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Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:23 pm
by speedy
[*]Just seen an old episode for the ford focus RS and the megane R 5162773 R or what ever it was, my question is after a bit of searching online to no avail "has Topgear done a episode on the scirocco R?"
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:26 pm
by Shaun
On TV nope
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:26 pm
by Strat
Short answer is, no, i don't think they did.
5th Gear did something i think, but not Top Gear.
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:31 pm
by ChrisCSL
5th Gear wasn't good. Not just because the Roc R didn't come out as well as expected.
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:41 pm
by speedy
Saw that, they are idiots they said it was 261 bhp and drove it manual also only tested the speed round a track boll£)@&s test
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:52 pm
by Strat
speedy wrote:Saw that, they are idiots they said it was 261 bhp and drove it manual also only tested the speed round a track boll£)@&s test
Annoys me when reviews give a car a certain verdict based on whether they test the auto or manual. Some don't like the dsg so rate the entire car down because of that, yet you can get a manual, but there's no appreciation for that in the reviews.
Idiots! lol
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:56 pm
by juniorbanks
Even Top Gears review of the Scirocco (non R) wasn't great, sure it had pretty much the whole episode but it was all about Diesel and how it sounds like a motor boat etc
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:06 pm
by Cuprabob
speedy wrote:Saw that, they are idiots they said it was 261 bhp and drove it manual also only tested the speed round a track boll£)@&s test
I thought it was 261 bhp as the quoted figure is 265PS
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:15 pm
by trix
speedy wrote:Saw that, they are idiots they said it was 261 bhp and drove it manual also only tested the speed round a track boll£)@&s test
Exactly Bob
Speedy
Go read
this, they do know what they are talking about.
S
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:24 pm
by speedy
I stand corrected just looked it is 265ps thought it was 265 bhp for almost a year now lollol
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:30 pm
by Cuprabob
speedy wrote:I stand corrected just looked it is 265ps thought it was 265 bhp for almost a year now lollol
No problem it'll just feel a little bit slower now. Don't understand why they just didn't make it 272PS as per TTS / S3 / Golf R.
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:05 pm
by ayc1985
Top GEar do have the Scirocco on the sub zero wall though. They do appreciate the car. The review on the top gear site seems to confirm this (although they gave it a 14/20). The episode on the diesel was obviously done for laughs, cause they mock it the whole time.
Re: Scirocco R and top gear
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:44 pm
by Anakin
Cuprabob wrote:speedy wrote:I stand corrected just looked it is 265ps thought it was 265 bhp for almost a year now lollol
No problem it'll just feel a little bit slower now. Don't understand why they just didn't make it 272PS as per TTS / S3 / Golf R.
I could be wrong on this but I think the Rocco R has a diffrent intercooler to the above.