Scirocco mentioned in NYTimes

[abatzis2 at hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

also, i saw a thing on that same show on espn2. vw spokesman talking
about vw's being named for tradewinds. something like:
"the passat was named after a tradewind, as was the old scirocco, if you
remember that car..."
yup, we know of it. not exciting, but there ya go...
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Michael Abatzis
New Orleans!
'87 Scirocco 16v, sick right now... 
'88 Scircocc 16v, RIP
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> A Sober Show in Germany
> 
> The International Auto Exhibition alternates annually in 
> location and often 
> in spirit between Frankfurt and Paris. This week, it opens in 
> Frankfurt as 
> the sober and serious Internationale Automobilausstellung. 
> Press previews 
> start on Tuesday, Sept. 9, and doors open to the public on 
> Friday, Sept. 12. Times are lean. And both the production 
> cars and concepts set for 
> introduction tend to be bread-and-butter models vital to the 
> futures of 
> their companies: notably the Volkswagen Golf and Opel Astra. 
> The fifth generation of the Golf ? which had been Europe's 
> best seller 
> until it was surpassed last year by the Renault M?gane and 
> Peugeot 206 ? 
> was delayed, VW critics say, by the diversion of company resources to 
> luxury brands like Bugatti and Bentley and to expensive new 
> models like the 
> VW Phaeton. The Golf takes few risks; more exciting is the Golf-based 
> roadster concept that could provide VW a midprice sporty car 
> of the sort it 
> once had with the Scirocco and Corrado.
> Volvo will show a new version of its S40 compact sedan. That car will 
> eventually come to the United States, but the Jaguar X-Type 
> wagon, another 
> Frankfurt introduction, probably will not.
> For the well-heeled, Aston Martin shows its new DB9; BMW 
> rolls out its 6 
> Series coupe; and Mercedes-Benz will introduce its $250,000 
> McLaren SLR 
> supercar.
> ? Phil Patton
> 
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