Which continued into the mid-80s. The sealing strip around the perimeter of the trunk opening in my '86 Mk1 Cabriolet has done the same for years. Always meant to tack it down, but the car's now been off the road for as long as it was on it. Even so, I was really torn between the second-hand Cabriolet that I got, and the Scirocco (especially the later 16v variant) that I coveted nearly as much.
Rubber seal? Now its a list of too complicated shite thats constantly breaking down in cars . I prefer those old ones. Those cars VW Golfs same models are still running in Africa all over!
@@Thecrazyvaclav By 1974 some Datsuns, Alfas etc had overhead cam engines with twin carbs, 5 speed gearboxes, independent suspension, quite ahead of their time in those days.
@@Thecrazyvaclav Yes with superb leaf spring suspension (Two of my friends had early Escorts - one lost control round a corner and crashed into a tree - the other rolled his on a downhill access road to a 3 lane A road - don't ask me how). Both survived thankfully with only cuts and bruises.
I often wish the 2010s Scirocco harked back to the original, a retro design, much like the yank makers have done in the last 10 or so years with the Mustang, Challenger and Camaro. Instead the Scirocco we did get to my eyes looks like a bloated, lowered golf with some boy racer tat thrown on.
@@rogercliftonville-acton1574 What can you expect from VW these days?! They haven't come up with an interesting car design since the 90´s Corrado... for the past 20 yrs VW cars have been crap.
I remember my brother having a metallic green one. He used to hide the keys from me so I couldn't play in it. I soon found out that my dad's MK3 Cortina keys would unlock it, so still got to play in it without my brother knowing. Ha !
Nice. Always liked the Scirocco shape. Equipped for computer diagnosis. This is the beginning of the rot setting in. Cool flares bro. Really go with the interior
Actually it was designed like that like early golfs. The idea was the inside rear lifting would balance the under steer of the front wheel drive. Sounds shocking idea nowadays mind lol
'Foreign Cars....' laments Bastable. The part where he said 'Built by people who don't speak English, are efficient and don't go on strike' was probably edited out.
@@fradaja You are rewriting history. Thatcher didn't come to power until 1979, when BL was beyond help. She wasn't going to waste tax payers money on a poor management, coupled with a self entitled and complacent work force. She did the only sane thing - got rid of it.
With the Scirocco no longer in production, it's so refreshing to see a review on the first model that started it all. Wow! What a cool vid. 👍🏼 #Nostalgic #Throwback #VDub
Always Loved The Styling Of The Mk1 Scirocco. Nothing To Beat It. True The Body Roll And Handling Leaved A Lot To Be Desired.! But Still Love It. The Rounding Edges Of The Mk 2 Lost Those Beautifully Aggressive Lines.
Very good and very succinct review. Praise for the dynamics, but no let up on the ergo problems. An example for today's reviewers - especially for some of the rambling and often biased youtubers of today. I think by the end of its life the mk1 Scirocco was extremely competent - LJKS used to rave about it.
2:26 The presenter misses an oil pressure gauge. Well, this is a German car, not your typical English PoS where you have to keep one eye on that gauge constantly. Instead a clock, because German 😄
A friend of mine had it and it was a blast to drive. His was silver. The hatchback was a nightmare to open. The stereo could be left on without the key in the ignition, yes, the battery died often if you turned the volume down and did not check turn off the power on it. It had a water leak which I think shorted something and it started the car on its own ( I don’t recall, exactly what it affected).
What did they use diagnostic tool to in a car from 1974? everything is super easy the only thing i can think they use it for must be fuel injection but it looks like its a carburetor
Yes for sure good ol' Police 5,,,keep emailing peeled,,,I met him at Brands Hatch at the Brut 33 stand,,saw Henry Cooper but the one I wanted to see was Barry Sheene but he was elsewhere,,,,they were great days,,,nice to watch on here and re live,,,,,Have a great week,,,
I would want a car looking a lot like this but with the 2018 technology, like what the US did with the mustang and challenger. I am totally in love with that design (the actual modern scirroco produced by VW is just boring).
Agreed.The modern Scirroco is clautrophobic inside, but looks dreadful from the rear - like a clumsy overweight modern beetle. The Mk1 was sharp looking for a very long time. Well until they rusted anyway. (No wheel arch guards in those days didnt help)
those old vw were nimble and fun to drive, the opel manta gt was fun too but heavier. i also tested the capri but was a slow 1.6. with those skinny tires and long travel suspensions you could drive even at normal speeds, and were amazing on gravel roads. modern small cars have much bigger tires and hard handling.
