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Volkswagen Scirocco - At the Top of Attacks

The name of the new hot hatch from Volkswagen Scirocco sounds very modern and more than the chlest. But few people from the new generation of car enthusiasts are known for the fact that the history of the car and its name stems from the distant seventies, and to be more accurate, then from 1974.

There is a myth that the scirocco was only a variation on the first generation Golf, but this is not so: Golf I became available for buyers only a few months after the start of sales Scirocco.

 
Whole rear optics and high rear bumper line look great, but seriously complicate access to a small luggage compartment.

Alas, Scirocco's life line turned out to be shorter than Golf-A. At first, the sirock appeared a receiver, very attractive and popular in narrow circles, Corrado. But this, unfortunately, could not save the bright segment in the Volkswagen line. And in 1995, a beautiful story about three-door incendiary hatchbeks ended.

By moving out of 1974 in 2006, the company's management decided to revive Scirocco. It is necessary to take into account that in the mill of competitors began to appear quite close by the concept of cars. So, on August 24, 2006, in Berlin, the concept car Volkswagen IROC was presented for the first time, painted in an aggressive tone of green, well acquainted to generate cars of the 70s, even the name of this color remained unchanged: Viperngrun Metallic, which is translated with Metallic Green Viper.

 
In the cabin, many very charismatic details, such as, for example, design door handles, trimming lever PPC, etc.

Premiere gave rise to a lot of disputes: will the serial car be as bright and attractive? Will the marketing bulldozer does not turn a very stylish concept in a gray, no outstanding surmount, koi on the roads of the world an excellent set?

And already later, all the world autos community sighed with relief, learning that the car went into a series with minimal differences from the conceptual version.

 
The red body body for Scirocco is perhaps the second to be relevant after the corporate ultra-green.

Our meeting with Sirocco took place a little later than the start of sales of the model. And let it be not in the classic green color. But we must notice that the red color got us is no less attractive, but in some moments and very more winning.

Extended rear wheeled arches, fabricated in front of the body in front of the movement, all this gives the silhouette of Sirocco an unusually rapid look. The car on the road looks like a muscular purebred service dog of a fighting breed, racing on the interception of the villain.

 
Sitting in Scirocco Chain, firmly fixing the driver and passengers, but at the same time do not fight comfort.

A wide false radiator grille, painted in black, akin to the giant grazing, works in counterweights with a sharp squad of a narrow top lattice and predatory optics, over which the hack of the harsh abrupt arc. All this is marked with massive doors with frameless glazing. The high line of the luggage compartment looks very and quite effectively, but rather controversial in terms of loading baggage, although, to be honest, this car is not for a large-scale shopping trip. Although the car is positioned as a fairly spacious and fast 4-seater coupe, in practice it remains a frivolous means of movement for wealthy and successful young people.

 
The size of the luggage compartment is very and very modest, but in the car of this class it is clearly not the main thing.

The interior decoration does not shine futuristic solutions, it still has one hundred percently verified ergonomics, slightly arched harsh sports elements, such as a three-spoke steering wheel with pleasant and functional tides in the region of grip and the bevelled lower part, very convenient anatomical buckets capable of keeping you in acute turns and non-tiring in long-distance movements.

On the gallery will be able to accommodate two adult passengers, but it is two, since the rear row is molded and between the seats there is a rather tangible ascent, which will not allow to boot through the third. All used materials used by tradition are pleasant to the touch, and the details are distinguished by a magnificent fit.

 
The magnificent, the rapid silhouette of Scirocco is successfully seasoned with 10-spoke disks of the impressive diameter. Clean lines, nothing superfluous.

It's time to go to the technique. Cirocco is based on the VW Golf GTI of the fifth generation.

The wheelbase of these cars remained identical to 2578 millimeters, but the new Scirocco got a wider track, 35 millimeters wider in front and 59 from behind, thanks to which it looks like so broadly.

For buyers in Russia, only two power units are available: 2.0 TSI and 1.4 TSI, developing 200 and 122 hp. Accordingly, both engines are aggregated by a branded preselective transmission with two clutches (DSG), a 6-speed modification of a robotic box is supplied for a 2-liter motor, and for 1.4 - 7-speed DSG. And only for a car with a motor 1.4, you can select a 6-speed mechanical transmission.

 
The access of passengers to the second row of seats is difficult, but it is quite expected and tolerant. But the rear sofa itself has a good place of space for 2 passengers of medium-sized dimensions.

We visited the test with the engine 1.4 TSI with a capacity of 160 hp. and transmissia DSG. Such a tandem accelerates the sirog to hundreds in 8 seconds. This is quite enough for dynamic movement around the city and leaves a completely sufficient stock with a quick movement along the track. However, the delivery of this version to Russia was discontinued in favor of the 122-strong TSI engine. Replacing the powerful and dynamic motor is obviously weaker, and even in the car, which the company is positioning as a sports, - agree, at least a strange decision.

Having become wider than its Golf GTI donor and lower at 97 millimeters, Sirroco acquired more complied reactions on the steering wheel. Almost ideal turning is also achieved at the expense of a completely configured chassis. The car is unquestioned by turning the steering wheel, clearly describing the given trajectory, which sometimes even tires: everything is accurately correct and clearly. Without a light. But it is precisely such confidence in its actions and is necessary to a potential buyer.
 
Added to all the above-described perky shootings from a skillful exhaust exhaust when switching gear, we get an ideal car for young and ambitious persons who are not burdened with numerous family and other domestic troubles, dictating the need to buy more practical cars.

Dmitry Malygin


pros
Decent stock of space for rear passengers
Excellent engine tandem and transmission

Minuses
Modest selection of power units
Problem access to the luggage compartment
  

Price of the Tested Car - from 836 952 rubles

Specifications

Body
Body type coupe
Number of seats 4.
Trunk volume, l 292/755
Curb weight, kg 1270
Full weight, kg 1720
Length, mm 4256
Width, mm 1810
Height, mm 1404
Wheel base, mm 2578
Road clearance, mm -
Engine
Type gasoline with direct fuel injection, compressor and turbocharged
Front location transversely
Location and number of cylinders 4 in a row
Working volume, cm 1390
Cylinder diameter / piston stroke, mm 76.5 x 75.6
Compressive degree of 10.0.
Number of valves on cylinder 4
Maximum power, hp / rpm 160/5800
Maximum torque, nm / rpm 240/1500-4500
Transmission
Gearbox Mechanical 6-speed (Robotic 7-speed DSG)
Drive front
Front suspension independent, type McPherson, with transverse stability stabilizer
Rear suspension independent multi-section with transverse stability stabilizer
Front brakes disc ventilated
Rear brakes disk
Tires 225/45 R17
Dynamics
Maximum speed, km / h 218
Acceleration time 0-100 km / h, from 8.0
Fuel consumption, l / 100 km
urban cycle 8.7 (8.0)
country cycle 5.4 (5.4)
mixed cycle 6.6 (6.3)
Fuel tank capacity, L 55
Fuel gasoline AI-95
 

A source: Carclub.ru.