| HISTORY | | | | platform to replace it but when production of that car |
| Golf coupes were by no means a new idea when this | | | | ceased in 1996, so did the burgeoning dynasty of cars |
| Scirocco was launched in 2008. The first car to carry | | | | combining Golf basics with coupe bodywork. |
| the Scirocco name (derived from Sirocco, the Italian | | | | Though the Golf GTI models were on hand to satisfy |
| for wind, if youâre interested) was launched in | | | | Volkswagen customers looking for something sporty, |
| 1974 and based around mk1 Golf mechanicals. It was | | | | they have never been cars with the power to |
| superseded in 1982 by a heavily revamped Scirocco | | | | transform pedestrians into gawping fools with a simple |
| mk2 which shared the same platform. The Scirocco | | | | drive past. Volkswagen went without a real |
| didnât disappear from the Volkswagen range | | | | head-turner for more than a decade before the |
| until 1988 when the Corrado arrived on the mk2 Golf | | | | long-awaited revival of the Scirocco in 2008. |