hill Climbs, drove the pants off it, used it as a delivery vehicle, and basically used it up in 10 years.
BTW, Since I was new to Austin & Texas, I got Ziebart rustproofing, which it never needed there, and didn't get air conditioning, which I did. Good thing I had those vent wings...
Great vlog as always!