Volkswagen Scirocco R-Line

I rather like the Volkswagen Scirocco. It takes all the good bits from the Golf GTI and wraps them up in a rather more rakish body. It then couples this with an interior borrowed from the Eos coupe-convertible and combines them all in a smart-looking coupe-hatchback package.

Paint it in metallic lime green and you’re onto a winner. Indeed, the Scirocco picked up our award for Best Small Car 2009.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

But if that’s not enough excitement for you, Volkswagen is now offering an R-Line version.

It’s more a tick-box option pack than anything else as there’s no mechanical changes. Instead, you get the big wide open front bumper, some bigger side skirts, new alloys and some R-Line flashes around the interior. All for a slightly higher price of around $33k.

Unsurprisingly, this Scirocco drives much the same as any other ‘Roc – brilliantly. It’s poised, agile, eager and keen to please. If you really need to carry people in the back you’d be better off with the Golf GTI, but for everyone else, the Scirocco is perfect.