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VW’s 2009 Iroc Coupe

Scirocco successor to premiere at Paris

By GREG KABLE

AutoWeek | Published 08/24/06, 9:57 am et

Wolfgang Bernhard has barely warmed the seat as Volkswagen chairman and he is already attacking the market with products he hopes make the German automaker cool again. Look for proof in the reborn Scirocco coupe—dubbed Iroc—which makes its global debut in Paris in September.

If Bernhard’s plan comes to fruition, it will do for VW what the TT did for Audi—provide the German carmaker with a modern, relevant and desirable image-building model.

Iroc is planned for North American showrooms by the end of 2008, the same year VW launches its Land Rover LR2 rival, the Tiguan.

The original Scirocco was the highlight of the VW lineup when it was launched in 1974, an affordable Giugiaro-designed coupe that could seat four, and—in top-of-the-line, 16-valve 2.0-liter form—hold its own against some of the best two-door offerings of the day. It bolstered VW’s image and helped lay the foundations for some of its most successful years on record. With the Iroc (the name uses the middle four letters from the word Scirocco), VW hopes to recapture that old Scirocco magic.

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The basic ingredients look right. The New Beetle notwithstanding, Wolfsburg has consciously steered away from throwback design cues for Iroc. The prominent brushed-aluminum single-frame grille won’t win any beauty contests, but the angular headlamps, distinctive clamshell hood and heavily flared front-wheel arches imbue Iroc with plenty of presence. Other distinctive features include a heavily raked windshield, pronounced shoulder line, shallow side glass and plunging roof-line. About the only weak point is the hatchback rear, which lacks the flair and imagination of the rest of the exterior. Iroc is similar in length to a Golf GTI, but is 1.5 inches wider and fully 3.3 inches lower.

Iroc runs on a straightforward front-wheel-drive mechanical package. Wheelbase and track widths are extended slightly over the Golf GTI, giving the coupe a confident stance. The show car sports 19-inch wheels, but we expect 18s in production form.

VW is vague on exact specifications, but the new coupe likely will be powered by three engines: a supercharged and turbocharged 1.4-liter, 210-hp four-cylinder Twincharger gasoline engine; a turbocharged 2.0-liter 240-hp four-cylinder; and a 3.6-liter 280-hp V6, the latter likely offered with 4Motion all-wheel drive. Transmission choices should include a standard six-speed manual and optional seven-speed Direct Sequential Gearbox.

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I'm not caring so much for this, although it could be that color that is turning me off.

<---not a big fan of that green.

BTW, has VW asked for permission to use Iroc from the International Race Of Champions? Or will they have to if they market this car under that name?

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I'm not caring so much for this, although it could be that color that is turning me off.

<---not a big fan of that green.

BTW, has VW asked for permission to use Iroc from the International Race Of Champions? Or will they have to if they market this car under that name?

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I'm not sure if that's an official name here, or just a clever twist - the front plate says

SCIROCCO

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I like it. Some of you guys are reachin there arent you ? Isnt it more like a Ford Focus or that Citroen I was seeing in WRC events a few years back ?

I think VW has a good handle on styling recently. Im really liking them and was seriously condsidering purchase. But I stuck to my homeland..............

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BTW, has VW asked for permission to use Iroc from the International Race Of Champions? Or will they have to if they market this car under that name?

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Does the IROC series still exist? I thought it ended a decade ago or so with racing Dodge Avengers...

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"IROC-Vee" :rolleyes: Ugly....

I want to see at least one "VW's are driven by Mullett Heads"

comment by SAtty a week now!

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I went to the Cardinals-Cubs game last night, and was mesmerized by a fan who was sporting one of the most spectacular mullets I've ever seen - it was amazing.

The style was tightly cropped on top, the sides, and mostly in the back, but beggining about the ears, the hair began cascading southward in gentle waves - over the collar, past the shoulders, and down to the small of the back, aching to reach the waistline of the finely pressed jorts.

It was nothing short of magnificent.

-RBB

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There's PLENTY of white trash driving VWs around here.

Mk.II & Mk.III Golfs & Jettas are abundant and cheap

just like IROC-Zs & therefore plenty of them are driven

by poor white people, usually wiht 20% of the body

panels under bondo/primer.

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I don't really like it. Hopefully something will change in production and it will be less... weird, especially at the front. The mechanical aspects sound promising, however. But the prices are still stupid high.
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