>The Corrado, a 2+2 sporty compact, was manufactured by Volkswagen in 1988 to '95 and used the Golf Mk2 platform. It was designed as a successor to the Scirocco. The bodyshell was manufactured by Karmann in Osnabruck, Germany. Among other features of the Corrado were the active rear spoiler which automatically raised above 62 mph (European models) or 45 mph (North American models) and retracted below 15; manual control was also possible. The name "Corrado" was derived from the Spanish verb "correr" ("run" or "sprint").>Initial engine choices comprised a 1.8L 16 valve I4 rated at 134 hp or a supercharged 1.8L eight valve four with 158 hp. The Corrado received two additional engines for the 1992 model year, including a normally aspirated 2.0L 16 valve 134 hp I4, only for the European market. The other was the 12 valve VR6, either a 2.8L with 178 hp for the North American market and a 2.9L engine with 187 hp for the European market, fed by Bosch fuel injection. The VR6 did not actually go on sale in North America until calendar year 1992. There were minor styling updates for that model year. The G60 engine was discontinued afterward; the VR6 was a halfway between both V-shaped and inline engines by putting the two cylinder banks at a 15 degree album with a single cylinder head. This allowed a six cylinder engine to fit in the same space as the I4s and run as smoothly as an I6. A cheaper 2.0L eight valve model with 113 hp was sold in Europe only 1993-95.
>The last year for North American sales was 1994. A total of 97,521 Corrados were manufactured for all seven model years, a little over half going to North America. The Corrado's sales were described as disappointing overall and VW USA acknowledged that they had made a mistake by offering fully-loaded models which considerably inflated the price and depressed sales, especially given the US economic recession of the early 1990s.
>>29144840what a cool design. imagine if they made a car today that looks like this. that is seriously like the ferrari testarossa of hatchbacks.
>>29144840never seen one IRL. guess they didn't stay on the road very long.
>>29144843i seem to remember some nasty comments about the reliability of them on Curbside Classic, which given that it's VW i would not be shocked
>>29144840the US launch was in fact in spring 89
>>29144841poor timing. a lot of manufacturers were asking some really inflated prices during the booming late '80s economy, but it turned into a recession in '90.
>>29144848I've only ever heard shit about the supercharger specifically being shit.People swapped them for regular superchargers or turbos.
>>29144848if so it would probably be the usual problem with USDM German cars that are fully loaded with all the unreliable tech gimmicks
>>29144848They weren't bad really.. The g60 was a terrible engine. Great when it worked but prone to catastrophic failure of you didn't maintain it perfectly. The vr6 was fine but still more complicated than most other stuff offered at that time. The most reliable was the base 1.8 but maybe not many people got that one?
>>29144859given that the G60 was pulled halfway through its run one assumes there were issues
>>29144859>The g60 was a terrible engine. Great when it worked but prone to catastrophic failure of you didn't maintain it perfectly. The vr6 was fine but still more complicated than most other stuff offered at that timein other words, it's German engineering
>>29144843I see them around. They became collector cars a long time ago.
>>29144864Ach du lieber, vy didn't you follow ze maintenance instructions correctly and change ze coolant every 5k miles using only ze official VW brand coolant? Zat's why your G60 blew its top like Pompeii.
>>29144862When it starts costing VW money through warranty repairs you better believe that engine is getting yanked.
>>29144894German cars are indestructible in basic econobox trim but the moment you get into the high spec models and tech gimmicks, run for the hills.
>>29144840>fag-wheel drive
>>29144843I think I saw one once.
I considered getting one of these. They didn't do well because they were sharing the same market as Porsche in terms of sporty roadsters and the supercharger faults made people think they were tempermental.
Sciroccos (both versions) are better looking
>>29144848The supercharged engine was a ticking time bomb. The VR6 was a stout engine that sounded absolutely fantastic. The Corrado is pure sex, unfortunately I came into money a bit too late so I had to settle for the GTI VR6 instead.
>>29146258as he said you had to be incredibly exact with maintenance schedules or the engine would blow its top
>>29144840I was kinda bummed when I found out these things existed like a week after I bought a Golf MK2 GTI but I soon got over it and just thought I'd buy a Corrado in a year or two when I have the space for it (cope).
