The Volkswagen Scirocco Mk2 is a Wedge Shaped Coupé That Encapsulates the 1980s

[@TwinCam]

As I mentioned, this car was very kindly lent to me by Tim at Stockley Classics, and it's currently FOR SALE! So if you'd like a wedgy 80s coupe or classic Volkswagen, then do take a look! www.stockleyclassics.com/

[@TwinCam]

I should note that as I write this, the car is not yet listed on the website, but will be very soon, and if you're interested now then feel free to enquire.

[@warrenny]

There is always a soft spot in my heart for Volkswagens. From one American's perspective, VWs don't really age....they just define the era in which they were built: counter-culture 60s, frugal 70s, yuppie 80s, hipster 90s/2000s. Of late, they seem be what they always were, a handsome conservative choice, only now they lack attachment to culture. And they are almost all crossovers.

[@ejc7129]

Great video from a driver who has driven nothing but VW’s for the last 27 years...they are reliable, solid and amazing cars 🙂👍🏽🎉

[@danielrussell446]

Cannot agree more I’ve been pleased with my Volkswagen cars

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

Drove one of these 80s Sciroccos when I lived in Germany. Was a lot of fun and felt a lot quicker than it actually was. Back in 2008/2009 at a gas station a dude offered like $13,000 Euros for my buddy's Scirocco. Still see enthusiasts out there.

[@AndrewKNI]

I have had many Golfs over the years but never a Scirocco. A class car and very unique. Well done Ed.

[@MassiveLib]

Drove one back from London in 89, really felt good.

[@russcattell955i]

I worked in a VW dealer in the 80's, my car was a mk 1 golf, could not afford insurance for a GTi so drove many in work. The best Scirocco's to drive were GTi / GTX and 16v. Happy days.

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

I get slot of "Marty, once this baby hits 88mph" vibes from this car. It is very 80's and the front does remind of the styling of the DMC

[@watercooledfeller]

Both engineered by the same designer

[@callumthomas6152]

Love the look of the mk1 and mk2 sciroccos, I plan on getting a mk2 and doing it up when I get a licence

[@RoxhamCottage]

Loved the Scirocco, always wanted one! My first car was a 1979 Rabbit/Golf. It was red and had red seats, red carpet, red headlining, a red dash, red seatbelts, and even a red (faded to more of a pink) steering wheel. Good memories!

[@matthewadams4207]

My second car when I was 18 was a gen 2 Scirocco, a 1982 model. It started my love of VW and Audi.

[@mikeenglish6401]

Excellent vlog Ed…….. Your skill, professionalism and confidence continue to grow. Mike

[@bradlemmond]

Absolutely! I used to think of you as a younger HubNut (not a bad thing), but you really have a distinct personality, even if you do have similar taste (again, not a bad thing, I love seeing regular cars that weren't available in the US).

[@NavarroOne]

I enjoyed that. I had a beautiful red 1985 specimen when I went to college in Florida in 1990-1991, sporting the fuel injected but not overwhelmingly powerful 1.8 The rear seats were plenty big for a car full of cheerful college students heading to New Orleans for a wild weekend - a buddy also drove his overheating Mark I which was struggling to carry it’s own weight so I had his passengers in my car. Glorious weekend, great memories. Loved that car

[@davidevans4089]

I had the good fortune to buy a 1982 mark two in 1999 from a friend who had kept it for at least ten years for £400.00. One of the best cars I have ever owned, ran it for two years never let me down.

[@johnf5817]

I had a B registered Scirocco GT in the late 90s, pretty much identical to this one. I loved driving it and it was so comfortable. Unfortunately the brakes failed while I was approaching a roundabout off a motorway slip road (I think the master cylinder seal went) and I was lucky to be able to slip into a gap as there was no way I could stop! Managed to limp home and as I was on a very restricted budget at the time, the car went back to the auctions it had come from just a couple of months previously. Still love the design though.

[@plym1969]

Brilliant video as always Ed. I wanted one of these when I passed my test but couldn't afford it, or the insurance! They turned heads in the 80's.

