I remember this episode from the 80s .Sexy car even today ! As a teen i remember seeing this exact same car in Magazines in 86-87 era. Best looking VW hatch ever arguably
I bought an '86 Scirocco 16V in 1992. It was red as well and was the 2nd Scirocco I owned. My first was an '82 8-valve model. Loved them both, but I actually had a little money to put into the 16v for Neuspeed stuff. I still miss that car today.
My first new 'off the showroom floor' car was a Scirocco. Other than being too loud (road and wind noise) it was an awesome car but then I married and had a kid and it was too small so I got a new VW Jetta diesel. Also am amazing car. Never a problem starting and running even in cold Michigan winters.
This actually may have been my favorite car. I bought a red 1986 1/2 16V when they first came out from Continental VW in Denver. Oh it was fun to drive! I remember decimating a Nissan Z car who had the personalized plates “WHOOSH.” BTW, EPA rated the highway fuel mileage at 28, I consistently got between 35-38 mpg with it. So, now I just bought a 40th Anniversary Edition GTI with a manual transmission, and sadly, this might be the end of an era for VW ICE engines and manual transmissions. I’ve only put 2,500 miles on it in five months, and it may exceed the fun I had in my Scirocco 16V, but that Scirocco will always be on my mind. I’m sorry I ever let that car go!
I always liked checking these out in German VW dealers. They were called GTX 16v or lower spec'd GT 16v/ Got to drive one and it was sweet. My love back then though went to a 1989 Opel Kadett GSi16v w/ 2.0i-16v 150hp engines. That was one bad assed autobahn cruiser back in those days.
I had two Sciroccos...The first one was a 1983 eight valve. Bought it used with low mileage. It was the most frustrating car that I had ever owned. Let's list the issues - multiple gearbox rebuilds, sunroof mechanism failure (stuck open), climate control fan resistor failure, air con evaporator failure due to badly routed lines, multiple front wheel bearing failures associated with gearbox rebuilds, and stereo failure all in about two years. It seemed like a black cloud was following me when I owned this car. Finally, one winter afternoon I lost control on an icy road and somehow managed to destroy every panel on the passenger side without doing any damage to a Toyota pickup's rear bumper. Shortly after this unfortunate episode, it was traded for a used 1985 Prelude. The Prelude was brilliant and the black cloud vanished! Fast forward to 1990...Spotted this little red 16V at a VW dealer in Baltimore - it had 9k on the clock and they wanted $9k for it. I talked them into letting me take it home for the night. I was smitten. This car was for my wife and her car was to be traded - a 1985 Fiat/Bertone X19. Remember those? The X19 was a nice car, but not too practical. They gave me $3k as a trade and the deal was done. We kept that car until about 1997 and decided to get a new Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. The Scirocco was sold to a kid for $2500 and he drove it for years - used to see it at the Safeway where he worked...This edition was very reliable, but was worn out when we sold it. The clock stopped working at around 70k and I estimate the car had about 150k on it. Memorable repairs were limited to wheel bearings (of course), timing belts, air con compressor, and hard to access roof-mounted radio antenna. BTW, the 1985 Prelude got rear ended and totaled and I wound up getting a 1988 version.
This was my car! (actually a 1987). Tornado Red. A lot of fun, but ohhhhh, not reliable. Everything broke. The shift rods cracked, door handles pulled out of the doors, sun visors snapped, and finally the worst - a leaking gas tank. Took three trips to the dealer to diagnose the gas smell and had it replaced under warranty. A few years later, after I had gotten rid of it, I got a recall notice from VW saying "some Sciroccos" may have developed a hairline crack in the gas tank. Oh really? It was great to drive, looked beautiful (and still does), but tough to live with.
My brother “handed me down” this same car, color and all when I started college. I remember it had such a hard time starting in the winter and ended up selling it. New owner changed a faulty wire underneath the car and it solved the problem. I ended up getting a 1997 Golf, just wasn’t the same.
I have a 1988 2.2L 16V that is a riot to drive!!! I LOVE it and will never sell it. It handles like nothing else out there! I have beaten an Evolution VIII and a STI both with 400hp around a track and I only had a stock 2.0 16V at the time, with 116hp and 123tq at the wheels!!! I bored out a 2.0 16V to 2.2L, put Weisco Pistons, H-Beam rods, a new crank, and a Euro-Cam in it along with a transmission with shorter gears. Raceland coilovers, and powder coated black six spoke rims top it off. still nees a paint job, but that's coming soon. Anyway, I love these cars and hope they don't dissapear to fast, I don't see them very often anymore...😞
I enjoy all these Retro Reviews and impatiently wait on the next uploads . I hope you have the 1987 Car Of The Year Thunderbird Turbo-coupe coming soon .
