Scirocco Central

Disappointed. I would have to go to the R model to get the type of styling i would like... and even then. The price point for that just makes a high end golf or golf r seem so much more appealing. I had been holding out on changing to see what vw would come up with. Feel a bit let down.... Perhaps it time to look at the Audi's again....

Tbh I think the cost of the new scirocco r you would be much better off Buying a new golf r. Unless they make a serious cost reduction on the scirocco r

The rear is a little bit less friendly than before
That's probably the biggest difference conceptually.

I'm not a fan of the base model, but the more I look at the R, the more I'm liking it.

I don't mind the rear end. The 'sharp lip' isn't massively bad and the vents are a little strange, but I prefer that it looks more 'filled out' behind the rear wheels....so, I think they're growing on me, tbh. I really like the rear lights and I think those wheels are sweet, as well.

Sorry, I just don't get it. Some nice additionals e. g wheels and rear clusters. But otherwise, a beautiful fat behind turned into a letterbox. Like the new dash, fussy and undirected.

Homage to the original Scirocco or not, that additional instrument cluster has just moved the car downmarket.

On a positive note, the new line-up should help with the 1.4 160 residuals :-)

Well I won't be rushing out to change, the dials remind me of the dial pods from the escorts etc of the seventies(ie tacky), although the new front looks ok, the rear of the r just looks too square now, the bumper looks too heavy with the squaring at odds to the curved sides. Reminds me of that Peugeot design. Given just about all the rest is the same bar 15bhp it's not a significant step forward.

I Like xenon lights very much

Well, I've always wondered how much of an inspiration this car was to the designers originally:
Bertone Jet 2 concept car (2004 Geneva Motor Show)





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Even more so now after the changes. The rear crease line through the hatch is there and look at the exhaust - a similar theme to the vents in the R bumper.

Interesting: surely, too much of a coincidence not have been the inspiration for the Roc (or for a significant member of the VW design team not have been involved in the Bertone).

Maybe I'm reading too much into this. After all, it's a modern interpretation of the shooting brake car body style and the previous generations of the Scirocco were also iconic in their own right.
Here's an old video in which the head designer is talking about the current generation Scirocco:

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A summary of the changes if anyone's interested.

Engine updates to give the following

-1.4 TSI: 92 kW / 125 PS (+ 3 PS); 5.4 l/100 km / 125 g/km CO2.
-2.0 TSI: 132 kW / 180 PS (+ 20 PS); 6.0 l/100 km / 139 g/km CO2.
-2.0 TSI: 162 kW / 220 PS (+ 10 PS); 6.0 l/100 km / 139 g/km CO2.
-2.0 TSI: 206 kW / 280 PS (+ 15 PS); 8.0 l/100 km / 187 g/km CO2.
-2.0 TDI: 110 kW / 150 PS (+ 10 PS); 4.1 l/100 km / 107 g/km CO2.
-2.0 TDI: 135 kW / 184 PS (+ 7 PS); 4.3 l/100 km / 111 g/km CO2.

All engines (except 280PS R model) have Stop/Start and a battery regeneration mode.

All engines (except 1.4TSI) have optional DSG gearbox.

Exterior Changes

-New front and rear bumper designs including horizontal slats similar to the Mk7 Golf GTi
-New light clusters front and rear. The front bi-xenon units now incorporate LED daytime running lights (DRLs) with unique signature. Regular light clusters are also redesigned with the DRLs in the bumper light unit with the indicators and fog lamps.
-Front parking sensors now available.
-New rear light clusters are LED on all models and extend further in to the boot lid with a new signature 'C-shape' VW style and blend with a new harder lip across the middle of the boot lid.
-Number plate lights LED as standard.
-Rear VW badge now hinges to work as the boot release.
-Dynaudio Excite sound system and park steering assistant.
-New optional 17-inch ("Shanghai") and 18-inch ("Lisbon" and "Salvador") alloy wheels. 17-inch "Long Beach" wheels are standard. The 18 and 19-inch "Talladega" wheels are now available as options on non-R models.
-Five new colours; standard "Pure White“, "Flash Red" and "Urano Grey“, and metallic "Ultra Violet" and "Pyramid Gold".
-R model gets standard door mirror housings in "matt chrome", "R" styled side sill extensions and the brake callipers painted black with “R” logo.
-New standard 18-inch and optional 19-inch "Cadiz" alloy wheels.
-Rear R bumper now has large air outlets on the edges.

Interior Changes

-Three new auxiliary instruments integrated above the centre console are included as a standard: charge pressure, chronometer and engine oil temperature.
-Air vents now sit flush to the dash.
-New tubular look instrument cluster and new dash graphics.
-New steering wheel design.
-Sliding blind fitted as standard to the storage compartment by the handbrake.
-New interior trim options. "Matthew" (a tartan design with titanium black seat surfaces), as well as "Greg" Alcantara which is available in the hues "Ceramique", "Deep Mocca" and "Titanium Black"; as well as “Vienna” leather in the colour variants "Ceramique", "Sioux“ and "black in carbon style". Also new: the light upholstery trim "Ceramique" for the lower section of the dashboard, door trim panels and the centre console which is offered in addition to "black".
-R model gets "Race“ seat covers with the "R" logo and crystal grey stitching, black roofliner, "Carbon Race" inlays, glossy "Piano Black" radio faceplate, multifunction leather sport steering wheel and door handles and stainless steel pedals. The specific "R" instrument needles are traditionally blue and the aluminium "R" logo sill kick plates.

Are not the headlight washers missing from the pictures? Have they gone? Also is that the NAV they are using, looks remarkably like the NAV that is currently in the vehicle and not the new one that is in the Golf.

The great enhancement is the boot lid actually has a button you can now use as apposed to the bloody button all the time.

Kev wrote:A summary of the changes if anyone's interested.

-2.0 TSI: 206 kW / 280 PS (+ 15 PS); 8.0 l/100 km / 187 g/km CO2.

If this is right we have seen the old R environmentally 'dirty' engine replaced by a new one with exactly the same CO2.hmmmnnn

Covered cup holder now standard !!!!!

SMB wrote:

Kev wrote:A summary of the changes if anyone's interested.

-2.0 TSI: 206 kW / 280 PS (+ 15 PS); 8.0 l/100 km / 187 g/km CO2.

If this is right we have seen the old R environmentally 'dirty' engine replaced by a new one with exactly the same CO2.hmmmnnn

That's straight from the VW press release.

I wonder if you will be able to retrofit those front xenons

I wonder if you will be able to retrofit the new dashboard

Can't say I'm impressed with the exterior changes, looks too much like a Golf. I'll reserve judgement until I see some real-life footage.

I made some Photoshops that really help see the car differently.

First, i removed those horrible front fog lights, then the chrome turn lights.



Then i changed the color. Just to see how it would look.







Then i did the same thing on the R, but i also lowered the car.
Original photo:


Lowered:


Colors:

Nicely done. I like that red on the R