Isuzu Scirocco

[gforbess at attglobal.net (Gordon Forbess)]

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:25:23 -0400, "Foxx (in a box)"
<foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com> wrote:

>   i've always like the impulse (a sucker for hatchbacks) but i rarely 
>see them around town. i was just wondering, since it was designed to be 
>the mk2 scirocco, if anyone here had a chance to drive/ride around in 
>one and what your impressions were.

The Impulse has a design connection to the Scirocco, but it was not
designed to be the Mk2.  At least don't try and sell that to the Isuzu
people.

http://www.isuzuperformance.com/isupage/tech/myths.html

or from:

http://drunkdubs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3148&sid=e8ae40e49eb4dbd2c81780542ee2081b


"The design for the Clubs car and the Isuzu Piazza and Impulse was
never, at any time, submitted to VW, because it was commissioned by
Isuzu. In addition, it was rear wheel drive and powered by an Isuzu
engine, none of which would be of any benifit to VW. Automotive
designers such as Giugiaro do not make submissions to automobile
manufacturers that are not commissioned, and if that work is refused
by the manufacturer, that work remains the property of that
manufacturer, paid for by the commission. No rejected design is ever
presented to another car manufacturer. Such an action would be
considered theft and fraud and and the idea of Giugiaro or any other
designer engaging in such unethical and illegal actions is totally
absurd.

It is a documented fact that Ford, Chrysler, GM and other car
manufacturers purchased first line production Isuzu Piazzas to reverse
engineer (Car and Driver, March, 1982) and the information gained from
this became a recipe book for the car design teams of each of these
manufacturers. From the look of the VW's in house redesign of the
Scirocco in 1982, it is undeniable that VW also purchased a Piazza and
copied the design details in their own work.
Certainly, the original Scirocco and the Impulse are similarly
designed cars, which would be expected as they were both designed by
the same man. While it is true that they are related, comparison shows
that this relationship is more that of comparing Neanderthal man to
Modern Homo Sapien, the Scirocco being the Neanderthal.
VW Scirocco owners may feel better by spreading myths and claiming
that the Impulse was the rejected Scirocco redesign, or that it was a
copy of the Scirocco, but the facts as presented above prove these
fabrications to be nothing more than what they are, False"

And I never thought much of the Impulse, either.
Gordon
75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm