Stats / Mods: - VR6 2,9l, 190 hp stock engine, stock exhaust - stock (open) diff., clutch, gearbox - Bilstein B12 coils & dampers - Carbon hood, LiPo battery, SPAL coolers for weight reduction at front = improved weight balance - Eibach Anti Roll Kit (stabilizers) front & rear - Wiechers strut bars front & rear - OZ Ultraleggera wheels - Pirelli Zero Nero (performance summer tire) - Tarox F2000 discs (heat treated), Tarox Corsa pads (street/track pad), Tarox RoadRace fluid Thanks again from the bottom of my heart to Misha for making it possible to me and everyone else to see what this car looks, sounds and performs like on the Ring, on what I tried to make an OEM+ build. Though after seeing the lap on video, being able to compare to other cars, I now realize the tires are proper sh** 😄 Oil temp reached 134° C on our last wet lap, so I requested to take it easy on the uphill part, which I later regretted.
oil temp is a serious problem when stock, had that car 20y ago and loved it, its an amazing car but in summer the oil reaches 130 degree within a heartbeat its crazy
Those Corrados look so damn good in real life! Im coming from east germany and sometimes far away from the big citys u will see small repair shops having pretty much prestine conditions corrados and GTI's standing around. Beautiful cars!
Or straight up rotting away, already saw a vr6 mk3 thats getting back to its elements 3 kilometers away from my home, and a couple of mk2 gtis and jettas on route to my work, and nobody can save them, they are going to the underground with their owners who wanted to restore them (never had any Motivation to do so yet also not willing to seperate from the cars)
@@eustahijelifetips Why are you so sadly pessimistic. Don't compare Corrado to Jetta or Golf. Corrado is a very rare car that is starting to rapidly increase in value
@@eustahijelifetips Nobody said it is Ferrari..Usualy I don't argue with people who have such pathetic knowledge of the automotive industry as you do. I will teach you not to embarrass yourself again and not to look like a fool on the Internet. Corrado was assembled almost by hand at the Karman factory. That's why its production was so expensive and so few copies were made. It is built on components from many VW cars, selected so that the result is a wonderful car
The result is a good looking car with poor quality, a weak and incredibly thirsty engine and probably the ugliest interior in a "sports coupe" which the car is by no means, just a coupe From munich
Man, around 2003, I bought a G60. I got it for $500!!! An old man that I worked with around that time kept telling me about it. He just kept saying I got a car I wanna sell its a turbo ...its a turbo. After months of him bugging me, I went to his house, and man, when he opened the garage, I instantly fell in love with that car❤. Nice green color, no dings or dents. The only things it needed were an alternator, battery, oil change, and spark plugs. I was the only one in pasadena at that time that had a G60.
Oh man, I *WANTED* a G60 so badly, change the supercharger pulley, instant power boost. Tweak the map (*REAL* easy to do on those Digifant ECUs) and get more still.
For an old girl they are still one of VW’s best ever cars and one of the first I saw with an active rear spoiler. The Storm was awesome and I had friends with G60’s ( supercharged 1.8). One had a Scirocco GT2 that was a lovely car too. I do love a classic!
Finally, I had a Corrado VR6 for 11 years, by far my favorite car. A VR6 with cams and a lightweight flywheel does pretty nicely, upgraded cooling system, suspension and brakes, oh I miss that car.
I had a 1994 Corrado VR6 from new (for 12 yrs). I had done similar mods, including a set of track tires. It was a very enjoyable car, that punched well above its weight on track. And that engine 🎶!!
I've had two Corrado's, both G60.. Loved them! Always had issues and spent most of the time repairing them, but those are still the cars I enjoyed the most. Even now, when I'm able to afford more expensive cars, nothing comes close to the fun of a Corrado
An old friend of mine had a G60 and a VR6, both were in a state of disrepair and gathering rust. When he eventually got the VR6 roadworthy I remember going for a drive in it, the thing was an animal! Don't know if he'd modified it, but the power/torque delivery was instant. I was driving a BAM engined Audi TT at the time and he was stuck to my rear bumper like glue when we went for a spirited drive on the back roads.