Steve Barclay I wasn’t a huge fan of the Capris either, they were a safe bet in terms of cost of parts and service compared to the scirocco, Alfa sprints and Lancia Betas which I lusted after, although the latter two weren’t exactly well built.
The Scirocco made a huge impact in the US leading to a whole new category. Quite a huge jump from the Karmann Ghia which is still cool in its own right.
That was an easy engine to work on. Unfortunately, they took a lot of working. At least mine did. But it was real easy to get the cylinder head off (it didn't weigh anything) and it wasn't too hard to change the transmission. But man, why was I taking the head off and changing transmissions? I haven't laid a hand on my Lexus in 15 years.
Nowadays, presenters have their heads up the bottoms of German car firms. Forty years ago, they were rude..... ironic when the competition to the first Scirocco was pretty bad. By comparison that first Scirocco was magic.
Makes me smile, by BL... Marina 1.8 TC Coupe perhaps? Great when your going straight but real 'brown trouser' motoring when the Twisties arrive. Yeah, the Sirocco was pretty modern by the standards of '74.
I had a 1988 Scirocco Scala. Nice looking silver car but it had a huge rear spoiler. It was front wheel drive of course so from 75 mph the front wheels got increasingly light - terrifying! Bewildering why VW did that.
I had one, the quality inside was so much better than a ford for example. It felt classy and very nippy as only 800kg. Styling much better than the mk2.
4 years left till the end of production for the 128 3P (Berlinetta) and Scirocco would keep on till the 80's! Italians would have the Alfa Romeo Alfasud Coupe Sprint as competition to the VW.
With FHA and HSTB regulations, a pocket rocket so sublimely designed as this Scirocco MK1 was back in the 70s is near impossible today. Back then it was a fly's weight and today would be almost 1.75 American tons. Too bad they can't do something like this today. Even with the basics of today (power windows, ABS, power steering and dare I say, a manual transmission) the car could still be affordable and fun to drive.
I thought that these early Sciroccos had a large single wiper for some reason. Very attractive car though. I love that seat trim. As VW were always a bit mean on equipment levels it probably lend itself to being a great classic car choice alongside the Golf GTi.
Just like the early Golf's they ironed out the early design faults by 1978 and by then it was a much more sophisticated vehicle. 74 was first out of the box year.
Designfehler? die '74er sind optisch am schönsten, später hatte es viel zu viel Kunststoff und auch die großen Blinker ab '77 sahen absolut scheiße aus.
Man, something was wrong with that car. It was the first year, so things like that weatherseal coming off of the hatch is understandable. The crowded pedals was a right hand drive artifact. My US car had the pedal assembly on the other side and I never had any of the crowding problems this gentleman had. Also, I had cool black caps on the wheel lugs. And a brown leather knob on the shifter. I do remember that the shifter had a great deal of "variability", so mistaking first and third gear happened until the driver had a week or so of experience. Really fun car. I traded my 75 in for an 85 and enjoyed that car too.
Well, you've got to remember that inertia reel seat belts were themselves a new and novel thing in 1974, so there was some experimentation on the latching mechanisms going on across the industry.
My June 77 Audi 100 has those exact seat belts. No belts in the rear. Been in storage for 30 years. I actually prefer that design. I do hope they have a Audi 100 test in the Thames archive.
I used to have an 88 Toyota Celica, same basic type of car. Though it was better than the original Scirocco in so many ways, I have always wanted one of those first generation Sciroccos. Their styling has always looked so crisp and pretty, and if it's a bit slow by modern standards, pedestrians would have more time to admire its looks. But mine would be black, blue or whatever dark green VW was offering, and no yellow plaid!
Probably seemed innovative at the time. The fact that a car was rwd mightent necessarily have been a selling point. as it was seen as standard of cars at the time.
I had a gold 76. Just a ts I think it was but it flew. Felt much faster I'm than 85 bhp. Was very nice inside real quality. In the end rusted to death though. The styling was far better than the MK2. I would have it now had an oil pressure gauge too by the gear lever.
My friend had one he wrote it off when he landed upside down in a field after losing control on a bad bend he was racing a rover 3.5 at the time lucky for him he and his two friends got out ok vw strength
Not Giorgio - Giorgetto. I had a '76 in Malage red with the plaid seats. 1.6 carbureted 4 speed. Slow, noisy, and cramped (i'm tall), but it was a beautiful design. Mine wasn't particularly poorly built. In fact I'd say it was rather solid considering when it was made.