I love my Scirocco 16V, bought it from a guy for $4000 who kept it in storage most of it's life, and was setting it up for autocross. This car defiantly turns a lot of heads these days, not many have survived but I'm glad mine did!
My dad got offered $500 trade in price in 2003 for his 91 Jetta coupe diesel. So he asked the dealer if he could use the phone, he called me and asked if I have 500$. I've had it since 2003 and it's not going anywhere. It's on my channel. He keeps his cars in eat off of condition.
@@ConsciousRobot I think it’s pretty sexy hatch for it’s time, but sometimes when I am lonely I will shave one leg so it feels like I’m sleeping with a woman.
While I really love the original Giuguaro styling of the early Scirocco, this one still looked good and performed well. Fun coupes are in short supply; it's a real pity that we live in a time when me-too S/CUVs are so popular and prices are so high. I wish cars like the Scirocco, Toyota Celica and Honda CRX and Prelude would come back and better still, sell.
Loved this car...a high school buddy had the GTI 16v back in ‘87... the whole trunk was fitted with two 12” CerwinVega woofers... Could hear him a mile away. He used always redline it...
Yeah, I had the 1987 Karmann version. Red. Bought it used in 1989 for $9k (I think). It had 40,000 miles, so just broken in. It was fast. I had a black nose bra on it, so it was very pretty. I kept it until 2003 when a terrible, wet snowstorm (36 inches) collapses the hatch, the snow melted, soaking everything. Seal on the hatch never recovered, and I gave it away. It had 200,000 miles on it and never gave me any fits.
I was thinking do cars even have those anymore? Granted I only driven VW and Audi so been awhile been in other manufacturers. Do you really need a voltage meter anyways? Oil I can understand but I watch my thermostat reading.
@@lm1314 Thermostat doesn't have anything to do with voltage or oil pressure. A voltage meter would give you a heads up on issues with your alternator or electrical system. Why are you only driving crap quality VWs and Audis is the real question? ;)
@@samd1405 well I had my 1996 Jetta GLS for 9 years and 2005 Jetta GLI for 13 years so guess not crap quality for those two. My sister-in-law got rid of her 1995 Honda Accord after 4 years due to issues. I do admit going off my brand by just getting a 1990 BMW 325i convertible manual for summer run around car. I like German cars. I know not always most reliable but like the driving dynamics compared to numb American, Japanese and Korean cars.
They're not that dependable as they used to be my neighbor had a Jetta he hated it and my uncle had a Passat nothing but electrical problems but Volkswagens back in this era like in the 80s 70s and 60s we're way more reliable than today's cars
They still build the Scirocco. They just don’t bring it to the states. Look around you, there’s not much clamor for a 2 + 2 anymore and between the GTI and the R I guess VW considers their performance market is covered. But I’d consider one. I’d like to fine one of these or perhaps a Corrado
I owned an '87 Scirocco 16v. Tornado red. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Most VW people back then had the 16v GTi. Neuspeed springs, front and rear stress bars. Loved that car. Miss it very much.
Points for deliberately avoiding the obvious cliche at the very end! My older brother had one of these cars, and it was really sharp looking. It still looks to me like kin to the Delorean, which it should given its Giugiaro design lineage. The one thing I do remember about my brother's Sciracco was the horizontal dashboard plastic under the windshield was horribly affected by too many summers out in the baking sun. This was why those windshield sunblockers became so popular for a decade or so.
I love my old early 2000s gtech. I think the new ones got lame , my buddy bought one a few years ago when ended up returning it. Nothing like the original(s) ...I had/have the good one.
I G-teched mine also and consistently got 8 seconds flat. Car and Drivers' official road test got a time of 8 flat also, and 15.9 second quarter mile, but some were a little faster than others. Motorweeks' times are usually slower than Car and Drivers times.
Noseefood :Giugaro designed (what became the Izuzu Impulse) for VW but VW didnt like it and designed their own in-house Scirocco...so Izuzu bought the design and called it the Impulse.