Good to see Corrado content, they are great cars and good on you @stoneeh for keeping this one in fine fettle. I have one too, I would recommend 263 cams (nice extra bit of midrange and top end, 220hp & 216 ib ft torque (190hp/180ib/ft stock) and a Mocal oil cooler but otherwise you already have perfection.
In 2000 I was drooling over the VR6 Corrado but at 20 years old it was out of my price range. The G60 would've been nice too but the VR6 was my 1st pick. I loved the chiseled lines it has, how the spoiler went up at 40mph and I really liked the headlights and taillights. Thanks Misha and to the owner for bringing me some fond memories of a car I wish I had:D
When I was in high school a a fellow student had one and riced the H e LL out of it... Spray painted the doors, dash, instrument cluster, in white and McDonald's red. I wasn't even a VW guy and I was so offended by it!
It was my teenage dream car as well. I love the profile, silhouette, the shape. I always dreamed of getting one and converting it to all-wheel drive and twin turboing that VR6
Love it. Not uncommon to see 260-280°F for oil temps on a hot track day on a VR6, even with an oil cooler. Lots of right handers are issues with oil pickup and a baffled pan is key. A lot of heat can be mitigated with removal of oil/coolant exchanger. Long time (20year) owner of a VR6 and it still is one of the most fun cars in the collection. Great video!
With the addition of a Mocal oil cooler it runs cooler coolant temps than with it on it. It also removes the potential for coolant/oil intermix. @@Jeff_F7
Had one of these parked outside of my office the other day, and i said this was such an awesome car like 20 years ago. And then i realised it's more like 30 years ago. Goddamn i'm old :)
What a clean Corrado. It was also my dream car, but had no money for it back then and bought Astra GSi c20xe. And one night had a streetrace with VR6 corrado which I won, cause Astra was lighter than stock with modified exhaust and ecu. Damn those were great times. Glad to see cars from proper hothatch era still running beautiful 😍
VR6s are just special. Nothing really sounds like them. They're so steeply angled, they're nearly an inline. Very cool engines. In all my VW days I never owned one with a VR6, but kinda wish I had.
I had a 1990 MK2 Golf GTi 16v years ago. It had high lift cams and did 155BHP @ Wheels. On Hot days the oil would get to 115C very quickly with just normal sensible driving. It would hit 140 if you had some fun. VW manual said 70C - 115C was normal. I fitted a Mocal oil cooler and on the hottest days the oil would NEVER get above 95C. Get an oil cooler and Misha will be able to do a full send. Lovely looking car, really like that colour. My golf was red, then pink, then polished to red and repeat. 🤣
its so nice to see a Corrado Vr6 here, i own mine since 2 years, it was always my biggest dream car of my live and im so happy to be possible to own one of it today! 🥳
G-60 was a better car, because I had one. Pulley and ecu remap was 210+ with the remus exhaust. Never did the cam upgrade, it was already a bit much! Nice car, nice drive!
Nice to see you finally drive one in the dry. I've had 2 Corrados. Loved them when they worked, hated them when they broke, which was often (cos I drove and modded them hard). But goddam are they fun to drive!
Al jaren kijk ik je video's Misha. Bij deze Corrado voor de eerste keer toch een reactie van mij want wauw wat een jeugdsentiment. Als ik naar school fietste als tiener reed er steeds dezelfde vr6 en op een dag haalde hij een tractor in met vol gas. Ik was verliefd. Wat een geluid en emotie. En jawel na een Peugeotje 205 xs werd mijn jeugddroom vervuld met de aankoop van mijn eigen zwart metallic vr6 icm bbs velgen. Elke rit een glimlach, behalve bij het tankstation waar ik mijn zuurverdiende geld aan uitgaf. Zelfs een rondje Nurburgring ermee gedaan, dat was 2012. # petrolheads
proof that you can enjoy any type of car on the ring, at any speed. cars are just fun and if you think you need the most power possible you probs don't get it
Had one in my early 20's. Had a massive smash in it which changed the course of my life unfortunately. I was parked up and an old couple hit me from behind at around 50mph. The handbrake was up and the shunt lifted the back end of the car off the floor and down the road about 20ft or so. It was my dream car too.....i had waited a good few years to find a low mileage clean example. A lovely car. First time i jumped in my 2 series coupe i said wow how much it felt like the Corrado in the way that u feel like your very low down in the car. I now need to work on trusting other drivers around me as i still struggle with ptsd from a more recent accident that was eerily simular😢🙄
One of the best looking cars ever made by VW! The Corrado VR6 a true legend! I personally think this car was every car enthusiast's dream when they were younger.. I still want one and will surely build it to be a monster!
