The third generation Scirocco is a piece of art. I remember when I first saw it in public - at one of the many small parking lots at our private boarding school, with Ferdinand Piëch's wife behind the wheel picking up their son to get home for the weekend. So far, so normal. The crazy thing about this situation: back then the Scirocco wasn't even available, it was still shown at different shows, and I was allowed to sit inside it and have a look at the beautiful beige interior and comfy leather seats. And the wheels were those show-off chrome monsters. I will always remember this day. And also: Rest In Peace Ferdinand Piëch.
@@kristian5821 says the guy watching a RUclips video on the history of vw...watching the guy watching the RUclips video on the history of VW.... (when Im really just trying to master this Dave Gilmour guitar solo the whole time)...
I’ve always been a Scirocco fan and I truly miss my 1980 Scirocco. Even today I will be able to spot a Scirocco on a crowded street. Thanks for this video.
My father had a Mk1 Scirocco before I was born, he's owned every generatiom of Corvette and Camaro...but he still talks about the build quality of his Scirocco, how well it handled and how smooth the ride was. He didn't own it for too long though. He told me the three cars he regrets getting rid of the most are his '76 427 tri-power Corvette, his '59 Vette Roadster and his Mk1 Scirocco.
@@Glamrock993 the Nürburgring is the racetrack. The Nordschleife is a part of it. In fact the big part usualy everybody means when they talk about the Nürburgring. There also is the Nürburgring gp track wich can/will be linked to the 20.8 km Nordschleife in most races to have a ~25km track. And then there was the Südschleife (southloop) wich isnt part of the track anymore. But when someone says Nürburgring they usualy mean the 20.8km Nordschleife (northloop). Otherwise they usualy add gp track to Nürburgring.
I have never liked old Volkswagens, until I got to ride in an old Scirocco. It wasn't amazing in the acceleration department. The owner however, could throw it around like it was a go-kart. He did crash it eventually, but it was still fun to drive around in that car.
They have never spoken about Italian cars (except ferrari and Lamborghini) but we do have other good stuff, lancia, autobianchi, abarth, Fiat 124, 131, alfa romeo..
Dude U are one of the Best out there At myself being 50 years of age.. Think you know your stuff... Plus funny than 99% of professional comedians out there... Having spent most of my life in the auto industry business growing up in it in the 70s... Also sold vehicles professionally from California, Neveda to Florida since 91. I also owned many Vw products in my life as well as Golf diesels and 2 Vw siroccos to name a few .. Very impressed with your STYLE and presentation... All i can say is Great Channel...
"and the US....didn't!" That shit destroyed me, I laughed for a good 10 minutes straight. This running joke of US always getting screwed on awesome cars is too good.
Actually it was true back then, especially the power was decreased for the US-market, but over here, in Germany, many People were jealous on the Americans, because they usually got better exterior. I think almost any Tuner used US bumpers without the big Space for the license plate and also the turning lights were usually US ones. That trend continued, as far as I know, till 2007 or so. At least US-mods were also a thing for my MK4 Golf from 2002.
I first saw the Scirocco while surfing through instagram and i didn't knew something as beautiful as that exists!! God, it was love at first sight. I was so amazed with the looks of it.
You guys are doing very well for yourselves. I am on a trip right now in Puerto Rico and i saw someone wearing your shirt. Love everything you guys do keep it up.
First car I fell for, my dads friend had a MK2 Scirocco in Tornado red with the 16v engine, stunning car. I now own a Corrado VR6 which is a project car and a TDI 2010 Scirocco, may have had more an impact on me than I would like to admit.
Thanks, very much overlooked cars. I bought a low mile 1980 white GT model back in 82' that had an overheated engine for $1800, and found a 79's diesel rabbit engine with 5,000 miles for $500 bucks and dropped it in, and found out the performance was about the same. I then Added a Turbo, performance exhaust and suspension, some ground effects, and adapted a Mercedes 300SD fuel enrichment actuator and methanol20%/80%water injection, and was getting around 100hp, and 60mpg. I drove for years and 150,000 miles with no issues. Even today it would be a fun and remarkable car.
