Volkswagen has taken the wraps off its latest Nürburgring 24-hour race contender, the Scirocco GT24. The first public appearance of the racing Scirocco will be at Wörther Lake followed by its debut this weekend at the Nürburgring 24-hour enduro.
“This car doesn’t need to be driven to look fast. The Scirocco GT24 with the blue-white finish sits so low on its extended wheel wells that a hand will not fit between the wheel arch and the tyre. Yet the race car remains unmistakeably a Scirocco from every angle. Just even wider, even longer and even lower,” says Volkswagen Chairman for Development Dr Ulrich
The GT24 is powered by a particularly perky 2.0-litre engine: the 16-valve direct injection engine with turbocharger and intercooler delivers a huge 239kW and 340Nm available from 2,100 rpm. Gear changes are handled by a dual clutch gearbox (DSG), an option that will be available on the production model.
Volkswagen have not only assembled a ripper race car but they have backed it up with a driving team that features an A-lister or two including rally world champion Carlos Sainz and Hans-Joachim Stuck, three-time winner of the 24-hour Nürburgring race. Incidentally, “Striezel” Stuck won the very first 24-hour race at the Nürburgring in 1970. Now, thirty-eight years later, the Scirocco GT24 is competing.
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Not a fan of the car’s (lack of) styling but the specs are better than the WRX STI, hopefully the price of the production model is gonna be lower than the STI lol
The styling is better then a REX, as REX bland plain!
Front-On it looks like the previous model [R34] GT-R
I just want one cause its got numbers on the doors. Oh and I like the sound of its torque curve,from 2,100 rpm 239 kws yes please.
This car could potentially upstage its older brother the Golf GTi as “the worlds best hot hatch”
I saw that test on TG honey……….amazing little car,still the original hot hatch!