Phew, not revving into the red’s for once, finally! 😉 I loved the Corrado VR6 & wanted one. Problem: only some years later the Fiat Coupe was introduced
Finally an old VR6 on Your chanel, thank You, Misha!!🫡 I am currently in the process of renovating my Vento VR6 and, when it's done, I am going to visit Nürburgring. I can't wait for it!!
Great video😊 I’ve had a few of these and still have one now, as quick as a cosworth bitd and it’s 30-70 was 5.7 secs if I remember? Find a healthy one and they still go very well today, oh and the sound and steering..
This was a pleasant surprise to see the very car I own being driven by you. Same year and color as mine. I always dreamed of driving my car on this track. Lo and behold, there it is. Thanks to the owner and to you for making this happen. Remember, it’s more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow. Bravo
@@1dayumay548 30 years ago? No, not a slow car. Compared to modern cars in a similar class? It’s not fast. That being said, it’s like Misha says, the sound and driving experience is an emotional thing. Nothing sounds like a VR6 at full chat.
In 1990, I bought the first G60 Corrado (also in green) ever to come to the Atlantic provinces of Canada, and looked to ‘upgrade’ to the first VR6 engined Corrado SLC when it arrived. But despite the brilliance of the VR6, the extra weight (more than 400 lbs) and the more luxury suspension tuning (tall like it was on stilts compared to the G60) took away the nimbleness of the more powerful SLC. Too much Luxury at the expense of Sport for the newer Coupe. That said, it remains one one of the greatest cars I’ve ever owned and I miss it dearly (currently the garage include a 991.2 Turbo, Taycan 4S, and Cayenne EHybrid). 11 years of ownership; 495,000 kms, and not a spot of rust- still the factory beeswax formulated undercoating dripping from vent holes in the hatch when I sold it. Karmann did an amazing job building these cars, and much of the tech was leading edge. If memory serves (correct me if mistaken), the fuel injection system was the same as used in the 911 Turbo of the same timeframe (Bosch Motronic???) for example. R&T declared the G60 the best handling front drive car ever in its first test with a great photo of the magic of the trailing arm: ‘inside rear wheel aloft’. You can see in your video Misha, the car rotating on several occasions, very neutrally thanks to this characteristic - would have been awesome to get some shots trackside at some choice corners. Kudos to the owner for retaining a largely stock appearance to the car. Loved watching this video, thank you.
Awesome glad u enjoyed the lap, from the looks of it, the car was very stable in every corners and also performed well...u should have continued to open her up bc those oil temp are always high, they run hot and that 127 deg was nothing....anyway thx for sharing, and i know the pedal are so tiny, not ideal for a big foot driver
I had Golf VR6, it was my dream car also. BBS rims, metallic black, sunroof. After 2 months of owning it a drunk driver hit me, he had no insurance so i had to sell crashed car.
This takes me back - I had the opportunity to drive the Golf GTi Mk2 and Mk3 at work and the Corrado was always the alternative for people who didn't want or couldn't get the Golf - fond memories! Also looking at the switchgear - did they share stalks with the Audi 80 at the time ? :)
Still have my Kreg 1992 2litre.....174k on miles, Black still pulls spoiler works head liner heads south..no rust at all...still pulls a crowd from teens at car meets Someone offered me £18k turned down because my friend has air cooled garage with space for me but I still drive the car...
When I was younger my ex’s dad had one of them people carriers with the VR6 sounded like a plane so of course I had to buy a corridor wasn’t exactly the best daily but it was a very good car though after a custom exhaust sounded amazing
Got a red vr6 1992 sitting in drive way full cardo vr6 with full karam interior think my callibra 4x4 20 turbo was faster but crashed it in the 1997 years now ono done 6 speed gear ⚙️ box in the 1997 yearer so bought cardo vr6 red got mine at 19 im 48 still in driveway
