Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Volkswagen
- Production
- 1974–1992, 2008–2018
- Class
- Sport compact
- Body style
- 3-door hatchback
- Layout
- Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Volkswagen Scirocco is a sport compact car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen in two generations from 1974 to 1992 and a third generation from 2008 until 2018. Production of the third generation ended without a successor. It is a three-door hatchback with a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout. The Scirocco derives its name from the Mediterranean wind.
First generation (1974)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Volkswagen Scirocco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.