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That will be Salsa Red. Look at the VW UK brochure http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/car-range/ (Can't link it anyfurther cos of sub windows. There is a Price list, Brochure and R brochure on one of the sub windows that can be downloaded) I wanted Firespark Red or Flash Red by special order but VW canned special order paint (all VW's - June 2009) the month before I went to buy due to high order levels. The Salsa Red looks too dirty, too quickly, when I see them in the UK. So I settled for white, second choice being Opal Silver (light gold metalic shade, now deleted and replaced by Silver Leaf a deeper shade.)
They do have R's but the main staple in Euro outside the UK is the 160PS Twin Charge or the 140PS CR diesel.
Production rate is similar to the Mk2 Scirocco at Karmann, but no where near the heady heights of the Mk1 rate Karmann built.
When VW dipped their toe in the water about entering the Sport Coupe market again, they had gone through the Corrado failing to sell with high production costs, public revulsion of fast sports cars at about the same time. When others had recovered ahead of them, they needed to gain ground. I don't think VW top brass were convinced. So it was plonked in Portugal as they had fallen out with Karmann. I think if the gap hadn't appeared, they would have had difficulty in putting production somewhere. Now they can as of last year with the old Karmann factory at Osnabrück only running at half capacity as a re-furbished VW plant.
And don't forget..... they will never let the Scirocco influence Golf sales in any country's market sales, so it will always stay a cinderella.
The Portuguses factory had the EOS chassis to use with a few tweaks. But is not geared up for 4WD, so that remains Golf territory.
What they didn't bargain for was the younger element of driver's having access to cheap finance and a car they liked or the UK reducing VAT to 15% in 2009. All a big post launch boost to marketing the car.
They do have R's but the main staple in Euro outside the UK is the 160PS Twin Charge or the 140PS CR diesel.
Production rate is similar to the Mk2 Scirocco at Karmann, but no where near the heady heights of the Mk1 rate Karmann built.
When VW dipped their toe in the water about entering the Sport Coupe market again, they had gone through the Corrado failing to sell with high production costs, public revulsion of fast sports cars at about the same time. When others had recovered ahead of them, they needed to gain ground. I don't think VW top brass were convinced. So it was plonked in Portugal as they had fallen out with Karmann. I think if the gap hadn't appeared, they would have had difficulty in putting production somewhere. Now they can as of last year with the old Karmann factory at Osnabrück only running at half capacity as a re-furbished VW plant.
And don't forget..... they will never let the Scirocco influence Golf sales in any country's market sales, so it will always stay a cinderella.
The Portuguses factory had the EOS chassis to use with a few tweaks. But is not geared up for 4WD, so that remains Golf territory.
What they didn't bargain for was the younger element of driver's having access to cheap finance and a car they liked or the UK reducing VAT to 15% in 2009. All a big post launch boost to marketing the car.
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