VW's next Scirocco?

[calimus at techography.net (Calimus)]

The car is pretty much as described on it won't be front engine + RWD
it's mid-ship engine +RWD  as for pics, my wife found some a few weeks
ago on-line, I'll see if she can find them agian tonight (she prollie
has it book marked knowing her) and I'll post some links.

William

Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> Tell me more, tell me more!  did he have a big car?  Oops, sorry, Grease getting in the way.  Um... where are pics???
> 
> Mike
> 
> "Tyler P." <ty@festf.org> wrote:
> Ok, I'm going to have to scan the article and bring it in but one my car
> mags (either car and driver or motortrend) have a short blurb about cars
> coming out in the next few years. One picture they show is of a new two
> seater vw coupe. It looks something like an audi tt with a little
> Porsche thrown in.
> 
> Here's what makes me wonder if its their next scirocco... First it is
> said to have a curb weight of 1650 lbs. It will be powered by a 2.0 non
> turbo engine, do 0-60 in the 6 second range, and offer very little as
> far as electronics (no power windows or steering). Sounds a heck of a
> lot like what a new scirocco should be.
> 
> The only real difference is that it will be rwd... this is what a
> scirocco should be any way though as it helps with weight distribution
> if your trany and diff aren't at the front of the car.
> 
> Oh yea, and the real kicker is its suppose to be priced at about $20,000
> 
> >From memory of discussion on this list this basically answers all
> arguments as to why vw should not bring out a new scirocco... most being
> that the car would be too expensive and too heavy
> 
> Now it would just be cool if they actually call it the scirocco seeing
> as they are back into strange names for cars (phaeton, toureg)
> 
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