Volkswagen Scirocco 2012 Video Review

The new Golf-based Scirocco isn't actually very new. As a nameplate, Scirocco has been around since the 1970s and pre-dates even the Golf. But Australian buyers have spent decades lusting after the small coupe in vain.

Until now. This model has been on sale in Europe since 2008 but arrives here, mid-lifecycle, for the first time. In the past, Volkswagen was concerned that the Scirocco would hit three-door Golf sales - or vice versa. The Scirocco is a Golf coupe, in effect, and the two models share engineering.

So it has compromised. Only the top-spec Scirocco R is offered and the three-door Golf R has been deleted to make room. The Golf GTI still comes as a three-door or five.

Read the full Volkswagen Scirocco manual 2012 review.