ABF 16v will always be one of my favorite motors. Too bad we never had them here in the states, just the 1.8l PL and 9A 2.0l. A PL head on a 9A block is a worthwhile mod, especially with the 50mm intake manifold and 'euro' intake cam. Ahhhhhh back in the days of Techtonics, and Autotech were some of the only tuners. Another cool trick is to get a spare exhaust cam and chop the end off it and run it in place of the intake cam. BOOM, an OEM part that can be used to stay within class rules that only allow factory parts. Its funny how many people are intimidated by CIS but I love it, having turning wrenches on so many CIS cars back in the day. Couple other good upgrades for the 16v CIS cars are the Audi 5000 throttle body, airflow plate and fuel dizzy. They all bolt up and work. 👍🤙😎
The way he says Herbert Shafer at 8:07 makes me laugh for some reason, probably doesn't help that he followed up by saying " 6 inches" in the most perverted way ever lol
Cool vid, I have a new found appreciation for the little German car named after a "Dutch Oven" lol. We are a step closer to "Everything you need to know....V R 6!!!!!
I own a 2010 mk3 Scirocco. Not only is it beautiful, If you drive it "normally" you can get over 45mpg (2.0 TSi version) Not bad for a car that never fails to make me smile when I stamp on the happy pedal.
Brings back Memories! I had a 79 (I think) red scirocco S brought brand new as a softmore in high school. I had Jensen 6x9 Jensen tri-X speakers, a Sony front end and a Linear Power amp. Rocking out to Donny iris 'Ah Leah'... what a fun car. Can't find much on the S these days
There's an orange, seemingly rust free mk2 Scirocco Wolfsburg missing door handles at Miechiel's Auto Salvage in Howell, MI. Been staring at it for at least 3 years...
OK Donut, this is serious. I know you guys love VW as much as I do, and I especially love the Golf, I always loved the car, and then I bought an 05 TDI Golf and a 92 Gold Diesel and have loved the car forever. But there is one VW I haven't owned and it is my dream car, so can we PLEASE get an episode on the 90's VW Corrado. This car is so sexy and will 100% eventually be a collectors car. Please review the VW Corrado, which i think I've spelled correctly, maybe not lol.
My very first car in 1994: a yellow 1977 Scirocco GTI with the 1.6 110hp engine and 4-speed manual gearbox. Half (fake?) leather with yellow checkered fabric interior. Extras were a sunroof and a (foam?) black back spoiler. I would chop off my arm to have one today. Such a cool car!
4:44 that was totally my car. Bosch fog lights, metallic green. Extremely fun car (when all the other cars out there were boring and a Mustang GT would make 135hp and be a PITA to drive), though reliability was non-existent. The rubber timing belt broke within a year. It didn't break, but the rubber teeth got chewed off in one spot. The speedo broke, valve seals didn't seal, muffler pipe broke open, pin holding a rear shock popped off, rear window and driver window allowed rain to pour in, air pump filter rusted and fell off, and carb was in one of two states constantly: lean or rich. LOL, I had parts of that car held together with ribbon that I found in the street. But the body, I kept that perfect, so it looked great. When I traded it in the salesman said "and I know that the drivetrain is in as good a shape as the body" and I gave a deadpan "no". He thought I was joking. The dual wipers came back with 85, not 84. The bigger spoiler appeared in 85, the 16v shared the same spoiler. The mid 70s car market was obsessed by fuel efficiency and Detroit tried to turn the public against Washington by only offering boring low powered cars. That's how a 70 hp Scirocco could be perceived as a performance car. By the mid 80s things had changed, the Mustangs and Camaros were over the 200hp level, RX7s, and Supras abounded, and an upsized, upengined Scirocco would have taken a huge investment to compete in a saturated market. And gas was so cheap that small cars fell out of favor with the public.
11:25 I just love your jokes and your visual puns. You guys are so dumb! in a good way. You got me in tears of so much laughing. That dog begging was an awesome example of how much Americans desired that car XD!! Greetings from Mexico
In HS I had a rabbit diesel. I'm now almost 50 and 3 years ago bought a mk1 scirocco (not an S model, but white with s model trim, verified it came stock from pictures of actual delivery in 1979). I'm 6'3 250 and I can vouch that they are SMALL inside! But at least I have a cherry rocco that I wanted back in HS! And it sits next to my mk6 golf R. :)
8:00 I love how the key marketing strategy in old school ads was to fukken launch the thing off a hill.
