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.

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 ...

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

This is good news. The fear had been that we’d get the new mk6 Golf GTI on the same roads as the Scirocco 2.0 TSI and discover that we couldn’t tell them apart. Not so. In fact some of the ...

Coincidentally, in 2010 the Scirocco gained the Golf Mk6’s smarter dials and steering wheel and then in 2012 a touchscreen sat-nav, but the biggest changes were reserved for the 2015 facelift.

Volkswagen’s new two-pronged attack on the hot hatch class is now on sale. Both the Scirocco R and Golf R performance cars are available to order, with UK deliveries due in February 2010.

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 ...

That’s because the Scirocco produces 147kW and VW had to make it attractive to buy the Golf GTi. New GTi, picture source: www.vw.co.za The Golf GTi stripped of all optional extras is also about ...

Born into the oil crisis of the early 1970s and based on the compact Volkswagen Golf platform, the first-generation Scirocco was an efficient and sporty answer to the many domestic two-door coupes ...

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 ...