Volkswagen Scirocco - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed 

8:00 I love how the key marketing strategy in old school ads was to fukken launch the thing off a hill.

*Donut* *Standardized* *Units* *of* *Power* *Measurement* : "HORSEPOWER" >= 1 HP "HOARSEPOWER" = 86-150 HP "HRRSPRS" >= 151 HP

Za German Engineering!

Do a up to speed on lancia !!

Great vid again. 130lbs?pffft

"and the US....didn't!" That shit destroyed me, I laughed for a good 10 minutes straight. This running joke of US always getting screwed on awesome cars is too good.

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My parents had a 1980 Scirocco (i think it was an S)... and it was the first car with a manual that I drove successfully. Loved that car!

In HS I had a rabbit diesel. I'm now almost 50 and 3 years ago bought a mk1 scirocco (not an S model, but white with s model trim, verified it came stock from pictures of actual delivery in 1979). I'm 6'3 250 and I can vouch that they are SMALL inside! But at least I have a cherry rocco that I wanted back in HS! And it sits next to my mk6 golf R. :)

4:44 that was totally my car. Bosch fog lights, metallic green. Extremely fun car (when all the other cars out there were boring and a Mustang GT would make 135hp and be a PITA to drive), though reliability was non-existent. The rubber timing belt broke within a year. It didn't break, but the rubber teeth got chewed off in one spot. The speedo broke, valve seals didn't seal, muffler pipe broke open, pin holding a rear shock popped off, rear window and driver window allowed rain to pour in, air pump filter rusted and fell off, and carb was in one of two states constantly: lean or rich. LOL, I had parts of that car held together with ribbon that I found in the street. But the body, I kept that perfect, so it looked great. When I traded it in the salesman said "and I know that the drivetrain is in as good a shape as the body" and I gave a deadpan "no". He thought I was joking. The dual wipers came back with 85, not 84. The bigger spoiler appeared in 85, the 16v shared the same spoiler. The mid 70s car market was obsessed by fuel efficiency and Detroit tried to turn the public against Washington by only offering boring low powered cars. That's how a 70 hp Scirocco could be perceived as a performance car. By the mid 80s things had changed, the Mustangs and Camaros were over the 200hp level, RX7s, and Supras abounded, and an upsized, upengined Scirocco would have taken a huge investment to compete in a saturated market. And gas was so cheap that small cars fell out of favor with the public.

A car named after a fart 😂

Real talk. Yelling answers at Jeopardy is what you do. It's the whole point of the show.

Brings back Memories! I had a 79 (I think) red scirocco S brought brand new as a softmore in high school. I had Jensen 6x9 Jensen tri-X speakers, a Sony front end and a Linear Power amp. Rocking out to Donny iris 'Ah Leah'... what a fun car. Can't find much on the S these days

My Dad had a Rabbit in the 80s and I loved it.

I was conceived in a '71 Deluxe Bus I was brought home from the hospital in an '80 Scirocco S My "clubhouse" was a '71 Super & a '79 Kombi My 1st car was a '72 Super My uncle had the 2nd VW in my hometown ('58 euro) We've had... '86 & '87 Vanagons ('87 is # 554...1st day of production for the 87s) 5 80's GLIs...(mine was an 87 GLI-GT) 3 Mk3 Jettas 04 Jetta wagon 03 Jetta GLS 1.8t 08 GTI FSI "Turd-bo" Oh yeah....forgot about my '70 Westfalia....damn..plus the 71 Squareback.... Im also VW Technician Dyed-in-the-wool 1 03

owning a scirocco mark3 2.0 with APR software 260hp, amazing car!

The Maserati Levante was also named after a fart...although the Scirocco sounds like a spicy siracha fart. The Golf was actually called the golf because at the time almost every VW was named after a type of wind...besides the beetle and the Karmann Ghia (arguably just a fancy man's Beetle).

Every time you mention Giorgetto Giugiaro, you neglect that he also designed the Subaru SVX. Maybe you guys should do an episode on that car. It's Subaru's lesser known grand touring coupe that features the legendary EG33 engine.

James Pumphrey is the funniest guy on youtube.

Bro, you have to make a video talking about the Pop-up F*****g Headlights!!! Im a fan of your videos! Good job! Cheers from Chile!

I miss my mk.3 Scirocco. Such a good looking car.

There's an orange, seemingly rust free mk2 Scirocco Wolfsburg missing door handles at Miechiel's Auto Salvage in Howell, MI. Been staring at it for at least 3 years...

I still love my Corrado vr6. (We got the 2.9 in the netherlands. 190hp)

The local VW dealership near me have an electric Scirocco prototype in the showroom at the moment

that corrado vr6 was my dream car for a while... got a vr6 mk4 jetta instead lolll but damn that corrado was nice

Nice too see you VW video :) fan of the compagny myself :D

Man I love you, you are amazing. Made my day, hope the rest of the year goes the same way

The Scirocco is my favourite car. :D

What about an Episode for the Toyota Corolla? I would like to hear you talk about the XRS lol 🔥

That sirocco sound makes me laugh everytime i watch this video😂😂

Me: Sees Volkswagen Scirocco All I'm thinking of right now is Gundam

6:00 "I'm 6'4", 130 pounds..." Bwahahahaha!

i could watch james talk about korn all day

you should make up to speed on the chevy impala! love the show man!

