The Car and Driver Original Road Test and Information
Volkswagen’s new Scirocco is the product of an age-old formula that produces a sporty model that shares the bones of a comparatively pedestrian model. In the ’70s and ’80s, the Golf/Rabbit platform provided the basis for the first- and second-generation Sciroccos.
A Scirocco hasn’t been sold in the U.S. since the second-gen model of 1989, and the wait for one may continue as the new third-gen car probably won’t be coming to our shores. Although the car meets U.S. regulations, VW says the European-built Scirocco wouldn’t make enough money in the land of the weak dollar to merit selling it here. And VW is probably wary of potentially cannibalizing the sales of the GTI, a car also built in Europe.
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