No Scirocco........For Us

[Deuce]

Re: No Scirocco........For Us

Canada, despite it's size, has almost the same demand for hatchbacks that the whole of the US does. We like em, and for some inane reason the US doesn't.

Since we are, to every global manufacturer in the world, the 51st state we get screwed along with em.

Word. We rock the hatches in Canada however, if the U.S. market does not have enough appetite for it... we won't see it either. Which is really a shame on many different levels. Personally... I'm still crying over the R32. Damn so-called Canadian Safety regulations.

[mr_barbeque]

Re: No Scirocco........For Us

Anyone in for a group buy? LOL

[Canadian Turbo]

Re: No Scirocco........For Us

Well know things may not be so clear cut, I guess VWOA does not want the car to come here, however head office may still veto that and send the car, so there may still be hope.

[Boy Racer]

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American Auto Union conspiracy!!

Here, sell this.. "no we might make money on them, like the diesels we used to sell for you. Got any Phaetons for us?"

[mr_barbeque]

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No kidding.... I want a Scirocco.

[nordex]

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From Autoblog

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/02/g...-be-u-s-bound/

"It's hardly been a week since we told you that the sexy VW Scirocco wouldn't be coming stateside, and now it seems VW of America vice president Adrian Hallmark may have been premature in his assessment. Now VW spokesman Hans-Gerd Bode is telling us that the big cheese, VW Chairman Martin Winterkorn, will have the final say in this matter.

The folks over at Autoweek seem to think that the 2008 Geneva Motor Show would be the best time for VW to announce whether or not the Scirocco will be coming to the US, but we aren't so sure. It makes sense for VW to unveil the production version of the Scirocco at Geneva, where VW was eerily silent during the 2007 show, but we'll put our money on Volkswagen making that announcement on US soil if the Scirocco is headed here.

We were a little surprised that Hallmark's reasoning for not bringing the Scirocco to the US was because it "might cannibalize GTI sales". VW's current lineup consists of four small cars, a mid-size, and an SUV, what's one more good-looking, fun to drive hatch going to hurt?"