Scirocco mentioned in NYTimes

[jason at scirocco.org (Jason)]

A Sober Show in Germany

The International Auto Exhibition alternates annually in location and often 
in spirit between Frankfurt and Paris. This week, it opens in Frankfurt as 
the sober and serious Internationale Automobilausstellung. Press previews 
start on Tuesday, Sept. 9, and doors open to the public on Friday, Sept. 12.
Times are lean. And both the production cars and concepts set for 
introduction tend to be bread-and-butter models vital to the futures of 
their companies: notably the Volkswagen Golf and Opel Astra.
The fifth generation of the Golf ? which had been Europe's best seller 
until it was surpassed last year by the Renault M?gane and Peugeot 206 ? 
was delayed, VW critics say, by the diversion of company resources to 
luxury brands like Bugatti and Bentley and to expensive new models like the 
VW Phaeton. The Golf takes few risks; more exciting is the Golf-based 
roadster concept that could provide VW a midprice sporty car of the sort it 
once had with the Scirocco and Corrado.
Volvo will show a new version of its S40 compact sedan. That car will 
eventually come to the United States, but the Jaguar X-Type wagon, another 
Frankfurt introduction, probably will not.
For the well-heeled, Aston Martin shows its new DB9; BMW rolls out its 6 
Series coupe; and Mercedes-Benz will introduce its $250,000 McLaren SLR 
supercar.
? Phil Patton