Germany’s biggest tuning show its opening its gates today and Volkswagen will be there with two special editions, painted in shiny white and featuring the most exclusive equipments and best technologies.
First of them is the Eos "White Night", a study that surprises with the elegant contrast between black and white. The body is painted in "Candy White" and the roof, the grille and mirror caps in "Deep Black Perle Effect".
Same contrast in the interior: black Nappa leather, whit "Campanella white" ornaments. The study is powered by a 3,2 liter V6 engine that delivers 250 Hp.
Second one is the special edition Scirocco "Collectors Edition." This will go on sale at the beginning of 2009 and will be limited to only 100 units.
"Collectors Edition" is painted in "Oryx White", and on the interior the leather is "Berry White". The new Scirocco will feature xenon headlights, 19" wheels, an electronic panoramic sunroof, RNS 510 navigation-system.
It will be powered by a 2,9 litri TSI engine that delivers 200 hp.
Oh Volkswagen, why must you tease us with cars that aren’t available in the U.S.? Ok so we don’t buy hatchback cars in big numbers, but we swear this time if us send us a race-inspired turbocharged version of the Scirocco, we’ll buy a few.
It seems VW is adding more boost to the Scirocco’s range topping current 2.0-liter engine. Volkswagen is borrowing a step from its corporate cousin and tuning the Scirocco to make the same 265 hp as currently in the Audi S3 (the Scirocco range currently tops out at 200 hp.)
The car is rumored to be called the R20T (reflecting the 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder). The new range topper should take some add-on design cues from the Scirocco GT24 racer, but that will likely not include the huge rear wing or low air diffusers.
If all goes well this car could be on the streets by 2010 at a price of around £25,000. At current exchange rates, that puts the car over $38,000. This means even if VW absorbed some of the price, it would still be a hard sell in the U.S. We’ve already got cars with similar horsepower and more features, like the $25K, 265 hp Subaru WRX.
The latest addition from the German tuner Prior-Design is the new body kit for the Vw Scirocco. As you know, the car didn’t reach yet the U.S. market, although Vw assures us it will, but we can still get a preview of the tuning programs for the stylish coupe.
The new kit includes a re-designed front bumper, new side sills, a new rear roof spoiler, a new rear bumper with integrated air diffuser as well as a new exhaust system. The new kit is completed by the new multi-spoke alloy wheels painted in black in order to give the vehicle a new look.
It’s hard to have cool police cruiser in the U.S. We arrest so many people that we need full-size cars with full-size back seats. The big V8s may make the cars fast, but the big sedans always have a somewhat Grandmamobile look to them. In fact, the last cool cruiser belonged to Jake and Ellwood.
That’s why European cops are cooler. Last month we saw Italy get a Gallardo LP560-4 as a Police car, and now here’s the Volkswagen Scirocco dressed up in "blues and twos" form for the Essen Motor Show.
The Scirocco Police Edition was built as part of a program called "Tune it! Safe!" The program seems to be an awareness project between the German Government and the tuner parts manufacturers to make sure all parts the go into tuner cars work properly. The manufacturer Hella helped outfit the Scirocco Police Edition enough lighting technology to scare off the baddies.
We’ve received no information about if there’s been any tuning to the engine. If its stock, then the car would only have about 200 hp, so at least our Crown Vics are faster in a straight line. All we have to do is keep the crooks from turning...
If life can imitate art, why can’t a car imitate a video game?
A company called Individual that is VW’s domestic division for customization and accessorization, bolted together a Scirocco in a theme for the Need for Speed (NFS):Undercover video game.
The base is the standard Scirocco with the 200 hp 2.0-liter. Outside the car gets a custom two-tone paint job with plenty of race-fan graphics. VW Individual also outfitted the Scirocco with a body kit and set of contrasting black 19-inch alloy wheels. Like a SEMA-style car, the rear seats were removed in order to accommodate two 32-inch and two 19-inch Samsung monitors. because this is video game related, the big screens are linked to three X-Box 360 video consoles.
If you just have to see this car in person, you’re going to need to hop a plane. The car will debut at Essen Moto Show in Germany at the end of this month.
Unlike the Mustang from Midnight Club LA there are not any announced plans to give this car away.
