Volkswagen
We have already caught the hotly anticipated fixed roof variant of the newcomer being put through its paces in the US. And when that car goes on sale in the middle of next year, it promises to stick closely to the styling of the stunning IROC concept, which made its debut at the Paris Motor Show in autumn 2006. However, it’s the chassis of the new Scirocco that will be most interesting to cabriolet fans. As the sleek two-door shares its underpinnings with the attractive Eos coupé-cabrio, VW will go on to adapt a CC version, which is likely to arrive in showrooms in 2009.
The open-air variant has yet to be officially confirmed by bosses at the company, but as our exclusive pictures reveal, it will look every bit as good as its conventional brother.
While the IROC show model was clearly influenced by the original Scirocco – which was first introduced in 1974 – VW never officially produced a cabriolet version of that car. Instead, it was left to specialist coachbuilders such as German outfit Beiber to come up with their own take on a soft-top – and these conversions proved to be extremely popular with buyers.
The fact that Volkswagen plans to do the job itself this time shows how successful CC-style models have been over the past few years.