My buddy in high school had a red one exactly just like this one. The hand rolled sunroof had me laughing so hard though when he's trying to drive and act cool while opening the sunroof while I just opened my power sunroof on my Toyota Celica GT-S.
That instrument panel is *exactly* the same one that was in my Mom’s ‘85 Jetta. I just wish that Jetta had had this 16-valve engine - it needed more power, although it was certainly a decent car for the time.
I had 2 friends with Sciraccos. One had a first Gen the other had an 84.. I like them both but really wanted a 2nd Gen.. Never got me one, moved on to Beemers..
Beautiful German car ! Why does Motorweek always complain about not having enough instrument cluster read outs, they should go see some American cars from that era, that don’t even have a tachometer.
When you look at the Tv commercials today with all the car companies trying to get you excited about performance variants of their hearse-like bulbous, ugly SUVs, it only makes you long even more for the days when cool cars like the Scirocco and the Audi Quattro ruled the roads.
Ah yeah, the first appearance of the Fuba roof antenna as an OEM part (at least in the US). Recall reading that VW claimed the usual location on the driver side fender had interference from the alternator.
I would prefer a 1st gen car with single windshield wiper, but this was a pretty car! And how about a review of that Sterling 825 in the background @2:26, please. =)
My first car was a silver '88 Scirocco 16V I bought in 1994 with 65k on it and I kept for 9 years. So many great times with that car. Owning that car was all heart and little brain as the quality just wasn't there. The things wrong with it at 65k off the top of my head...both front strut inserts had given up, the front strut mounts were bad, a rear coil spring was broken, the passenger side engine mount had rotted out due to oil leaks and caused the car to shake and rattle the interior at idle and as it went through the revs, oil leaks (obviously), the driver seat back supports had given up, the forward tilt cable on the driver seat had snapped, the downpipe flex coupling was cracked, the exhaust had rotted out, the "teardop" alloy wheels were corroded and had bubbling clearcoat from Wisconsin road salt, the driver door had a rust-through perforation from where WI road salt water collected and was trapped on the door handle backing plate, the injector o-rings had hardened and shrunk and caused a vacuum leak and rough idle and the front rotors were warped and caused pulsing when braking. I’m sure I'm forgetting other things. I believe it was a 1-owner, dealer-serviced car when I bought it. Being my first car I assumed this mayhem was all normal. Looking back, it was the single most troublesome car I've owned and I've owned many. In 1999 I had the head rebuilt and put a rebuilt 2.0L bottom end in it from a 16V Passat. That gave it much-improved bottom end. Ah, the Scirocco...
Oh yeah, the passenger side tie rod was bad, the car was eating batteries at a rate of 2/year on average, the parking brake was seized/rusted solid and never worked (except the time my dad borrowed the car not knowing to leave the parking brake alone and the caliper seized with pressure on the pads...when he returned home smoke was coming from the LR wheel). Nowadays a car is expected to be in nearly as-new shape at 65k. Times change.
Oh man! I never knew all that. You did an amazing job with that Vw. I still love(ed) that silver surfer. Just wish the driver side door handle could have been serviced/fixed. Oh well. Such is life.
Maybe you can find it out there. Unless it got wrecked, I bet some VW guy is still taking care of it. The guy I sold it to fixed the driver side door handle rust actually. Oh, one more thing wrong, the hokey factory limited slip differential was bad so it was essentially an open diff. If you tried to put much power down while turning the inside wheel would spin.
Still have my ‘86 FlashSilber Scirocco. Original owner. Love hate relationship when it was newer. Engine and tranny bulletproof @ over 300k miles currently. Blower motor stopped working early on. 2nd gear Syncro went in the first year. Sunroof mechanism went bad early. And the best was when the left rear wheel bearing gave with zero notice and the wheel came off with brake disc and all at 70 mph and rolled right past us on the highway ‘till we realized what had happened.
I test drove a new one in '86 and still remember how fast it was. I had to pass on it though because of the lack of legroom up front for anyone over 6 feet. I couldn't put the seat back far enough to extend my legs. Probably a good thing since the reliability from what I've heard was the shits.
@@marcusjosefsson4998 Yeah, correct. The Euro spec Scirocco 16V had more hp & torque and didn't have the outrageous super huge park bench bumpers, like the U.S spec Scirocco 16V.
I bought this car back in 86. let's just say, undependable is stating it lightly. I couldn't use the A/C without it overheating. I took back to VW on more than a few occassions, they couldn't figure out what the issue was. I owned it less than a year and sold it and bought a Toyota Pickup.
