The first hint that VW was about to revive the Scirocco name, not seen on a new car since the early 1990s, came with the IROC concept at the 2006 Paris show (‘iroc’ from the middle four ...

Production started in 1974, and after eight years VW had built more than 500,000 of the Giugiaro-styled Mk1 Scirocco. The Mk2 went on for a further ten years and 291,497 units, until it went off ...

The Scirocco, which was launched six months before the first Golf and was built ... the car remains a cash cow for VW in its ...