Based on the original 2008 model, the Scirocco sits on a platform that has now been superseded. The newer MQB setup handles all new transverse-engined, front-wheel drive Volkswagen Group products.

It was based upon the bulletproof Golf R, although it did miss out on the Golf's all-wheel-drive system. In order to keep the Scirocco R usable with this increased level of power, Volkswagen ...

Volkswagen is studying internal design, engineering and manufacturing proposals for a return of the Scirocco coupé as ... and a possible dual-motor, four-wheel-drive R flagship.