+EgoShredder Especially the rear one. It looks like a set of clown shoes. The first thing I did with mine was find a set of Euro bumpers. They look so much better.
That's the poor engineering of VW to get around the mandated 5 mph bumpers. They could have done anything else, but they chose to go the cheap route of bulky bumpers.
Had a silver one back in 80’s when unable to get the Prelude. Great car.
I remember this episode from the 80s .Sexy car even today ! As a teen i remember seeing this exact same car in Magazines in 86-87 era. Best looking VW hatch ever arguably
Beautiful and sexy car of VW Scirocco 86.
FACTS💯%
80's such a great era for cars
Yeah, for Euro and Japanese cars. American cars at that time were struggling a lot though.
I bought an '86 Scirocco 16V in 1992. It was red as well and was the 2nd Scirocco I owned. My first was an '82 8-valve model. Loved them both, but I actually had a little money to put into the 16v for Neuspeed stuff. I still miss that car today.
My first new 'off the showroom floor' car was a Scirocco. Other than being too loud (road and wind noise) it was an awesome car but then I married and had a kid and it was too small so I got a new VW Jetta diesel. Also am amazing car. Never a problem starting and running even in cold Michigan winters.
That’s great
@@MG-yu6doVw Scirocco is great and beautiful car. The wheels is too of Gol GTS 87 here in Brazil.
This actually may have been my favorite car. I bought a red 1986 1/2 16V when they first came out from Continental VW in Denver. Oh it was fun to drive! I remember decimating a Nissan Z car who had the personalized plates “WHOOSH.” BTW, EPA rated the highway fuel mileage at 28, I consistently got between 35-38 mpg with it. So, now I just bought a 40th Anniversary Edition GTI with a manual transmission, and sadly, this might be the end of an era for VW ICE engines and manual transmissions. I’ve only put 2,500 miles on it in five months, and it may exceed the fun I had in my Scirocco 16V, but that Scirocco will always be on my mind. I’m sorry I ever let that car go!
I always liked checking these out in German VW dealers. They were called GTX 16v or lower spec'd GT 16v/ Got to drive one and it was sweet. My love back then though went to a 1989 Opel Kadett GSi16v w/ 2.0i-16v 150hp engines. That was one bad assed autobahn cruiser back in those days.
I had two Sciroccos...The first one was a 1983 eight valve. Bought it used with low mileage. It was the most frustrating car that I had ever owned. Let's list the issues - multiple gearbox rebuilds, sunroof mechanism failure (stuck open), climate control fan resistor failure, air con evaporator failure due to badly routed lines, multiple front wheel bearing failures associated with gearbox rebuilds, and stereo failure all in about two years. It seemed like a black cloud was following me when I owned this car. Finally, one winter afternoon I lost control on an icy road and somehow managed to destroy every panel on the passenger side without doing any damage to a Toyota pickup's rear bumper. Shortly after this unfortunate episode, it was traded for a used 1985 Prelude. The Prelude was brilliant and the black cloud vanished! Fast forward to 1990...Spotted this little red 16V at a VW dealer in Baltimore - it had 9k on the clock and they wanted $9k for it. I talked them into letting me take it home for the night. I was smitten. This car was for my wife and her car was to be traded - a 1985 Fiat/Bertone X19. Remember those? The X19 was a nice car, but not too practical. They gave me $3k as a trade and the deal was done. We kept that car until about 1997 and decided to get a new Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. The Scirocco was sold to a kid for $2500 and he drove it for years - used to see it at the Safeway where he worked...This edition was very reliable, but was worn out when we sold it. The clock stopped working at around 70k and I estimate the car had about 150k on it. Memorable repairs were limited to wheel bearings (of course), timing belts, air con compressor, and hard to access roof-mounted radio antenna. BTW, the 1985 Prelude got rear ended and totaled and I wound up getting a 1988 version.
This car had a very nice silhouette. VW really made cars back then that you WANTED.
Love the teardrop wheels, such a distinct-looking vehicle. VW in its prime when it comes to car exterior design. Loved this and the Corrado
One of the best cars VW ever made!!!!! If I hear of an auction selling one, I'd buy it!!!!!
Literally my favorite car of all time. I’d pay all the money to have a zero miles barn find new one!!!