My brother had 2 at one point. I really miss them ❤

Can you do a everything you need to know about the ford escort

1:20 pretty much every porn opening scene

I learned to drivevin a mrk 1 scirocco 1.5L. It ha 75 hrsprs, but it cornered like a go Gart.

Holy shit Pumphry is 6’4. He’s huge

The backwards R in Korn was a nod to toys R us..

i like this car, so i bought one.

Do you guys have any info on the VW Quantum or the VW Passat 32b History?

I miss my Corrado :( still have my 96 vr6 gti though

I had a 88 scrirocco, but being 6'3" i had to open the sunroof to drive without having my head crooked

I had a 1980 Scirocco. Way underpowered, but almost unkillable. That is, until that giant pothole ripped the right front strut tower right out. Damn shame, because it was a hoot to drive. BTW, that single wiper was nearly useless at highway speeds, because it took so long to sweep the glass. I still prefer the style of the original design, but I'd love to score a decent 16v gen 2.

The one at 0.14 sounded sikk af

Up to speed: general motors EV1 please!

VW Scirocco AKA Squareface Gol in Brazil!

Dude you look baked! I love you more now

an electric scirocco or corrado would be AMAZING!

Best way to explain the Corrado/Scirocco/Golf, especially the latter two: amazingly nimble go(lf) carts. See what I did there?

Why not an Up to speed episode on someone famous related to cars? It's always the best part of the videos (except for the ddad jokes lets be honest ) I woul really dig that. Jusst sayin.

The reason they never brought it to the North American market is because of the AUDI TT would take away to much market share when doing the price comparison.

Type 53, as in herbie the love bug's race number

This guy reminds me of action Bronson

Episode on Afla Romeo??😀

Who agrees everything you need to know to get up to speed on Cadillac anyone?

Did the VR6 Corrado in the US not have the 2.9?

1000pts for the slc reference

Now do an episode on the Honda fit

I had 4 sciroccos. moving on, you have a twin. the guy who plays beetlejuice on Broadway looks just like you I was two feet from him for two and a half hours, thinking, who does he look like then it hit me. Check it out you'll see

God damn your content is amazing!

That "old guy", Ferdinand Piech, is the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche.

The Diesel Scirocco Gets you down to Morocco With one fill up of Diesel Fifty-Five mpgiesels

These Up to speed series are literally art.

6'4 130 pounds..wow had no idea you once smoked meth

The third generation Scirocco is a piece of art. I remember when I first saw it in public - at one of the many small parking lots at our private boarding school, with Ferdinand Piëch's wife behind the wheel picking up their son to get home for the weekend. So far, so normal. The crazy thing about this situation: back then the Scirocco wasn't even available, it was still shown at different shows, and I was allowed to sit inside it and have a look at the beautiful beige interior and comfy leather seats. And the wheels were those show-off chrome monsters. I will always remember this day. And also: Rest In Peace Ferdinand Piëch.

The VR6’s sound is incredible. One of my favorites.

Up to speed RUF

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seriously who doesn't yell at jeopardy?

The Scirocco body design was the pinnacle of Volkswagen. It been downhill from there.

Dude. The Oscar's part was epic. Congratulations

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Hey James you should do a up to speed episode on your dad

Knowing vw they might end up with another emmissions scandal with their ev cars

Rob Pitts from VinWiki is your dad. Mystery solved

We Need Dakar, we need Mitsubishi Pajero!!!

I actually work in the factory where the last gen was built and I built the very last ones, they were made here in Portugal in the AutoEuropa plant

The only reason I know about this car is because Midnight Club LA

Honestly, I know nothing about this model.

Ahhhh yes, the Golf's older more stylish brother.

I have never liked old Volkswagens, until I got to ride in an old Scirocco. It wasn't amazing in the acceleration department. The owner however, could throw it around like it was a go-kart. He did crash it eventually, but it was still fun to drive around in that car.

Hey random person scrolling down the comments.. Happy New Year, and all the best in 2019 :)

Cool!

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Remember this car from the Midnight Club:LA Days. Hope they bring it back sometime

Up to Speed Dodge Challenger pls. ( 1970-2019 ). :)))

My father had a Mk1 Scirocco before I was born, he's owned every generatiom of Corvette and Camaro...but he still talks about the build quality of his Scirocco, how well it handled and how smooth the ride was. He didn't own it for too long though. He told me the three cars he regrets getting rid of the most are his '76 427 tri-power Corvette, his '59 Vette Roadster and his Mk1 Scirocco.

Cool!

"The only car named after a fart" James,you made my FRIGGIN DAY

Do a holden up to speed

This video was suggested to me after I watched Jack Black's latest video. I guess James looks like Jack Black in RU-vid's algorithms....

On 10:40 Not a Ford Probe ist am Opel Calibra

The idea of a electric scirocco is about as appealing as cleaning a cats litter box

130 pounds with 6.4 feet tall?!?

The Scirocco could have been a giant killer but sadly Volkswagen couldn't dream big enough

I own a 2011 scirocco it is the best car for me