Then tow it to the nearest junk yard cause the front end was crushed..
@@SeemzLegit454 You know what they say, "Whatever end's up totaled in a junk yard on Sunday, sells to the oblivious consumer on Monday"
These Up to speed series are literally art.
*Donut* *Standardized* *Units* *of* *Power* *Measurement* :
"HORSEPOWER" >= 1 HP
"HOARSEPOWER" = 86-150 HP
"HRRSPRS" >= 151 HP
Thanks, I needed this conversion for my college essay.
less than 86HP is also sometimes called as PONIES
You forget BULLPOWER, which is a term exclusively used for Lamborghinis
"BUFF HORSES" >= 250 HP
bull power >=700 hp
The third generation Scirocco is a piece of art. I remember when I first saw it in public - at one of the many small parking lots at our private boarding school, with Ferdinand Piëch's wife behind the wheel picking up their son to get home for the weekend. So far, so normal. The crazy thing about this situation: back then the Scirocco wasn't even available, it was still shown at different shows, and I was allowed to sit inside it and have a look at the beautiful beige interior and comfy leather seats. And the wheels were those show-off chrome monsters. I will always remember this day. And also: Rest In Peace Ferdinand Piëch.
That "old guy", Ferdinand Piech, is the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche.
Cookie & cigar for you Boo-Boo.....
@@dre4011 says the guy who is watching a RUclips video on the history of the vw shush mate
@@kristian5821 says the guy watching a RUclips video on the history of vw...watching the guy watching the RUclips video on the history of VW.... (when Im really just trying to master this Dave Gilmour guitar solo the whole time)...
@@dre4011 gay.
@@kristian5821 ...if you're English .....yes I guess you are gay as fuck....
The VR6’s sound is incredible. One of my favorites.
Dude. The Oscar's part was epic. Congratulations
Za German Engineering!
We do awesome stuff, really?
Hey hey hey, Deo!
D-Deodorant-sama!
Am i the only one that said this in german accent😂😂
@@suchi713 Nope.
The Diesel Scirocco
Gets you down to Morocco
With one fill up of Diesel
Fifty-Five mpgiesels
I was looking way too long for this. Thanks.
when I was in morocco I was into polo because golf was expensive. and later when I moved to dubai I got the Scirocco R :D
@@MustaphaArh1 poor choice, sorry to hear that
James May at his best
I’ve always been a Scirocco fan and I truly miss my 1980 Scirocco. Even today I will be able to spot a Scirocco on a crowded street. Thanks for this video.
Every thing you need to know to get up to speed on TRD (Toyota racing development)
GOOD!!!!!!!!!
^This.
TRD is rental cars with fender flares
Hayden Robins noo the grmn
I prefer to flush my TRD's down the toilet..
My father had a Mk1 Scirocco before I was born, he's owned every generatiom of Corvette and Camaro...but he still talks about the build quality of his Scirocco, how well it handled and how smooth the ride was.
He didn't own it for too long though.
He told me the three cars he regrets getting rid of the most are his '76 427 tri-power Corvette, his '59 Vette Roadster and his Mk1 Scirocco.
Everything you need to know about to get up to speed on the Nurburgring
.../Nordschleife
Stay Frosty WTF does that mean?
It’s the Nürburgring most people know nicknamed the green hell
@@Glamrock993 its German for north track
They also have a GP track but the one everyone knows is the north track
@@Glamrock993 the Nürburgring is the racetrack. The Nordschleife is a part of it. In fact the big part usualy everybody means when they talk about the Nürburgring. There also is the Nürburgring gp track wich can/will be linked to the 20.8 km Nordschleife in most races to have a ~25km track. And then there was the Südschleife (southloop) wich isnt part of the track anymore. But when someone says Nürburgring they usualy mean the 20.8km Nordschleife (northloop). Otherwise they usualy add gp track to Nürburgring.
The Scirocco body design was the pinnacle of Volkswagen. It been downhill from there.
