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.

So, in 2008, Volkswagen launched a fun and stylish alternative to the time-tested Golf, in the form of their then all-new ...

Dig Volkswagen’s excellent Golf hatchback but yearn for something a little less practical and a lot saucier? Light-bulb moment: It exists, and it’s called the Scirocco. Enthusiasts know the ...

Though the funky and cool-looking 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. Still based on the ...

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 has announced the Golf Variant and Scirocco facelift ranges will be updated by the arrival of new R-Line packages. These update the look of the cars and give them a sportier appearance ...

as in the latest Golf GTI. Seats are finished in either fabric, Alcantara, or leather, while the Scirocco R gets racing seats and a leather-clad sports wheel. Air-con, electric windows ...

A matched pair As for drivetrain, the Scirocco R differs little from the Golf R, a model that VW does sell here. Both use a 2-liter direct injection engine with a turbocharger integrated into the ...

We won't get the Scirocco in the United States--at least until we can persuade VW to change its mind--but we will get the powertrain. The successor to the Golf R32 planned for launch in North ...

While the electric Golf is set to adopt Volkswagen's new SSP platform, the new Scirocco is proposed to be based on a specially adapted version of the PPE platform developed for the new Boxster ...

Volkswagen yesterday announced that both the Golf R and Scirocco R are now available to order in Germany. Both models are especially customized to provide advanced engine performance mixed with ...