'Rocco R20

[Mrk_Mickey]

perhaps maybe minus the driver that is pictured..

Nah screw that, he can take our speeding tickets cos licences in germany have unlimited points!!!

[maca]

Alright you've just given him your couch to sleep on

[SmutsGTI]

That is my next car! how hot is that frontend especially in .:R blue!

[Sharkie]

How official is this "official" release. Can anybody confirm the VW actual press release ? Ben ? Its due to make an appearance today (21 May) at the Ring.

As gorgeous as it is, I won't be buying its Golf R20 brother if it is FWD .... My order clearly states, it has to be AWD ....

[evorobin]

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=19936

Better get that deposit back. FWD Boosted MKV motor.

[poloplayer]

More pics and details. I guess it won't be .:R anymore, more like [R]

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/235802/volkswagen_scirocco_r.html

[Sharkie]

For those that may be interested here is a link to the official 24hr Nurburgring site.

http://adac.24h-rennen.de/en.html

Link to the start list (its in German) here:

http://adac.24h-rennen.de/uploads/media/vorlaeufige_Teilnehmerliste_24h-Rennen_Stand_14_05_01.pdf

No R20T (Golf or Scirocco) racing here ........... GT24s only

Note Car #13 .... some crazy Australians racing a Toyota Corrolla .......

[Coaster]

No R20T (Golf or Scirocco) racing here ........... GT24s only

VW Scirocco is #118 Sorta the same thing.

There are a few Golf TDI's up against the BMW d's. Should be interesting. One HD?

[poloplayer]

Number 44 are two aussies in a commodore

[Sharkie]

Bloody shorty (now even shorter) Grant Denyer in #29 in Porsce 997 RSR ........ lucky boy

[Sharkie]

Denyer's car came in 9th


AND ....

whatever that Scirocco #118 was (obviously not a GT24) it came in 15th overall beating the GT24s ....... any many more fancied cars .....

Was this the R20 Scirrocco that beat the racing specific ones ??????

How good is that 15th place ....

[MattyT]

Note Car #13 .... some crazy Australians racing a Toyota Corrolla .......

One of those crazy aussie's is the current CAMS president!

They came 15th in their class.

[Sharkie]

Doesn't say much for CAMS if their president takes a Corrolla to the Ring ...... should have taken a VW .....

Also, confirmed the Scirocco that came 15th overall was the R20 .... 1st in its class too .......

[mk1turbo79]

Unfortunatly according to VW australia we won't be getting the scirocco

[Mr Messy]

Last year the top Scirocco was 11th at the hands of Jimmy Johansen. In 2007 he got a tweaked MkV GTI to 8th place outright. Same idea as the 'rocco - 300hp, DSG, FWD, consistency.

IMO the biggest giant-killing effort in recent years was Johannes Stuck going 5th outright in a BMW 120d. There were 141 finishers that year, and many cars that didn't make it to the end.

CAMS man Colin Osborne has a thing for Toyotas and has class wins in the Australian Production Car Championship (outright too on parity) Bathurst 24hr and Bathurst 12hr. The man can build a very reliable car and keep it quick, consistent, and off the walls... unlike half the V8 circus.