2013 Volkswagen Scirocco R: Stylish, Sporty and Just Out of Reach - Ignition Episode 91 - video Dailymotion

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:15 The great looking wedge-shaped Scirocco left our shores in

00:18 1988, and worldwide production ended in the early '90s.

00:22 But the car was reintroduced in Europe in 2008.

00:25 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:32 Now before you get your hoax up, this third generation

00:35 Scirocco isn't and likely will not be for sale in the US.

00:39 But that didn't stop Volkswagen from bringing one

00:41 over for us to test.

00:42 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:46 This is the Scirocco R. And if that sounds similar to the

00:49 Golf R, it's because this Scirocco shares most of that

00:52 car's underpinnings, with a few mechanical differences.

00:55 The 2-liter turbo 4 makes a little more power and torque.

00:58 And it's lighter too, because that power drives

01:00 the front wheels only.

01:02 [ENGINE REVVING]

01:05 With more power and a lighter weight,

01:07 let's see what we're missing out on.

01:09 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:12 the acceleration matches that of the Golf R. And it's a

01:40 twin clutch has a launch control system that seemed to

01:43 produce more tire smoke than acceleration.

01:46 And while the shifts are fast, the Scirocco couldn't match the

01:49 abusive all-wheel clutch dump shenanigans possible in the

01:51 Golf R.

01:52 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:02 Wonderfully, you can fully defeat the Scirocco's stability

02:05 by using the rear-wheel drive system.

02:07 Wonderfully, you can fully defeat the Scirocco's stability

02:10 control.

02:11 And the car's aggressive setup returns hugely enjoyable

02:14 rotation off throttle.

02:16 The overall performance is staggering.

02:18 The Scirocco's 24.9 second figure-eight lap time

02:21 is the fastest we've recorded from a front-drive car.

02:24 And it ties the best results we've

02:25 recorded from a Lance Revolution, a C63 AMG,

02:29 and an S4.

02:30 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:33 [CAR ENGINE]

02:42 Now, the tough part when talking about this car is

02:45 avoiding the whole desire to have it because it's forbidden

02:49 fruit.

02:51 [CAR ENGINE]

02:53 But a lot of the desire comes from the fact that this car is

02:56 just cool.

02:57 [CAR ENGINE]

03:04 Now, you probably wouldn't be surprised if I told you this

03:06 car drives very much like a Golf R or a GTI.

03:10 Very similar, in fact.

03:11 From the inside, there isn't a lot different.

03:13 Sure, we have some features in this car because it's European.

03:17 We have adjustable dampers, the speedometers in kilometers

03:19 per hour.

03:20 So you have to remember what that means in freedom

03:23 measurements.

03:24 [CAR ENGINE]

03:27 But everything else is pretty similar.

03:28 The roof sits a little bit lower,

03:30 so outward visibility is a little cramped.

03:32 But other than that, everything else

03:34 seems to be right at home.

03:36 Now, the adjustable damping system's pretty neat,

03:38 although I find myself using normal mode rather than sport

03:42 or comfort.

03:43 Sport was even too stiff for our test track,

03:46 causing all kinds of crazy vertical movements and whatnot.

03:48 And comfort is just a little too soft.

03:51 Normal is a really nice middle ground

03:52 that I leave the car in all the time.

03:55 [CAR ENGINE]

03:58 Now, this engine is also very similar to the Golf R.

04:04 262 horsepower.

04:07 It still kind of sounds like an angry vacuum cleaner,

04:10 but we do get really nice pops and sounds on gear changes.

04:15 What's different about this car, and the thing

04:17 you notice immediately, is that it's a couple hundred pounds

04:21 lighter, and it's a little bit more

04:23 of a front wheel drive.

04:24 And it's a little bit more of a front wheel drive,

04:26 but it's a little bit more of a front wheel drive.

04:29 And the reason for that is that it's a couple hundred pounds

04:31 lighter and front wheel drive.

04:33 And it is every bit better because of it.

04:36 [CAR ENGINE]

04:39 Let's talk a bit more about the design,

04:41 because that really is the big factor on this car.

04:44 And it's interesting, because it looks

04:46 like someone took a photo of a Golf R

04:48 and put it in Photoshop and started

04:50 playing around with the smudge tool.

04:51 And it's a little bit of a shame,

04:53 because it's a little bit of a shame

04:54 that you can't get a car like this.

04:56 It's a little bit of a shame that you can't get a car

04:58 like this.

04:59 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:01 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:03 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:05 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:08 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:10 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:12 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:14 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:17 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:19 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:21 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:24 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:26 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:28 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:30 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:33 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:35 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:37 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:39 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:42 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:44 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:46 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:49 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:51 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:53 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:55 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

05:58 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

06:00 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

06:02 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

06:04 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

06:07 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

06:09 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

06:11 And it's a shame that you can't get a car like this.

06:13 Well, there's a couple of different reasons

06:16 you could guess.

06:17 And the first one is, how would this

06:20 affect sales of the Golf, the GTI, and so on?

06:23 And the second one is, could they sell it here

06:26 because of the difference between the USD and the Euro?

06:41 [MUSIC PLAYING]

06:44 The fact that the Scirocco R delivers

06:50 a very similar experience to the Golf R isn't too surprising.

06:54 On the road, they have a very enjoyable driving experience,

06:57 a near premium feel.

06:58 And then there's the Scirocco's fantastic styling.

07:02 You can't help but wonder why this car

07:04 isn't available in the US.

07:06 Sold in limited numbers, like this R model,

07:08 the Scirocco could serve as an alternative to entry level

07:11 luxury cars like the CC does to the Passat.

07:15 We can only hope that Volkswagen is thinking the same thing.

07:18 The Skyrocco.

07:23 The Ski-ro-co-co.

07:25 The Skyro-co-co?

07:27 Skyro-co-co.

07:28 Skyrocco.

07:32 Scirocco.

07:34 The Volkswagen Shakira.

07:37 How many ways can we piss off people at bwvortex.com?

07:42 This thing's like an Eos, a Volkswagen Eos.

07:46 How so?

07:47 I'm joking.

07:47 That's that thing that piss people off on the forums.

07:50 I'd much rather be in a Beetle right now.

07:55 Anyway, three, two--

07:58 That wasn't very convincing.

2013 Volkswagen Scirocco R: Stylish, Sporty and Just Out of Reach - Ignition Episode 91

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