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Strangely that first Belgian G60 ...
.. must have been a very lame one 
... but it was the exact car as tested by 'Le monitor automobile' in those days and they reached 240 kph on the counter where i was able to only manage 200 after really pushing ... then it stopped ... . I also remember the completely stupid gearing .. 50 in first .. 85 in second (uuuurggghhh ???) , then 140 in third which meant going from 2nd to 3rd gear you had a HUGE fall in revs ... On the other hand i drove a RallyeGolf (same 1763cc G60) a few years later and that one was a lot faster and extremely cool to drive ... .
My neighbor had a 1781cc Corrado 16V that was seriously fast, as if it had a 2,2 litre engine in it, he often reached 235 on the tacho .. until he had a HUGE crash while following one of my friends in his Passat VR6 ... ... After that he bought a 2 litre cat-equipped 16 V Corrado which was actually dead-slow .... same story Peugeot did to the 1.9 205 GTI .. bolt on a cat and from the 130 hp remained 120 hp that felt like only 100 hp ... ready to be beaten by my 'free' 90 hp lightweight carburetor-fed Jetta .....
... After that he bought a 2 litre cat-equipped 16 V Corrado which was actually dead-slow .... same story Peugeot did to the 1.9 205 GTI .. bolt on a cat and from the 130 hp remained 120 hp that felt like only 100 hp ... ready to be beaten by my 'free' 90 hp lightweight carburetor-fed Jetta .....Aaah, those were the days ;-)
Bim
VW Scirocco, do you remember?
VW released some nice coups, the most charismatic being the Karmann Ghia, certainly. In the mid Seventies, VW came back to the Coup Style with the Scirocco, with different engines: 1.5, 1.6, 1.8... The 1.5 came with the rectangular front lights and was ...
I remember
Corrado Only Scirocco I drove was being 8 then :) It's sad how some cars pass by only because of year we were born and we never have chance to enjoy em This Sirocco sure looks like fun and something that was response to Alfa of that years Yours D ...
Correct, it was a competitor of the Alfa Sud.
At that time, there were the Alfa GTV, too, and some great cars... The one I really wanted to drive, was the VW Karmann Ghia... But I was much too Young to test it! Best, Nicolas
Never driven the Mark I ...
.. but i remember my friend had his stored in my barn ... a 1.6 automatic (that's why i never tried it .. i think) ... I vividly remember the mark II ... when my parents decided to buy me a brand-new VW when i was 18 i asked for a Golf GTI 16V or a Sciroc...
How funny is that! I just ended a post on the Corrado.
I would disagree on the G 60... It had more torque, and was quite funny to drive. I had all the Corrados, yes ,the 3! :) Best, my friend. Nicolas.
Strangely that first Belgian G60 ...
.. must have been a very lame one :-) ... but it was the exact car as tested by 'Le monitor automobile' in those days and they reached 240 kph on the counter where i was able to only manage 200 after really pushing ... then it stopped ... . I also remembe...
My father had a 1977 in metallic blue...
...that was fun to drive. They had a really distinctive look for their time. I had forgotten all about it. Thanks for bringing back such fond memories! Emil
Fond memories...
My dad had a charcoal Scirocco GTX in the mid 80's, which I wasn't allowed to drive due to it being too costly to insure for a young man of under 25yrs old. He described it one day after owning it for a couple of weeks, as being "exceedingly quick getting...
Fond memories are the great part of these old cars.
We are certainly many to have done some silly things with our first cars... I have a truck of excellent souvenits with this one. Thanks for your feedback, my friend. All the best, Nicolas