[@grayfool]

Very good cars. I loved the Mk1 Sirocco Storm. GTi engine, body kit, leather interior, and some lovely alloys. I bet there aren't many of those left which is a great shame.

[@Dick-Dastardly]

I remember the day I first saw one of those! Brilliant looking car

[@torresalex]

Again, thoroughly enjoyed that. Great mix of fact and opinion!

[@jonathonbrett-qn1ic]

Great video Really enjoyed your review excellent The cars of the 80s were Great something about that era.

[@richardjohnson3463]

Another classy review of an interesting car, well done!

[@brianbarnes7774]

This car saved My life. First year in college, and I had a near fatal accident. Flipped the car onto a guide rail, and got hit by a Semi truck. The roof on the passenger side was crushed down to the dash, but the drivers side held. Mine was Red, with Black interior, Leather seats. 1986 16v. I Loved that car.

[@SeeHere2]

Wedgy goodness. Iol. Brilliant

[@Pmjs]

I've always liked the mk2 Scirocco & Golf. I used to have a VW Corrado 2.0 16V 94M.

[@thisisaname3510]

I think it's a beautiful car, and something we desperately need today, an Awesome review!

[@Lobster_Eater]

Was recently in Bude, Widemouth Bay with the Capri and took the “coastal” road further south, very scary narrow cliff side surface, and right on the tightest corner was sat a gorgeous Scirocco in black, me and the other guy definitely had a shared moment of Bum-Clenching, but what a gorgeous car it was! Great video as always Ed!

[@bitzabogdan8978]

beautiful car

[@julianlyons711]

Another great video informed and well put together … broadcast quality and better than anything on mainstream tv ..

[@neilmustow368]

Very 80's Scirocco coupe Ed a well kept example and a great review👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Agreed - bring back the sunroof! Great review - the quality of presentation gets better and better!

[@malclisle9045]

Brilliant car & great to see one again. I had a gt just like that one back in the day.

[@daudder]

A friend had one of these and it was a absolute stunner. I had a 76 Capri. And now can admit the Scirocco was a much better car...:)....Another great video!

[@TwinCam]

Thanks mate :)

[@scarcam]

Had the Mk1 back in the day, wanted a Mk2 but never happened. A class act.

[@peterpaine3756]

Another great presentation,I owned 3 back in the day,GTI, Gtx and storm and loved them. Looking forward to your next vidio.

[@stephenmarkland8316]

Excellent video Ed. Thankyou. Take care fella. Steve.

[@michaeltutty1540]

Great video, Ed. Lovely to see a car I am familiar with. These are a lovely design. I always did rather like them. For me, the downside to any Volkswagen I have tried, the driving position just does not fit. 6 shoulder surgeries and a damaged rotator cuff mean I can handle behind the wheel for about 5 minutes before pain sets on with a vengeance. That does not stop me appreciating both the car and your fantastic and information packed narration. Well done indeed.

[@Robert-ho4xk]

The Scirocco Mk1 was my absolute favorite, not only due to the guys driving one. Long time ago.

[@seanhumfrey]

Writing gets better and better Ed. This is up there with one of Quentin Wilson's pieces 👍

[@judethaddaeus9742]

Quentin would have used more well-worn clichés like “appurtenances of gracious living,” “the great and the good,” or “tin tray full of crockery.” Ed’s writing is more no-nonsense, less cluttered. Less like he’s trying to impress and more like he’s enjoying himself and bringing us along for the experience.

[@seanhumfrey]

@@judethaddaeus9742 well said 👍

[@walthamwalker]

Great video - well narrated 👍👍👍👍👍

[@lr_s3102]

Great, I want a Scirroco now..

[@mattw8332]

Lovely example. Steel wheels & centre caps for the win. The front end looks just the same as a Talbot Tagora. Try finding one of those to do a feature on! 😁

[@glyngregory5456]

Loved them had a mk1 which I restored 1.6 GLS in river blue followed by mk2 GL diamond silver then mk2 GTi in alpine white and lastly 1.6 GT in alpine white.

