Here are three videos of the Volkswagen Scirocco R vs the Ford Focus RS. The first two come from the Germans at D-Motor and the second, after the jump, is Autocar’s verdict on how the Scirocco R compares to the Focus RS. The Scirocco has a 2.0-litre TSI engine with 265 hp and front wheel drive. The Ford Focus RS has, however, 300 hp, a few more than the Scirocco. The German video is in two parts, and while you might not speak German, you get the picture. The Germans are also crazier and more exciting…

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MR Car Design has created this Volkswagen Scirocco tuning called the Black Rocco. The Scirocco takes on a very nasty look in this tuning, with an aggressive style achieved through the “Rieger” body kit. The Black Rocco has a new front spoiler, side skirts and rear diffuser in opaque black tint, complete with “Emotion” 20-inch alloy wheels and Hankook S1 EVO performance tyres.

The Black Rocco is equipped with a 2.0-litre TSI engine with re-mapping of the electronics, downpipe, four exhaust outlets and Stage 3 Turbo Kit which help to produce 370 hp and 519 Nm of torque. The Scirocco tuning also has autobloc differential, Stoptech braking technology with four-piston caliper disc brakes measuring 355×32 mm and V3-Coilovers suspension from KW Automotive.

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Volkswagen has released the official pricing of the new Golf R and Scirocco R, which are both now available to order. The Golf R is equipped with two-litre, four-cylinder TSI engines, and its price starts at 36,400 euros on the German market.

The Scirocco R is a front-wheel drive model with a 2.0 TSI engine and 195 kW. It has a top speed of 250 km/hr and costs 33,475 euros in Germany. Both models have a less powerful option in the form of the Golf R Line and Scirocco R Line, which has the same bodywork and interior design, but with lower-spec engines.

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The Volkswagen Scirocco BlueMotion is on its way, broadening the ecological range offering from Volkswagen. The small coupe will soon have a new version of the 1.4-litre TSi engine with 122 hp, which will further reduce emissions and fuel consumption.

Even the sports market of the Scirocco will have to adapt to new environmental moves in the automobile industry. The Scirocco BlueMotion will have start&stop technology and energy regeneration when braking, achieving average cosumption of six litres per 100 km and CO2 emissions of 139 g/km. It will be available from December, and will then substitute the current engine option with 122 hp and 200Nm.

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This video from Volkswagen shows a Golf R and Scirocco R track “challenge”. Both vehicles are equipped with the same 2.0-litre TSI engine. The Golf R has 270 hp, while the Scirocco has 265 hp. See which is your favourite in the video above.

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Let’s get the negative stuff out the way with first, so we can then focus on the virtues of the Volkswagen Scirocco, as officially released: apart from the UK and Germany (August 2008), the rest of the European market will have to wait until November for the debut. It will be a long wait to test the appetite, given that its qualities have not been hidden.

It should keep its original and sloping lines as per the 1974 launch, when the Giugiaro Scirocco, in 18 years and with two series, sold 800,000 units. A success also given to the family feeling of this car: currently the visible central grill is gone, substituted by a plastic grill with new lights. The dimensions remain around the medium with 4256 mm in length (2758 mm wheel base) and width at 1810 mm.

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