I remember one priest in Croatia having daily last gen scirocco. Great turbo sound
I have never liked old Volkswagens, until I got to ride in an old Scirocco. It wasn't amazing in the acceleration department. The owner however, could throw it around like it was a go-kart. He did crash it eventually, but it was still fun to drive around in that car.
I discovered my favorite VW, the W12 Nardo, about 3 years ago and I still wish that they produced them.
'He did crash it eventually' 😹😹
@mega catares, Yup, he did crash it into a wall.
I wasn't in the car when he crashed thankfully. But, it was fun.
You lost me @ " I never liked old Volkswagens "......
Do a up to speed on lancia !!
Ya good idea!
Yes! The integrale or delta or anything by them would be awesome
In fact, a whole video for the Stratos would be amazing
Or the stratos
They have never spoken about Italian cars (except ferrari and Lamborghini) but we do have other good stuff, lancia, autobianchi, abarth, Fiat 124, 131, alfa romeo..
Remember this car from the Midnight Club:LA Days. Hope they bring it back sometime
I might be biased but this is the best up to speed ever!
I love my 2016 Scirocco GT Black Edition so much and finally it’s got a up to speed episode
Dude U are one of the Best out there
At myself being 50 years of age..
Think you know your stuff...
Plus funny than 99% of professional comedians out there...
Having spent most of my life in the auto industry business growing up in it in the 70s...
Also sold vehicles professionally from California, Neveda to Florida since 91.
I also owned many Vw products in my life as well as Golf diesels and 2 Vw siroccos to name a few ..
Very impressed with your STYLE and presentation...
All i can say is Great Channel...
I actually work in the factory where the last gen was built and I built the very last ones,
they were made here in Portugal in the AutoEuropa plant
Psyjuv mine broke the fuck down and your name is on it
@@ImToolie I will look for you, I will find you and I will fix it...😂
Thats awesome man..They stopped production in 2017 unfortunately, i love them so much i had to buy one myself 😄
"and the US....didn't!"
That shit destroyed me, I laughed for a good 10 minutes straight. This running joke of US always getting screwed on awesome cars is too good.
It's too funny XD
Actually it was true back then, especially the power was decreased for the US-market, but over here, in Germany, many People were jealous on the Americans, because they usually got better exterior. I think almost any Tuner used US bumpers without the big Space for the license plate and also the turning lights were usually US ones. That trend continued, as far as I know, till 2007 or so. At least US-mods were also a thing for my MK4 Golf from 2002.
6'4 130 pounds..wow had no idea you once smoked meth
There's no way he's 130, probably 230
Im 5'8" and almost unhealthily skinny, and Im about 130 lol
6'4 - that dude is hell tall; * Jealous *
I'm 6'10 and 280 pounds
Im 5'8 185lbs. 🤗
My first car was a 1982 Scirocco. Loved that thing. I once cleared a bridge landing at least 60 feet later. The best.
The year: 2020! Is it time for a return of the Scirocco in the USA? Yeah, baby!!!!
Yes.
Yeah. I had a 79 scirocco . Great car . But you know a new scirocco would be 35 grand at least.
Yes finally they did it! Scirocco owner here! :D
UP TO SPEED ON LE MANS
Jelly Bean that would be a 45 minute long episode
Keep the Le mans under rated or there wont be any to buy😭
"The only car named after a fart"
James,you made my FRIGGIN DAY
Attempting my 1985 Scirocco restoration in the middle of a fricking Pandemic. Love UR show. We'll post when we can - hope You'll watch.
I first saw the Scirocco while surfing through instagram and i didn't knew something as beautiful as that exists!! God, it was love at first sight. I was so amazed with the looks of it.
I love seeing what power manufacturers can squeeze out of 4 cylinders. Love the brz. 205 with no turbo isn’t bad.
You guys are doing very well for yourselves. I am on a trip right now in Puerto Rico and i saw someone wearing your shirt. Love everything you guys do keep it up.
Up to Speed: Opel Kadett
100% yes man
Oliver!