[@dirkmatthies]

I have this car in my garage for nearly 20 years. I think the colour is "flashsilver" (LP7Y)? I improved the brakes and changed the exhaust (--> Friedrich Motorsport). I also changed the shock absorbers (---> Koni) and the steering wheel (---> Raid). A very reliable car...making everybody smile. In the beginning I had some trouble with the 2E2 carburator. I learnt to repair...and it works great until today. So I bought a second one: A green 1981 GT model with "single" wiper and small rear spoiler... 🙂

[@stevesas632]

Lovely, well presented review :)

[@jonntischnabel]

My second car was a Scirocco exactly the same as this one D62 SHF. Unfortunately written off. Same colour and spec. Loved it. ❤️

[@petergearing4796]

One thing I loved about my Sirocco was the lack of space in the back seating area. It stopped so called friends who liked to sponge off of me and wanted free trips to pubs and nightclubs. They had to get off their arses and get their own licenses and cars instead.

[@jimd385]

Great video. I never really liked the mk1 design, but the mk2 looks awesome (as a little kid I often confused the Lancia Montecarlo and the mk2 Scirocco because they really do have similar attributes) …..and also it looks a bit like a DeLorean.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

And made far better than the DeLorean.

[@restorewithcal]

Brilliant video! Your facts and research on each individual car really shows through and the skill and confidence is really something to be proud of. I can see yourself going far, maybe even a tv broadcaster/journalist 👍🏻

[@TwinCam]

Thanks mate, that's very kind of you to say :)

[@Keithj136]

You are getting better and better. 👍😎

[@russellhammond4373]

Love this video even though the original never came south of the Equator. We missed out on so much.

[@Lambykin]

Considerable differences in appearance between the North American & European Scirocco. Not 100% certain the sunroof on that car is factory equipment. I believe the factory sunroof was operated by a hand crank, and it had no glass - no different than the Golf. Aftermarket sunroofs in the 80s & 90s were a popular item, and many different cars were fitted with them in the U.S. & Canada. Probably a similar story in Europe, too. Can't speak for Europe, but these cars are a very scarce sighting in Ontario, Canada. Would love to see a resurgence of cars like this, but everyone is too busy flooding the market with SUVs.

[@DIYPanda1]

It does look a bit like a webasto roof that was popular aftermarket at the time.

[@PhuriousStyles]

Well spotted, glass sunroofs were mostly dealership fitted or a completely aftermarket install. Factory was always a tilt and slide steal roof.

[@johnmarsh2078]

Dear TC, the elephant in the room cured in the Mk2 Scirocco was rust! The Mk1 dissolved so quickly you could hear it happening .... shades of Alfasud. The Mk2 had full wax injection and plastic frontwheelarch liners. I had a 1984 Storm and in 1998 there wasn't a speck of rot on it (apart from the fuel filler pipe). How I wish I still had it.

[@Zadster]

Now we need to find someone with a contemporary Audi coupé (not Quattro) for Ed to compare! It might be difficult finding a carb fed one with steelies though.

[@wanderinggentile]

You missed one eighties coupe, which may not have been offered in the UK (but is relevant for being a Giugiaro design on a prosaic family car platform); The Isuzu Impulse. (Disclosure: I owned one for 20 minutes.) Although rear-drive (Based on the GM T platform, best known in Britain as the Vauxhall Chevette) it was very similar in power, dimensions, and styling, commissioned as the Ace of Spades (Asso di Fiori) show car by Isuzu in the very early eighties. Great work as usual, and I hope my tangent down an unmarked slip road did not disturb.

[@Kris_T_]

I've always liked the Scirocco, when I was about 17 I knew an Audi mechanic who had a Scirocco transplanted with a 924 Turbo engine (I think, it was 25 years ago). Although I think I prefer the curves of the Capri.

[@DemoverProjectMusic]

I have the impression that DeLorean was very inspired by the "Scirocco"... It was one of my father's cars, slightly wide tyres, black and highly reliable if well maintained...

