Re: an intersting statement in the ClubH2O newsletter

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

>Timothy A Reed wrote:
>
> > The 924 was originally a VW project.  VW evidently wanted to keep the
> > costs down, so they instead used the same platform as the Rabbit for
> > their "sports car", thus creating the Scirocco.  The more expensive
> > vehicle was picked up by Porsche.
>
>So, if this is true, then how is it that the Scirocco was debuted *before*
>the Rabbit. The Rocc hit the streets in 1974 whereas the Rabbit was born in
>1975. For that matter, when was the 924 launched?
>--
>Scott F. Williams

Yep, Scott is correct.  In fact, the 74 Scirocco was the first mass
produced water cooled VW as far as I know.  It followed on the waning
Karmann Ghia, as a sorta replacement as the VW / Karmann project car.

==Brett

 \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '92 Passat 16v (Winter+) | - brett@netacc.net

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