VW Corrado

Le_Petit_Lapin · 11 Jun 2007 at 16:27

Saw one of these the other day and rather liked the look of it, might even consider getting one.

What are the running costs like? What price will a decently looked after one go for? Are they decent enough to drive? Comfy? Am I alone in my liking of these?

[TW]Fox · 11 Jun 2007 at 16:28

Reminds me of some guy who spent £15k on one on this forum by finding a really overpriced one THEN getting it on 20% interest finance. Then binning it.

Quite nice in a classic-retro-sorta way though. That pic is photoshopped though they dont look like that.

merlin · 11 Jun 2007 at 16:28

Picture looks fake.

Confused · 11 Jun 2007 at 16:35

A more realistic picture of one:

Competitors at the time were the Honda Prelude, Vauxhall Calibra (I have a 3-way shootout of them at home), and things like the Nissan 200SX.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:07

That still looks good to me.... should I be ashamed?

Drop it a bit, paint it black.

Jez · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:11

Is the original pic a slightly old impression of what a new corrado might look like? It has mk4 golf features....

Le_Petit_Lapin · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:12

Jez said:
Is the original pic a slightly old impression of what a new corrado might look like? It has mk4 golf features....

no idea, just liked the look of it.

Came from here.

Jez · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:49

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
no idea, just liked the look of it.

Came from here.

Never heard of the new corrado 2motion :confused:

[TW]Fox · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:54

Jez said:
Never heard of the new corrado 2motion

It's made up crap by some kid in the States obsessed with DUB.

Jez · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:58

[TW]Fox said:
It's made up crap by some kid in the States obsessed with DUB.

How bizarre :S

penski · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:05

one of the best-handling fwd cars of all time.

get yourself a vr6 storm and enjoy one of the best engines of all time too.

parts are cheap and plentiful. ecp or gsf do just about everything.

*n

Lopéz · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:06

The Corrado is a pretty sharp machine, although they feel a bit gutless in 16V form (I'm sure my VW fanboy mate said this is down to lots of them not having a KR head and different inlet cams? Or something like that anyway)

Running costs should be no more than a Golf GTI really unless you go for the supercharged G60 which obviously has the added cost of 'charger overhauls.

rayb74 · 12 Jun 2007 at 14:03

If you do get one keep it as standard as possible. Beautiful cars with awesome handling so they don`t really need anything. Plus it will be worth a lot more money in a few years time.

Andybtsn · 12 Jun 2007 at 15:41

Great cars in the VR6 and G60 variety.

High insurance costs mind, think the VR6 and the supercharged versions are 18 and 19 respectively?

Will cost mega bucks for a decent version too.

Dogbreath · 12 Jun 2007 at 15:52

penski said:
one of the best-handling fwd cars of all time.

I think we should compile a list of cars to which this title has been attributed:

Lotus Elan
Integra Type R
MG ZS 180 (according to Tiff Needell)
mini
MINI
Corrado

johnny6 · 12 Jun 2007 at 15:55

Both the G60 and VR6 Corrado are generally cheaper to insure than the equivalent engined Golf however.

The Corrado is on my to buy list.

Hate · 12 Jun 2007 at 16:01

friend has a G60, is nice

When i drove the VR6 i found it quite numb and nose heavy, drank like there was no tomorrow too.

YorkshirePadd26 · 12 Jun 2007 at 16:15

rayb74 said:
If you do get one keep it as standard as possible. Beautiful cars with awesome handling so they don`t really need anything. Plus it will be worth a lot more money in a few years time.

I doubt any VW will be worth a lot more money in a few years,

Le_Petit_Lapin · 12 Jun 2007 at 16:19

a lot of them seem to have silly high miles, like 175,000 and the like.

[TW]Fox · 12 Jun 2007 at 16:19

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
a lot of them seem to have silly high miles, like 175,000 and the like.

What do you expect, they are 15-20 years old.