Whatever you say John. This is a good looking car even now in 2015.
I'll agree.
This was my car! (actually a 1987). Tornado Red. A lot of fun, but ohhhhh, not reliable. Everything broke. The shift rods cracked, door handles pulled out of the doors, sun visors snapped, and finally the worst - a leaking gas tank. Took three trips to the dealer to diagnose the gas smell and had it replaced under warranty. A few years later, after I had gotten rid of it, I got a recall notice from VW saying "some Sciroccos" may have developed a hairline crack in the gas tank. Oh really? It was great to drive, looked beautiful (and still does), but tough to live with.
+Naked Eye Studios Seems unlikely. VWs are renowned for being bulletproof. :)
I have a 92 2 liter 16v GTI. I guess they got the bugs mostly out by this time? Mine has had minor problems in 193k.
@@TassieLorenzo Thats called salesfloor marketing..
Like a model or actress
There might be a difference between US and EU models, but my 87 Golf is stil going strong after 200k miles. Doesn't even use a drop of oil
My brother “handed me down” this same car, color and all when I started college. I remember it had such a hard time starting in the winter and ended up selling it. New owner changed a faulty wire underneath the car and it solved the problem. I ended up getting a 1997 Golf, just wasn’t the same.
In a word, thanks John.
That was a great flash back to when I was Dealer Master VW tech in the 80's and 90's.
I have a 1988 2.2L 16V that is a riot to drive!!! I LOVE it and will never sell it. It handles like nothing else out there! I have beaten an Evolution VIII and a STI both with 400hp around a track and I only had a stock 2.0 16V at the time, with 116hp and 123tq at the wheels!!! I bored out a 2.0 16V to 2.2L, put Weisco Pistons, H-Beam rods, a new crank, and a Euro-Cam in it along with a transmission with shorter gears. Raceland coilovers, and powder coated black six spoke rims top it off. still nees a paint job, but that's coming soon. Anyway, I love these cars and hope they don't dissapear to fast, I don't see them very often anymore...😞
Loved this car in the day
I enjoy all these Retro Reviews and impatiently wait on the next uploads . I hope you have the 1987 Car Of The Year Thunderbird Turbo-coupe coming soon .
I love my Scirocco 16V, bought it from a guy for $4000 who kept it in storage most of it's life, and was setting it up for autocross. This car defiantly turns a lot of heads these days, not many have survived but I'm glad mine did!
I love my 92 GTI 16v. Owned since 99. It’s my forever car.
My dad got offered $500 trade in price in 2003 for his 91 Jetta coupe diesel.
So he asked the dealer if he could use the phone, he called me and asked if I have 500$.
I've had it since 2003 and it's not going anywhere.
It's on my channel.
He keeps his cars in eat off of condition.
My 1985 scirocco still running 😂 CA
Saw this car a lot in Road & Track magazine back in the mid 80s. It was a very cool machine.
Love the sound of the 16v
Is it me, or does that body style say sexy? Whether the Scirocco, Impulse, Corolla GT% or downsized Chevy Nova, I just love that body style!
I like hatchbacks, but I don't see sexy at all when I look at this. It's kind of cool though.
@@ConsciousRobot I think it’s pretty sexy hatch for it’s time, but sometimes when I am lonely I will shave one leg so it feels like I’m sleeping with a woman.
@@mattycheeze4131 Jesus that's funny!!
@@mrrogerstown2435 thanks. 😂
@@mattycheeze4131 😅😂😂😄
I wanted one of these so bad! Never got to though.
Never too late to find one. Go get it! Enjoy it... no reason to deprive yourself.
When ever you get a chance please buy one, it is the best car I have ever owned ( driving for 35 years.).
I have always wanted one as well just like you, but now the time has come and I'm going to be picking up my Scirocco next week!
I had an '87.. Miss it.
While I really love the original Giuguaro styling of the early Scirocco, this one still looked good and performed well. Fun coupes are in short supply; it's a real pity that we live in a time when me-too S/CUVs are so popular and prices are so high. I wish cars like the Scirocco, Toyota Celica and Honda CRX and Prelude would come back and better still, sell.
Loved this car...a high school buddy had the GTI 16v back in ‘87... the whole trunk was fitted with two 12” CerwinVega woofers... Could hear him a mile away. He used always redline it...
Had an 87'! Came in white too, in 87-88.
I picked up on that, too. Figured he must have only been referring to this model year.