[@Make_SPQR_Great_Again]

god damn those edgies.. so good

[@danielrussell446]

Such a great review Ed one of my favourite cars growing up and I still have the sales brochure I got from our local VAG dealer at the time these great cars led me to want to buy Volkswagen cars which I have done in adult life would love a scirocco if I could afford one

[@Discopuss]

I had a mk1 golf (rabbit), GTI, cabriolet and mk1 scirocco and later a fox. Always wanted a 16v scirocco, but never did get to have one...

[@kindelvanterpool1417]

I saw one on a U.k. car sales sight .👍👍 I love VW.

[@peterwhitehead2453]

Great channel, well done!

[@TwinCam]

Thanks Peter :)

[@Lar308]

That sunroof is obviously aftermarket. They were all the rage at the time and I got one fitted to my first Fiat 128 3p. Nice on a sunny day and they could not only be opened but completely removed too. Only thing was they condensated badly in frosty weather and ruined my seats so I never got one fitted to my second Fiat 128 3p.

[@peterward305]

I have owned two Scirocco's over the years, my first didn't have the body kit and was a GLS in Champagne metalic. The car looked lower than the later GTII I owned which had the body kit. I loved both these cars and today wish I still had them, they are great fun to drive though don't depend on the brakes which were awful.

[@sfkarl]

Production quality is sky rocketing. I'd suggest capturing 5 minutes of ambient environment sound to use as a bed under your voice over recording, so it doesn't sound like you're in a recording booth, rather still there but off camera during B roll.

[@MakerfieldConsort]

When Alfred Hitchcock realised people were watching out for his cameo appearances, he began putting them in earlier in his films so viewers wouldn't be distracted from the actual plot of the film. With that in mind, I see you got the Melvin shot in right at the beginning.

[@alancomish6783]

Great video thanks, back in the day, yes I'm old, I had three Mk2 Sciroccos all with the 1,800 fuel injected engine, loved them and still miss them. At one time I also had a Mk2 Capri which wasn't a bad car, especially if you like going sideways round bends in the wet. In my opinion though the Capri wasn't in the same league as the Scirocco.

[@MrFlyingguy]

bring back the sunroofs indeed.... i have them in both of my cars and makes searching for cars much, much easier. nice review......again.

[@robshorts]

Excellant video!

[@frothe42]

I'm not sure, but I thought that US Sirocco was available with a manual sunroof from factory. Interior is VW of the time. You should do a review of the Audi Coupé GT (Based on the 80/4000S). That Audi reminds me of the Sirocco.

[@doktoruzo]

Fab car and review Ed.

[@andytalbot6719]

Great video. Those steelies were actually Golf GTI winter wheels.

[@Piltdownpaul]

Our garage also had a scirocco storm, i couldnt afford the insurance so bought the standard 1600.

[@Piltdownpaul]

I loved mine. awesome

[@chrisnewbold9876]

Had a Mars red GTX back in the day. You are quite right about the build quality, its was right up there. IIRC the body was a little lighter than the Golf, so was a bit quicker to 60 than the much lauded Golf Gti - something many were unaware of. Interior was a bit sparse and could have done with a touch more luxury feel to it.

[@TwinCam]

It does feel very utilitarian. Not so much to draw you towards it, but can’t argue with the quality.

[@Cyberdyne-kg8ku]

Good video. You remind me a bit of Alex Riley.

[@johncroxon]

Love it, would have that and an Audi Sport Quattro Coupe in my lottery win garage

[@Ramcharger85]

Beautiful car. ❤

[@russellrobson7632]

Nice review. You've done your homework. Perhaps include a road test in future... I still have my 1982 built GL Auto. A pre body kit version with the single wiper. It got the slightly better 85hp 1.6 engine. Still runs beautifully, starts first time every time and puts a stupid grin on my face every time I drive it! 😁

[@TwinCam]

Thanks Russell. Unfortunately, I do not have the insurance to drive all the cars I video, and due to me being 21, I cannot get any cover!