@@emperorpalpatine3088 lol Hamster approved
Scrolls to comments to look for Oliver lol!
but rhd from south africa .... haha
My parents had a 1980 Scirocco (i think it was an S)... and it was the first car with a manual that I drove successfully. Loved that car!
Up to speed RUF
Ah, those tuned Porsches from all those 2000's vidogames that couldn't get a license for actual Porsches, because EA had the exclusive contract.
Just watch vinwiki for the upto speed on RUF
@@GreenHellTube
Exactly, at least someone gets it
@@GreenHellTube Used to be tuned. According to the goverment, since they have their own chassis, they are their own manufacturer.
Thx for the up to speed on the VW Sriracha.
That'd actually be a different video on my teams racecar :)
Next Up to Speed: Volkswagen Corrado VR6
Lol they have the corrado in the video
The VR6 one
Welp you beat me to it!
G60
Jetta
I used to have a ‘94 Corrado. Loved that car. Had kids, sold it, and got a minivan.
I had an 1983 Scirocco in Royal Red. I loved that car. It was expensive to repair, but man it was fun and sporty.
Hey James you should do a up to speed episode on your dad
I 2nd that request.
It would be a pretty short episode
Yea... No
Nah he should do one on mind your business
Even when i really like this kind of humor, i find this to be sad :(
Geeze, when I started watching this episode there were only 15 views..... when I finished, 3.5k.... love you guys.
seriously who doesn't yell at jeopardy?
People born after 2000
@@nucleartuesday5218 so young people are having less sex and not yelling at jeopardy? Fox news is right we are all screwed lol.
Criminals
@@nucleartuesday5218 im after 00, i yell at it a lot haha
*all yelling*
Parent:"ANSWERS"
Teens: "TURN IT OFF"
Grandparents: "WHATS THE QUESTION?"
First car I fell for, my dads friend had a MK2 Scirocco in Tornado red with the 16v engine, stunning car. I now own a Corrado VR6 which is a project car and a TDI 2010 Scirocco, may have had more an impact on me than I would like to admit.
Thanks, very much overlooked cars. I bought a low mile 1980 white GT model back in 82' that had an overheated engine for $1800, and found a 79's diesel rabbit engine with 5,000 miles for $500 bucks and dropped it in, and found out the performance was about the same. I then Added a Turbo, performance exhaust and suspension, some ground effects, and adapted a Mercedes 300SD fuel enrichment actuator and methanol20%/80%water injection, and was getting around 100hp, and 60mpg. I drove for years and 150,000 miles with no issues. Even today it would be a fun and remarkable car.
Rob Pitts from VinWiki is your dad. Mystery solved
No, his dad is the guy who does Regular Car Reviews.
@@kanjo7132 nah , that's his drunk uncle
I could see that haha. Now get these two together and tell me it's not gonna get weird
But didn't james just say he hates rabbits? Oh shit just like his dad
Do a holden up to speed
Ahhhh yes, the Golf's older more stylish brother.
Love those cars! Sincerely - proud owner of a Scirocco!
James has been preparing skits and one liners for his dads episode for over a year now it’s boutta be heat🔥🔥
this was totally brilliant in production. funny af. Like a meme infused documentary
Great vid again. 130lbs?pffft
D-man lets try 230lbs
Keep up the great vids. Love it. Had a g60 and currently an e30. You the man bro
When he was younger...
More like 130 kilograms
10:38 “The Honda Prelude and Ford Probe didn’t stand a chance”. That Ford Probe is a Opel Calibra. An awesome car with one of the best 4 bangers ever
ABF 16v will always be one of my favorite motors. Too bad we never had them here in the states, just the 1.8l PL and 9A 2.0l. A PL head on a 9A block is a worthwhile mod, especially with the 50mm intake manifold and 'euro' intake cam. Ahhhhhh back in the days of Techtonics, and Autotech were some of the only tuners. Another cool trick is to get a spare exhaust cam and chop the end off it and run it in place of the intake cam. BOOM, an OEM part that can be used to stay within class rules that only allow factory parts. Its funny how many people are intimidated by CIS but I love it, having turning wrenches on so many CIS cars back in the day. Couple other good upgrades for the 16v CIS cars are the Audi 5000 throttle body, airflow plate and fuel dizzy. They all bolt up and work. 👍🤙😎
Correct on all accounts. We can be friends ;)
LOVED my 1980 Scirocco S with a 5 Speed back in the day!