Absolutely beautiful lines. This model was built in Germany. The pinnacle of Volkswagen before all else went downhill for them in the 1990s.
Agreed
Yeah, I had the 1987 Karmann version. Red. Bought it used in 1989 for $9k (I think). It had 40,000 miles, so just broken in. It was fast. I had a black nose bra on it, so it was very pretty. I kept it until 2003 when a terrible, wet snowstorm (36 inches) collapses the hatch, the snow melted, soaking everything. Seal on the hatch never recovered, and I gave it away. It had 200,000 miles on it and never gave me any fits.
My cousin had one of these brand new back In the day. She would give us rides in it. We used to think it was such a sports car.....lol..
CanadianCyclist That can be read in such a hilariously different way.
This motor has great output for the displacement, considering the times
So uhhh... I'm still waiting for the AWD one mentioned in this segment!
The original Volkswagen goal
That engine was the same one in my dad's '88 GTI he once had.
My first car was a MK 1 Scirocco, the body style before this. Man I wish I still had that car!
l love VW Scirocco 85-88
Are there any MW reviews where he DOESN'T"T complain about lack/positioning of volt meter and oil pressure gauges? lol
None....
soundseeker63, I don’t blame him, it’s a glaring omission!
I was thinking do cars even have those anymore? Granted I only driven VW and Audi so been awhile been in other manufacturers. Do you really need a voltage meter anyways? Oil I can understand but I watch my thermostat reading.
@@lm1314 Thermostat doesn't have anything to do with voltage or oil pressure. A voltage meter would give you a heads up on issues with your alternator or electrical system. Why are you only driving crap quality VWs and Audis is the real question? ;)
@@samd1405 well I had my 1996 Jetta GLS for 9 years and 2005 Jetta GLI for 13 years so guess not crap quality for those two. My sister-in-law got rid of her 1995 Honda Accord after 4 years due to issues. I do admit going off my brand by just getting a 1990 BMW 325i convertible manual for summer run around car. I like German cars. I know not always most reliable but like the driving dynamics compared to numb American, Japanese and Korean cars.
Ahhh, back when VW made cool cars....
They still make little sporty cars. I don't know how dependable they are, though.
They're not that dependable as they used to be my neighbor had a Jetta he hated it and my uncle had a Passat nothing but electrical problems but Volkswagens back in this era like in the 80s 70s and 60s we're way more reliable than today's cars
@@taylormordoch9802 this. VW is shit now
@@Foxbat1155 VW stands for very weak
@@taylormordoch9802 mfs always say this and get gapped by a gti LOL
I love this car and I don't see a Volkswagen Scirocco on the road today!
Ralfy Bebe True! FYI, my father used to have a Volkswagen when I was little but it was an 1988 Jetta Carat sedan.
Kevron Harris
Watch Petrolicious video about this car !!!
They still build the Scirocco. They just don’t bring it to the states. Look around you, there’s not much clamor for a 2 + 2 anymore and between the GTI and the R I guess VW considers their performance market is covered.
But I’d consider one. I’d like to fine one of these or perhaps a Corrado
Look on eBay for parts.
Any scirocco part is 500$.
I still do see them but rarely of course.
I owned an '87 Scirocco 16v. Tornado red. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Most VW people back then had the 16v GTi. Neuspeed springs, front and rear stress bars. Loved that car. Miss it very much.
I have a 92 16v GTI still. Love it. Same set up. I added KW coil overs.
Lol... I had an 88 16v GTI.
would have rather had a 16v 'rocco
I loved this car!
Points for deliberately avoiding the obvious cliche at the very end! My older brother had one of these cars, and it was really sharp looking. It still looks to me like kin to the Delorean, which it should given its Giugiaro design lineage. The one thing I do remember about my brother's Sciracco was the horizontal dashboard plastic under the windshield was horribly affected by too many summers out in the baking sun. This was why those windshield sunblockers became so popular for a decade or so.
Road & Track got one of these from 0-60 in 7.7 seconds. I had one that I know (G-tech) was quicker than 8.5.
Ah, the memories :-)
I love my old early 2000s gtech.
I think the new ones got lame , my buddy bought one a few years ago when ended up returning it.
Nothing like the original(s) ...I had/have the good one.
I G-teched mine also and consistently got 8 seconds flat. Car and Drivers' official road test got a time of 8 flat also, and 15.9 second quarter mile, but some were a little faster than others. Motorweeks' times are usually slower than Car and Drivers times.
