On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Ben T wrote: > hmm..... flamebait........ I've owned both and I beg to differ. even > VW/Porsche mag (now European Car mag) once commented that the SLC vr6 Corrado > which is faster than the 16V Scirocco is finally approaching the 944's > performance territory. I'm paraphrasing here but it's something like that. > iirc even the a2 golf 16v is faster than the scirocco. maybe we should ask > the guys on the scirocco list instead of here. isn't your top end like .. > 125mph? I'm merely quoting from a Car and Driver article on the Scirocco. I assume they were talking about 0-60 acceleration (low 8/high 7 in the 'roc.) Top end is supposed to be 125, but I've never tried it.. Bah. They'll all be breathing my nice clean Subaru exhaust when I get the money to replace my Vanagon's tired old 2.1. :) ian Butler / ian@hplx.net '87 Syncro GL, '88 Scirocco 16v |
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