Birmingham Wire Birmingham Wire. Musicdawn Collection Фанк, Соул и редкий грув Funk, Soul and Rare Grooves. Dead Volkswagen Scirocco. The time has come to mourn the death of yet another sporty car nameplate. This one doesnt affect the North American market, and while inevitable, its kind of a bummer nonetheless. The Volkswagen Scirocco is no more. Volkswagens German site and various media outlets confirmed the hatchbacks death this week, saying that prospective buyers in the markets where the Scirocco is sold cannot order new ones, but can only buy the current supply. As Volkswagen deals with the massive costs of its diesel emissions cheating scandal, and retools to focus on electric vehicles and giant SUVs that Americans might actually buy, no Scirocco replacement is in sightor likely to happen at all. A bit of a shame, but also not surprising. The Scirocco resurrected a sporty Golf based hatchback that ran from the 1. VW weirdos and people with good taste. CS642630-01A-BIG.jpg' alt='Soul Disco Vol 2 Rarest Legos' title='Soul Disco Vol 2 Rarest Legos' />Look at this sad, lonely 2017 Honda Civic Type R, in what looks to be a nice neighborhood in suburban South Carolina. But not everything here is nice. No, in fact. The current one went on sale in 2. Mark V Golf, so the current Golf and GTI far surpass it in technology. It never went on sale in the U. S., although we did snag one for a weekend years ago so we could take it to Ikea. The rarest new car in the USA is not a Lamborghini. It isnt a Ferrari. Its not an Aston Read more Read. 3D Plants Download. Despite being basically just a hotter Golf with a more stylish body, American fans clamored for VW to bring the car stateside for years. It never happened. It wouldve been too expensive, VW said, and might eat into GTI and Golf R sales. The top shelf Scirocco at the moment is the 2. GTS the 2. 76 horsepower Scirocco R was phased out some time ago. Unlike the Golf R, it only came in front wheel drive. I once heard a story about the Scirocco from a well connected industry friend. You should take it with a grain of salt I heard it second or third hand and Im not even sure if its true. But it is plausible. Anyway, the story goes that at one of the more recent European auto shows a senior Volkswagen engineer took a crowd of his younger staff to the Ford stand, where sat the then new 2. Mustang that had just gone on sale in that continent. The senior engineer told his team Thats what youre up against, before proceeding to berate them in German. He was talking about the Scirocco. At any rate, the Mustang, while more expensive, totally has the Scirocco outclassed in terms of power and driving dynamics and has since gone on to become the best selling sports car in Europe. Even Volkswagens own GTI and Golf R make for more practical and modern propositions. Considering the competition it now faces, and the general global market shift toward crossovers and SUVs, its easy to see why the Scirocco died and hard to see why VW would want to put any effort into replacing it. Still, Id like to live in a world where there are more sporty coupe options, not fewer ones, so Ill still pour one out for the Scirocco. Maybe well see them stateside in 2.