The last time I had so many people pointing their cellphones at my car in an effort to snap a fuzzy image of it, was in 2007 when I drove the then still-under-wraps Audi R8 from Cape Town to Upington so Topcar could (unofficially) break the South African land speed record.
Okay, the R8 wasn’t my car. And neither is the bright red Volkswagen Scirocco parked in front of my local Spar, the one with the small group of car nuts peering through the windows and aiming their mobile phones at it.
As I walk towards the car, I press the unlock button on the remote and their heads snap up like a family of meerkats that have just spotted Eddie the Eagle cruising overhead.
One guy admits he doesn’t like the Interlagos 18-inch alloys our test car is running on. But that’s it. The rest of this little impromptu focus group would trade a sister to own one.
This is quite remarkable. Let’s think of the mainstream German car manufacturers as the Bible Belt of the motoring world, which would make Volkswagen, the most conservative and traditional of them all, the buckle.
With the Scirocco, VW has undone the buckle and they’re twirling the belt above their heads while doing a pole dance.
WHAT’S COOKING, GOOD LOOKING?
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lookin good
well about that auto repair manuals its very very useful to have those man.
hot
nice car i wish i got those.
Driving that car would be
Driving that car would be awesome. Im looking for a replacement for my car. I I would love to add that on my list. I have a Pontiac and it is very hard to maintain plus it eats up my allowance just for minor repairs.. Right now I am looking for a new car,one that does not have complex auto repair manuals.
1.4 TSI
how come no front armrest on 1.4 tsi model not even an option,cum on vw
hot ???
the weathers hot , that cars not.
still a piece of vw !
HOW MUCH?
R228 000???
Wish it was
It's selling for R339k now. The 1.4 litre's at R282k
Its so hot
Awesome car, can be colour sensetive though - Viper green looks the best. Can't wait for the GTI motor version to make its way here, or Scirocco R.
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