Re: MK1 U.S. Scirocco Trivia

[Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>]

--- Mark Peele <type53@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > *Slight* correction, '81 S models were only in
> > > Cirrus Grey,
> > > Cosmos Silver, or Mars Red.  '80 S models were
> > > Alpine
> > > White, Mars Red, or Black.
> > > 
> > > :)
> > 
> > Wrong. The '81 brochure says that in the text, but
> > in
> > the photograph above the text are none other than  a
> > Black Scirocco S and an Alpine White Scirocco S.
> 
> Maybe wrong? I know the '81 brochure depicts White and
> Black Scirocco S models, but here's a question: did VW
> make and sell them? The brochures are not entirely
> reliable. I am fairly certain that there were Cirrus
> Gray 1980 S models (perhaps late model year?). I have
> owned two Cirrus Gray S models (1981) and an Alpine
> White S (1980). Does anyone on this list own a 1981
> Scirocco S that was originally Alpine White or Black?

On a semi-related and basically useless note, the striping
in the brochure for the '80 was much more elaborate than
the '81 striping - like the '79 limited edition 5 spd.  My
'80 was striped more like an '81 car...   built in June of
1980.


=====
Daun Yeagley
'80 Scirocco S, 
'82 Pickup
'85 Scirocco 8v
'88 Scirocco 16v
"Never joke, taunt or dangle what might be seen as a challenge in front of the powers that be.  The universe is listening."  -Lane Wallace.

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