VW SCIROCCO R

The updated version of the Volkswagen hot hatch the Scirocco R debuts next month in Australia with updated features such as a new front sports grill, side body skirts, updated exhaust system and a brand new multi-media interface. The stunning and sleek 2 door coupe/hot hatch  may seem like an ordinary sports car, but as soon as the engine warms up and and you hit the turbo, the instant speed comes and you wonder at the back of your mind whether this car can compete in the super car level in the car industry.

 I personally own one and the feeling of purchasing this car for the price of 60k was unbelievable, the driving experience when you're driving on a warm summer night is priceless. Now lets get onto some statistics of the car itself. The car can get to 100km/h in just 6 seconds flat with the engine producing 188kw of power through the front wheels. As this car is a front wheel drive it loses to its twin brother the Golf R from 0-100km/h by 0.3 seconds because of its four wheel drive system. As the Scirocco R is a front wheel based car it saves 125kg compared to its twin brother, and is faster around a track.

As this car is a hot hatch its main competitors are the renault megane, ford focus rs, bmw 135i and the A250 sport. The Volkswagen is the cheapest in price when it comes to quality and peformance, it outbids the renault and ford with higher standards in interior quality and performance. It is also better than the BMW and the mercedes when as it is not worth paying a extra 25k premium for a car which is not better in performance and the interior qulaity of the two german brands are not even that much better than the Scirocco R.

In my opinion the Scirocco R is one of the prettiest looking hot hatches on the market now anbd with the new upcoming face lifted model heading into the showroom in the next quarter of the year it is one of the ticklist car enthusiasts must try and possibly own one in the near future.



Charles Hong
Super Car Blog Australia

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