[@russellrobson7632]

@@TwinCam Ah! That does explain it...

[@chanabhaji2726]

Twin Webber's on my 1800 GL 90s car. It went like stink!

[@judethaddaeus9742]

I’m quite surprised that the Scirocco had less space inside than the Capri, despite being FWD and based on that miracle of interior packaging, the Mk1 Golf. A more sportwagon-like rear roofline than the Capri’s 1960’s fastback design, I assumed would lead to better head room, as well. Apparently not. It’s hard to fault VW build quality of the day, though, and the doorhandles and door fits are exquisite for such an attainable vehicle of the period. Lovely. I’d be curious to know how it might have compared with the Volvo 480, though. Excellent writing, filming, and subject! As usual.

[@MattysCars]

I am a fan. I'd even have the new shape Scirocco but I know there's better cars for the money

[@Lobo-ih3bh]

You’re videos are great. I’m curious as to why you never drive the cars?

[@kevanmccaffrey8513]

Clarkson" RS turbo, Renault 5GT Turbo, Talbot Lotus sunbeam. Reviews. Gud lad

[@PhuriousStyles]

The scirocco, commonly known as "the thinking man's Capri"

[@scotiadrake4245]

Oh no, I owned a first gen Scirocco at University. It took me 3 years to restore it and then the original owner bought it back from me.

[@ThePiquedPigeon]

British Doug DeMuro and I totally love it!

[@williambreazeale]

No, much better actually.

[@Kiinell]

This one is so Deloreanesque.

[@thomasempacher9337]

I owned a 1986 Scirocco Scala. 90 bhp carb 1.8 with the Pirelli 'P' alloys. I bought it new in a metallic grey. Sadly it met a premature end after six months when I met a tourist in a hire car who had pulled out of his hotel and was driving on the wrong side of the road. You mention the CRX. I owned a 1988 second gen with the ZC twin cam and honestly it would run rings around a Scirroco. Much better engine, pretty much state of the art engine management and more sophisticated suspension. The rear seating was markedly worse than the Scirroco though.

[@neilpickup237]

Even though the Mark2 may be an improvement on the Mark1, I also prefer the origunal's styling. Although, I can't help but wonder how the Mark2 might have looked if the styling hadn't gone back In-house.

[@neojahuty24]

this would of been my car if i was driving then

[@garygriffiths2911]

Those attractive 14in steel wheels are a reminder of just how unnecessary the modern practice of fitting everything with expensive alloys is. It also strikes me that this car could carry the four ringed Audi badge quite easily.

[@gillessarrabezolles2242]

How tall are you ? (for te rear seats room)

[@TwinCam]

About 5' 9".

[@WESLEYWRX]

Que carro linda se parece muito com o vw GOL brasileiro

[@Richard-Bullock]

Always loved the Scirocco, but personally I prefer the purity of design of the mk1.

[@doca8792]

I still have mine Original owner 1986 Not the best built car, but the engine is extremely reliable I’ve over 300k miles on the clock For comparison, my ‘82 3-series Bimmer is still tight as a drum and better built.

[@biggusdoggus]

I really liked my 1988 1.6 GT, but not its Pierburg 2E2 carburetor.

[@scottmjohnson1980]

it's like a German DeLorean

[@keithwilson1554]

Baby Delorean?

[@ParumPirum]

- Mum, can we have a DeLorean? - We have a DeLorean at home. Delorean at home:

[@mrstephenparryfromportsunl3111]

so can i ask why we never see you drive other people cars we all like 2 see you drive them on video please ?

[@sahhull]

Watch out for the cam shafts on late 80's Mk2 VW Golfs and Scirocco's VW in order to save material/weight made the cam shaft too thin.. Result... Many VW cam shafts are prone to snapping without warning. Many cars will have been fixed but as always many wont. Ive had a couple of VW's.. If only everything was as reliable as a VW... Everyone would be walking to work... Both of mine were less than great.

[@adrianh765]

I had a 1979 mk1 GLS which in my opinion was far more interesting and better looking.