Scirocco "slow selling and unloved", apparently

egobreed · Post by **egobreed** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:40 pm

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new ... abrio-2014

caprinolaw · Post by **caprinolaw** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:55 pm

I dont know where they got their info from but i havent ever heard one person say they dont like the rocco (except for those few disgruntled owners who have had a bad experience)

chrisyboyc · Post by **chrisyboyc** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:59 pm

hes talking bollocks the scirocco beat VW's estimated sales and theres a 5 month waiting list What a Dick

b0rk · Post by **b0rk** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:51 pm

I thought it was eos that under performed sales wise..

peppermuncher · Post by **peppermuncher** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:01 pm

I saw that comment and thought what a load of rubbish!

Sciroccos are highly recommended by all auto magazines and internet sources.

As they are still holding their value they must be sought after and a good product, an equivalant 3 series coupe loses soooo much value after 3 years!

Morons!!!

speedy · Post by **speedy** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:40 am

Holding the value? have you had a look on Autotrader at a 1 year old 8k on the clock Roc R? about 10K loss in one year. thats a third of its price.

gibbsy · Post by **gibbsy** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:38 pm

speedy wrote:Holding the value? have you had a look on Autotrader at a 1 year old 8k on the clock Roc R? about 10K loss in one year. thats a third of its price.

Should have gone for a 170 diesel.

Post by **Kev** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:37 pm

I see a lot more scirocco's than golf and polo GTi's. I don't think it's unloved at all.

What does amaze me though is the number of Nissan Juke's. That's pig ugly but I see them everywhere!

Ryy · Post by **Ryy** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:36 pm

Don't believe everything you read. That's one guys opinion, just ours is that we love it.

jimma1983 · Post by **jimma1983** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:20 pm

Kev wrote: What does amaze me though is the number of Nissan Juke's. That's pig ugly but I see them everywhere!

Oh that has to be one of the worst looking cars ever, saw another one again today and remember thinking why on earth would anyone buy one of those!

Ryy · Post by **Ryy** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:59 pm

PT Cruiser is one of the worst designs ever imo.

KenzoPL · Post by **KenzoPL** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:38 am

Juke, PT... don't forget Fiat Multipla. That thing was hideous.

a4gee · Post by **a4gee** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:59 pm

It could be correct. We all love our cars but as we know the car market just isn`t happening and to buy a car like the Scirocco does cost. I see loads for sale and parked at my dealers and they don`t move. I know plenty of people who had to put their car at a silly price to sell it and lost loads.
Maybe its just the market that makes it look like this?

Also there is a delay just because they have never increased production massively vrs their other models. There has been a build delay from day 1 in 2008.

pishpashposh · Post by **pishpashposh** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:31 am

I see sciroccos everywhere these days, i followed 2 this morning on the A404 within a couple of minutes of leaving my house. Maybe Berkshire is a scirocco haven, i pass multiple scrioccos everyday and there never seems to be many for sale at the local VW dealership.

DavidBlaine · Post by **DavidBlaine** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:40 pm

Kev wrote:What does amaze me though is the number of Nissan Juke's. That's pig ugly but I see them everywhere!

I hate them too. They are everywhere here in Toronto too. I think it's the BHP that attracts people to the Juke. Not a bad motor at least even though it looks like a pig's arse.

David

PaulGL79 · Post by **PaulGL79** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:04 pm

I think Scirocco sales have been pretty good in the UK and seem to increase year on year. To say its unloved is complete nonsense, it has a cult following already and no other car will ever be as good looking. I will probably hang on to mine for at least 10years as I don't really want to drive anything else.

Cuprabob · Post by **Cuprabob** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:39 am

PaulGL79 wrote: no other car will ever be as good looking.

As much as I like the Rocco that's a bold statement to be making :-)

wigit · Post by **wigit** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:07 pm

Cuprabob wrote:
PaulGL79 wrote: no other car will ever be as good looking.
As much as I like the Rocco that's a bold statement to be making :-)

i take it he hasn't seen the current Aston Martin range then

yellowplum · Post by **yellowplum** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:33 am

DavidBlaine wrote:
Kev wrote:What does amaze me though is the number of Nissan Juke's. That's pig ugly but I see them everywhere!
I hate them too. They are everywhere here in Toronto too. I think it's the BHP that attracts people to the Juke. Not a bad motor at least even though it looks like a pig's arse.

David

That is true have seen quite a few around, must be the chelsea tractor squads poorer cousins that can't afford the Range Rover

Richard A · Post by **Richard A** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:04 pm

I stumbled on this article from Auto Motor und Sport which dates back to June --> http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news ... 69651.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Briefly translating in note form, the bullet points are:
- The Scirocco will fight off newer rivals from 2013 with more angular shaping of the front and more economical engines
- VW has been rewarded for the bold step of bringing back the Scirocco after 16 years
- Although the best annual output of 50000 in 2009 is not exactly exorbitant, VW will modernise the Scirocco in Autumn 2013
- Two main reasons, the product planners have been persuaded by increasing sales from the far east, China is already the third largest market for the Scirocco + there's a lucrative model mix because when customers choose a Scirocco then it's typically with more power and extras... more than 20% of buyers choose over 200PS and half of those splash out on an R
- The future engine selection will remain largely unchanged, but the new generation will offer a reduction of consumption of up to 15% thanks to reduced friction (I think this applies to the petrol engines)
- The makeover will only incorporate minor changes (see pics on link), a more angular front and slightly different rear lights with no change to the steel pressings (the changes to the rear lights are only affecting the plastic rear skirt as far as I can make out)
- Despite the appearance of Golf 7 in 2012, the made over Scirocco will remain based on the Golf 5 platform (as with the Golf 6, of course).

There are also some points of interest re. the 2 door 'coupe' style Seat Leon which will be the first car to appear on the Golf 7 platform.

I'm not sure how current any of the above is, because it's already a few months ago, but I thought it might be of interest to the Forum - I didn't see any references to this info, but apologies if there is already a thread.

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