Given how close it was in packaging to the original Golf, the Scirocco was never about just market demands alone; it played an important role in making small European cars cool in the 1970s.

The Volkswagen Scirocco is no more. The time has come to mourn the death of yet another sporty car nameplate. This one doesn’t affect the North American market, and while inevitable, it’s kind ...

Based around the Golf's platform, the Scirocco did not follow the low-slung approach that many automakers took with a sleek ...

A curb weight roughly 300 pounds skinnier than the Golf R’s helps cement the Scirocco’s drag-strip victory. An additional 3 hp and 15 lb-ft of torque (for totals of 261 and 258, respectively ...

Volkswagen Classic took two Golf rally car legends to the hill climb in celebration of its popular VW Golf model first released 50 years ago, and Autostadt showed up with a legendary Scirocco ...

Volkswagen introduces a trio of new hathbacks, the 2010 Volkswagen Golf R, 2010 Volkswagen Scirocco R, and 2010 Volkswagen Polo GTI, which will most likely not be available in the United States.

Though the funky and cool-looking Volkswagen Scirocco -- a wedge-shaped car built off the Golf platform -- disappeared from the U.S. market in 1988, it was reintroduced to Europe in 2008.

The successor to the Golf R32 planned for launch in North America early next year will receive a 265-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, a powerplant that is the heart of the Scirocco R.

The following year saw the introduction of the Golf, as well as the Volkswagen Scirocco. This car's initial run lasted until the early 1990s before being revived in 2008 for a nearly decade-long run.

Volkswagen Golf Variant Scirocco R Golf R R-Line. About the author: Mihnea Radu. Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s.

The Scirocco R is also powered by a 2.0-liter TSI engine that develops 265 PS. Thanks to a DSG transmission, the car achieves a fuel consumption rating of 8 liters/100km (29.4 mpg) while releasing ...

Doing so would separate a potential Scirocco from the coming battery-electric Golf, due around the same time. Porsche's putting its products on the PPE architecture. The PPE employs Porsche's “E ...