VW Corrado

The Corrado has reached cult status, it'll go down in the history books as the first ever sports-coupe that Volkswagen ever made. The Corrado is a little known car, but to those few petrolheads who know exactly what this car is about will most likely let off an audible sigh every time they see a nice VR6, and think to themselves "I wish I had one of those". The Corrado came in a range of variants, from the 1.8 litre 16 valve engine, the 2.0 litre 8 valve, the G60 supercharged version, and of course the range topping 2.9 litre VR6. The VR6 is the real collectors car, offering just shy of 200bhp and ample torque from the close angled V6. The sound ...

I am officially the second love of my boyfriends life - he has just bought a Corrado! I cannot understand why a car which is nearly 7 years old and costs virtually the same as a brand new car holds so much appeal! To me, its noisy, looks bloody ugly and frankly, i'm jealous of it! He used to have a golf GTI and he says he's always wanted a Corrado - why??? Its massive on insurance, and as we live in a big city, he has comendeared the driveway so i have to park my car on the road! Could someone please enlighten me into why men treat their cars as a human being and see them as the be all and end all of life? ...

there's only one worth talking about - the VR6. 190 HP from a 2.9l motor gave it fairly hairy performance. For the beans you'd be hard pushed to beat it in a straight line, only the advent of the scooby phenomanon has given it real competition. However the poor old scooby was never blessed with looks, and a well shod corrado (without any plastic muck nailed on) is quite an elegant wee thing. The handling is simply superb. The only penalty of the bigger motor is a slightly heavy nose, but there are few with a better turn in than this thing. Steering is spot on, damping is back breaking, body roll is something you couldn't even manage on ...