When these cam out my friend Donna had one of these in red and my friend Gary had the previous model in black. I liked them both!
I still want one
Scirocco Rocco never dies!
Dude, you are everywhere. I see your comments daily. Anyway, have a nice day and keep the greasy side down. Biste auch im Sciroccoforum?
The touted next gen 4WD Scirocco never arrived...
It did with the Scirocco R that we never got here in the US
@@ShutUpBubi *golf R. The scirocco R is fwd
I had a '91 Jetta Wolfsburg that had those same wheels but the inside of the teardrop was painted to match the car.
I like how they gave it ground effects but kept the unsightly bumpers that stick out too far.
looks like isuzu impluse which is one of the most beautiful 80's car.
Noseefood :Giugaro designed (what became the Izuzu Impulse) for VW but VW didnt like it and designed their own in-house Scirocco...so Izuzu bought the design and called it the Impulse.
Noseefood Add some Volvo 480 influence at the rear end!
So this is the car that Stewie Griffin found the keys for in a candy dish at the Pewterschmidts.
???
Greatest. Car. Ever.
My buddy in high school had a red one exactly just like this one. The hand rolled sunroof had me laughing so hard though when he's trying to drive and act cool while opening the sunroof while I just opened my power sunroof on my Toyota Celica GT-S.
Will 88 except this is worth $$ these days where as no one gives a shit about a celica
Bring the Scirocco back to the U.S.
I had an earlier one with a distributor, so the only rev limit was valve bounce! what a rocket!
That instrument panel is *exactly* the same one that was in my Mom’s ‘85 Jetta. I just wish that Jetta had had this 16-valve engine - it needed more power, although it was certainly a decent car for the time.
Reminds me of my old 89 Isuzu Impulse... beautiful cars
I owned this very car. What a joy to drive.
Owned this car for about 2 years. It was a fun car when it was running. But otherwise completely unreliable.
My vent fan blower relay would blow every few months. Apparently it was normal because my dealer kept them in stock.
My mom had a black one, great car to drive.
The Golf GTI 16V was the shit back when I was n school. Nothing could touch it until Mishu put a turbo on the mirage
I had 2 friends with Sciraccos. One had a first Gen the other had an 84.. I like them both but really wanted a 2nd Gen.. Never got me one, moved on to Beemers..
That aggressive trim and sport molding???? Hold me back!!!!
a girl i was seeing in high school had one of these.. it was white. it was a cool looking car with the wider tires on it.
Beautiful German car !
Why does Motorweek always complain about not having enough instrument cluster read outs, they should go see some American cars from that era, that don’t even have a tachometer.
My best friend and crime partner, Joe Ray, ran one of these back in the 80's. Hey, Joe!
My '86 8v..........i miss you so much.
I love this car. VW was on point with this car
When you look at the Tv commercials today with all the car companies trying to get you excited about performance variants of their hearse-like bulbous, ugly SUVs, it only makes you long even more for the days when cool cars like the Scirocco and the Audi Quattro ruled the roads.
I had a GT2 scala in white............Bootiful!
I've rode in this exact car back in the early 90s. These rode nice.
Ah yeah, the first appearance of the Fuba roof antenna as an OEM part (at least in the US). Recall reading that VW claimed the usual location on the driver side fender had interference from the alternator.
Reminds Me of 1988 Iszusu Impulse.
I would prefer a 1st gen car with single windshield wiper, but this was a pretty car!
And how about a review of that Sterling 825 in the background @2:26, please. =)
My first car was a silver '88 Scirocco 16V I bought in 1994 with 65k on it and I kept for 9 years. So many great times with that car. Owning that car was all heart and little brain as the quality just wasn't there. The things wrong with it at 65k off the top of my head...both front strut inserts had given up, the front strut mounts were bad, a rear coil spring was broken, the passenger side engine mount had rotted out due to oil leaks and caused the car to shake and rattle the interior at idle and as it went through the revs, oil leaks (obviously), the driver seat back supports had given up, the forward tilt cable on the driver seat had snapped, the downpipe flex coupling was cracked, the exhaust had rotted out, the "teardop" alloy wheels were corroded and had bubbling clearcoat from Wisconsin road salt, the driver door had a rust-through perforation from where WI road salt water collected and was trapped on the door handle backing plate, the injector o-rings had hardened and shrunk and caused a vacuum leak and rough idle and the front rotors were warped and caused pulsing when braking. I’m sure I'm forgetting other things. I believe it was a 1-owner, dealer-serviced car when I bought it. Being my first car I assumed this mayhem was all normal. Looking back, it was the single most troublesome car I've owned and I've owned many. In 1999 I had the head rebuilt and put a rebuilt 2.0L bottom end in it from a 16V Passat. That gave it much-improved bottom end. Ah, the Scirocco...
