New Volkswagen Scirocco coupe launches

On sale from 1 September Volkswagen’s all new Scirocco two-door, four-seater coupe has 500 firm pre-orders already in the UK out of the 3,350 vehicle allocation until year end.

Next year VW expects to achieve around 9,000 UK Scirocco sales and retail customers should account for 60% of purchases. Initial UK orders have mainly come from customers in their late 20’s and early 30’s, predominately male but married or with a partner.

Three months before the sports coupe went on sales over 11,000 potential UK customers had signed up to receive email updates about the new vehicle.

The new Scirocco was unveiled in March this year at the Geneva Motor Show, 34 years after the original version. The two previous generations of VW Scirocco sold in the UK between 1974 and 1993 achieved a total of 77,000 registrations.

The new Scirocco is a sporting two-door combining coupe styling with GTi performance. The new model is based on the current Golf GTI hatchbacks and uses a modified version of the same platform and underpinnings.

The sixth generation new Golf is due next January and uses a further modified version of the same platform but it will not have the low muscular stance of the Scirocco and likely a toned down version of its new style nose and grille, said to be the new face of Volkswagen.

Initially the Scirocco is offered only with a 2.0-litre TSI 200PS turbocharged with intercooler, direct injection petrol engine and a choice of 6-speed manual or DSG twin-clutch auto gearboxes.

The engine has been revised from the current Golf 2.0-litre TSI unit, now re-engineered for more torque, improved fuel economy, lower CO2 emissions and for faster and easier servicing.

The manual model costs £20,940 with a premium of £1,300 for the DSG gearbox. There will be two trim levels, Scirocco and Scirocco GT but only the latter is available from launch.

Future engine options include a 1.4-litre-TSI turbo/supercharger petrol engine developing 160PS due in January with a range starter price of around £18,000 to £18,500. Transmission options will be 6-speed manual or 7-speed DSG.

By Spring next year there will also be 2.0-litre 140 and 170PS TDI turbodiesel engines added to the range. A high performance R version is also expected but VW said this week it will not use the current R32 model 6-cylinder petrol engine and this is no discussion within the company on this ‘hot’ variant having 4Motion all-wheel drive.

All Scirocco models have six airbags, electronic stabilization control and anti-lock braking. GT specification models additionally have 18-inch alloy wheels, adaptive chassis control, electronic climate control and leather trim for the steering wheel, gear and brake levers.

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