Such a gorgeous automobile
Great episode one of my favorite cars I had 2 sciroccos and still have my Corrado... wish we could have gotten the new scirocco for sure
I own a 2011 scirocco it is the best car for me
Ah yes, my first car when starting a new career in Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Thank you for teaching me the proper pronunciation xD
Whaaaat I don't even remember this car in the game
I own an 81 mk1 Scirocco , and love it.
Lucky ass
That was my first car 1978 sidewinder edition Totaled it in 4 months Crazy kid Great car
Hey random person scrolling down the comments..
Happy New Year, and all the best in 2019 :)
Thanks. It's going to be my year. All the best yoursel big ein!
Happy New Year, and all the best to you as well.
*blush*
Random person, well no. Best to all however in '19
Hay guys 4 months into 2019 here and i just wanna ask. Is it to late to turn back?
The way he says Herbert Shafer at 8:07 makes me laugh for some reason, probably doesn't help that he followed up by saying " 6 inches" in the most perverted way ever lol
Up to Speed Dodge Challenger pls. ( 1970-2019 ). :)))
Thank you for the video! Even more proud to be a Scirocco owner!
I'm going on my 5th ROCC and it never gets old, driving it or watching videos. Awesome video👍🏼
I fricking love donut!
Cool vid, I have a new found appreciation for the little German car named after a "Dutch Oven" lol. We are a step closer to "Everything you need to know....V R 6!!!!!
On 10.38 min of video, its not ford probe, its opel calibra
We Need Dakar, we need Mitsubishi Pajero!!!
> *Pajero Sport*
@@ilhampurnamasadik7647 still the same
YES.
LOL Pajero in some latin american countries means "somebody who masturbates a lot"
@@gulburzz this is why in some countries pajero is montero or shogun.
Bought the last Scirocco R in Dubai last year before it was discontinued. Love it.
Man I wish they had them in the states
This up to speed popped up to me, I bought my 2011 VW Scirocco literally yesterday
Just got my wisdom teeth removed, so this was a nice surprise to see after waking up, thank you donut
The only reason I know about this car is because Midnight Club LA
I knew about it because of a hot wheels model I had, it was the R and I always thought it looked freakin cool
Same
I got a 2011 Scirocco as my first car back in 2019 :D making 211 hp stock
A car named after a fart 😂
so are most of the oder VW models
*NORMIE SPOTTED*
Like, 90% of all Maserattis? Ghibli? Khamsin? Bora? Buran?
Jared Richardson this guys a loser.
I own a 2010 mk3 Scirocco.
Not only is it beautiful, If you drive it "normally" you can get over 45mpg (2.0 TSi version)
Not bad for a car that never fails to make me smile when I stamp on the happy pedal.
I drove a 79 Sirocco until I got T-boned and it was totaled in 1985. Loved that car.
Cool!
I didnt knew you were a Car guy too, Justin. Thats suprising..
WTF how are you everywhere
Ive met this guy here before he blew up.
Im perplexed
Im Horny
The Scirocco could have been a giant killer but sadly Volkswagen couldn't dream big enough
shannon howard: That’s VW in a nutshell! Lol.
And now it gets cancelled.
Yanks didn’t deserve VW
It wasn't nearly as popular as the Golf, that's probably why they phased it out.
It makes no sense as a car. Its just a longer golf.
I got one for you!
How many people remember Stillen? The old company famous for fixing up and racing Nissan Z cars 😎
i could freaking watch this all day dude
Brings back Memories! I had a 79 (I think) red scirocco S brought brand new as a softmore in high school. I had Jensen 6x9 Jensen tri-X speakers, a Sony front end and a Linear Power amp. Rocking out to Donny iris 'Ah Leah'... what a fun car. Can't find much on the S these days
I just came across a 84 for $600 last night and I already wanted it but now I really do lol
Do it
On 10:40 Not a Ford Probe ist am Opel Calibra
Hans Peters thank you!