Oh yeah, the passenger side tie rod was bad, the car was eating batteries at a rate of 2/year on average, the parking brake was seized/rusted solid and never worked (except the time my dad borrowed the car not knowing to leave the parking brake alone and the caliper seized with pressure on the pads...when he returned home smoke was coming from the LR wheel). Nowadays a car is expected to be in nearly as-new shape at 65k. Times change.
Oh man! I never knew all that. You did an amazing job with that Vw. I still love(ed) that silver surfer. Just wish the driver side door handle could have been serviced/fixed. Oh well. Such is life.
Maybe you can find it out there. Unless it got wrecked, I bet some VW guy is still taking care of it. The guy I sold it to fixed the driver side door handle rust actually. Oh, one more thing wrong, the hokey factory limited slip differential was bad so it was essentially an open diff. If you tried to put much power down while turning the inside wheel would spin.
I'll look for it!! Lieutenant Dan?? Haha!
My 92 GTI 16v has been pretty good. I got it in 99. Gas 193k.
Built in my hometown osnabrueck.
110ft. stop! That's M3 territory. Crazy
this is one of my favorite cars
Still waiting on my awd scirocco.
I want one of these
Still have my ‘86 FlashSilber Scirocco.
Original owner.
Love hate relationship when it was newer.
Engine and tranny bulletproof @ over 300k miles currently.
Blower motor stopped working early on.
2nd gear Syncro went in the first year.
Sunroof mechanism went bad early.
And the best was when the left rear wheel bearing gave with zero notice and the wheel came off with brake disc and all at 70 mph and rolled right past us on the highway ‘till we realized what had happened.
😳!
MotorWeek | Retro Review: '86 Volkswagen Scirocco 16V
I test drove a new one in '86 and still remember how fast it was. I had to pass on it though because of the lack of legroom up front for anyone over 6 feet. I couldn't put the seat back far enough to extend my legs. Probably a good thing since the reliability from what I've heard was the shits.
Im 6 2 and i can sqeeze in mine
Classic!... i love it!.
I had this car a dozen years ago! I still liked my 84 GTI better, but the 16V was sooo much better. I'm not sure why VW abandon the 16V....
Wait wait wait what happened to the redesigned awd scirocco?? I never knew that was something vw was working on! It's a shame they never made one!
JD sure loves him some voltage meters.
John said, "an amazing 123 horsepower and 120 lb/ft of torque."
Guess it was amazing for the U.S. market...
@@marcusjosefsson4998 Yeah, correct. The Euro spec Scirocco 16V had more hp & torque and didn't have the outrageous super huge park bench bumpers, like the U.S spec Scirocco 16V.
How about a retro on the Cavalier.
I bought this car back in 86. let's just say, undependable is stating it lightly. I couldn't use the A/C without it overheating. I took back to VW on more than a few occassions, they couldn't figure out what the issue was. I owned it less than a year and sold it and bought a Toyota Pickup.
+Thomas Whitmore My dad's 1987 Hyundai Excel had the same problem.
+Thomas Whitmore i heard that the overheating issue was very prevalent as well
Looks Like 1988 Isuzu Impulse. I Like Both.
I always wanted one
Is the '82-'85 Scirocco review available?
Less body role? What was it like before! 😁😁
I had one great car, 7000 rev limit !!! Back then...
What a cool car....
I had the eight valve model the 16 valve model was sweet!
Such a shame that US regulations ruin the looks of all their cars, with those bulky front and rear bumpers.
+EgoShredder Especially the rear one. It looks like a set of clown shoes. The first thing I did with mine was find a set of Euro bumpers. They look so much better.
That's the poor engineering of VW to get around the mandated 5 mph bumpers. They could have done anything else, but they chose to go the cheap route of bulky bumpers.
True. They pretty much cancel out the cool factor of the ground effects too.
4:35 "Temp gauge lost in speedometer..", err, thats the rev counter or tachometer