Was looking for this comment.
they do it for satire lmao
Oops I see now nvm
There's an orange, seemingly rust free mk2 Scirocco Wolfsburg missing door handles at Miechiel's Auto Salvage in Howell, MI. Been staring at it for at least 3 years...
Ouhhhh
GET IT NAWW
OK Donut, this is serious.
I know you guys love VW as much as I do, and I especially love the Golf, I always loved the car, and then I bought an 05 TDI Golf and a 92 Gold Diesel and have loved the car forever.
But there is one VW I haven't owned and it is my dream car, so can we PLEASE get an episode on the 90's VW Corrado. This car is so sexy and will 100% eventually be a collectors car. Please review the VW Corrado, which i think I've spelled correctly, maybe not lol.
The first car I ever bought was a red 1988 Scorocco 16v. I loved that car. Nothing handled like that car. I sold it just a few years ago.
Fog lights
- how they work???
Please do!
I love this show so much! LMAO 😂😂😂😂
I was stationed in Bavaria in 2009 and saw this 3rd gen scirocco on post. Man it sweet!! Wished it could have been brought to the states.
My very first car in 1994: a yellow 1977 Scirocco GTI with the 1.6 110hp engine and 4-speed manual gearbox. Half (fake?) leather with yellow checkered fabric interior. Extras were a sunroof and a (foam?) black back spoiler. I would chop off my arm to have one today. Such a cool car!
Up To Speed: Plymouth Barracuda
This video was suggested to me after I watched Jack Black's latest video.
I guess James looks like Jack Black in RUclips's algorithms....
Up to Speed: Chevy Chevelle
Good idea
Yes, that is my dream car
4:44 that was totally my car. Bosch fog lights, metallic green. Extremely fun car (when all the other cars out there were boring and a Mustang GT would make 135hp and be a PITA to drive), though reliability was non-existent.
The rubber timing belt broke within a year. It didn't break, but the rubber teeth got chewed off in one spot. The speedo broke, valve seals didn't seal, muffler pipe broke open, pin holding a rear shock popped off, rear window and driver window allowed rain to pour in, air pump filter rusted and fell off, and carb was in one of two states constantly: lean or rich. LOL, I had parts of that car held together with ribbon that I found in the street. But the body, I kept that perfect, so it looked great. When I traded it in the salesman said "and I know that the drivetrain is in as good a shape as the body" and I gave a deadpan "no". He thought I was joking.
The dual wipers came back with 85, not 84. The bigger spoiler appeared in 85, the 16v shared the same spoiler.
The mid 70s car market was obsessed by fuel efficiency and Detroit tried to turn the public against Washington by only offering boring low powered cars. That's how a 70 hp Scirocco could be perceived as a performance car. By the mid 80s things had changed, the Mustangs and Camaros were over the 200hp level, RX7s, and Supras abounded, and an upsized, upengined Scirocco would have taken a huge investment to compete in a saturated market. And gas was so cheap that small cars fell out of favor with the public.
Mine is 26 and I still love him.
11:25 I just love your jokes and your visual puns. You guys are so dumb! in a good way. You got me in tears of so much laughing. That dog begging was an awesome example of how much Americans desired that car XD!! Greetings from Mexico
Renault 5 Turbo - Up To Speed next please
Honestly, I know nothing about this model.
Today's Scirocco's basically a Golf but with silicone implants
@@TwentyNinerR yeah...basically a golf...with no space in the back and in the trunk
10 X But sexier
@@iamlegend535 agree...i never said it doens't look better :)))
@TsiG i agree so many people have these cars in Greece
In HS I had a rabbit diesel. I'm now almost 50 and 3 years ago bought a mk1 scirocco (not an S model, but white with s model trim, verified it came stock from pictures of actual delivery in 1979).
I'm 6'3 250 and I can vouch that they are SMALL inside! But at least I have a cherry rocco that I wanted back in HS! And it sits next to my mk6 golf R. :)
* stares in envy *
one day im gonna buy a scirocco mk2 gt2...
I daily drive a 3rd gen 1.4 petrol (160hp) and I got to say it’s an amazing car, it’s really fun to drive and also have an amazing fuel efficiency
Do a everything you need to know to get up to speed about the Mercedes G-Wagon.