With anorak firmly donned, the spongy brake pedal was pronounced on right hand drive cars. Rather than move the master cylinder and servo, VW just fitted a long bar across the car joined to the pedal. A torsion bar, insufficiently stuff, that added literal springiness to the brakes. Mk 1 Golfs were similarly afflicted.
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I thought it was a nice looking car at the time and I still do now
Yeah well we dont do nice looking cars now.
It's not PC.
The rubber sealing strip around the tailgate - a fine example of '70s build quality!!
Which continued into the mid-80s. The sealing strip around the perimeter of the trunk opening in my '86 Mk1 Cabriolet has done the same for years. Always meant to tack it down, but the car's now been off the road for as long as it was on it. Even so, I was really torn between the second-hand Cabriolet that I got, and the Scirocco (especially the later 16v variant) that I coveted nearly as much.
But but but it was only BL cars that were built badly,everything else in the 70s was brilliant so every one says
I've got a '92 Panda and mine does exactly the same thing. I'm always having to push the strip back on.
Rubber seal? Now its a list of too complicated shite thats constantly breaking down in cars . I prefer those old ones. Those cars VW Golfs same models are still running in Africa all over!
That's the least of car makers worries in the 1970's. Search here for WTVJ BOB MAYER FIAT STRADA and look how they came to America
Despite its flaws, it looks so modern and crisp compared to its contemporaries.
That instrument cluster looks dated even for a 1974 car, definitely not modern looking.
Wot even the Allegro and Marina - cars which were so futuristic they could have come from the 21st century
ewaf88 don't forget the futuristic mk1 escort which was still around in 1974,wasn't just BL products that were outdated
@@Thecrazyvaclav By 1974 some Datsuns, Alfas etc had overhead cam engines with twin carbs, 5 speed gearboxes, independent suspension, quite ahead of their time in those days.
@@Thecrazyvaclav Yes with superb leaf spring suspension (Two of my friends had early Escorts - one lost control round a corner and crashed into a tree - the other rolled his on a downhill access road to a 3 lane A road - don't ask me how). Both survived thankfully with only cuts and bruises.
Amazing how the styling hasn't aged!
Also love the yellow seats - although I can appreciate they're probably not practical.
Thank you so much Thames for uploading these videos from your archives. There absolutely fascinating to watch.
I loved my old scirocco (JKE 723N), i looked forward to driving it every time i went out, it was a great car.
Mk1 sciroccos were an awesome design. They used it as the basis for the corrado design too. Great looking motors.
I often wish the 2010s Scirocco harked back to the original, a retro design, much like the yank makers have done in the last 10 or so years with the Mustang, Challenger and Camaro. Instead the Scirocco we did get to my eyes looks like a bloated, lowered golf with some boy racer tat thrown on.
Sadly we didn't even get the new Scirocco here in the states
@@rogercliftonville-acton1574 What can you expect from VW these days?! They haven't come up with an interesting car design since the 90´s Corrado... for the past 20 yrs VW cars have been crap.
@@rogercliftonville-acton1574The 2010 Scirocco looks like an Hyundai...
I imagine the pedals are hard to use with those clown shoes.... 😂
Hahahahaha!!! 🤣🤣🤣
With those guys have such dumb outfits on!
Just what I was thinking. 😂
“They fitted a door mirror as standard fitment” 😄
A door mirror, A door mirror! As in one not even on both sides lmao 🤣
Tony bastable . Proper bloke .
Blokes bloke
"Alloy Fweels..."
#accidentalpartridge
Let's his fists do the talking
I had a Scirocco Storm GTI back in the late 70's. Bloody good car!
That was my favourite model,a really classy motor,I wish I could find a nice one to buy now but they are rare.
Loved my Scirocco fun to drive practical simple to service - I did it myself - and just a touch cool.
I remember my brother having a metallic green one. He used to hide the keys from me so I couldn't play in it. I soon found out that my dad's MK3 Cortina keys would unlock it, so still got to play in it without my brother knowing. Ha !
Had a 76'......metallic bright green with those same patterned seats in green
AH! The days when luggage space was stated in sensible Imperial units, not in fluid terms!
Nice. Always liked the Scirocco shape.
Equipped for computer diagnosis. This is the beginning of the rot setting in. Cool flares bro. Really go with the interior
I was happy in the 70s-I want to go back please
I think there are many who would join you.
Looking so much like a Baby delorean...same designer. Great design. Love ya Italdesign!
Another superb review by Tony
0:19 LOL @ that body roll....it rolled so much the back wheel was off the ground for a moment.
And he said the suspension was a little too "taut!" If that suspension was any softer, the car would have rolled over!
in fairness the car went over a crest causing the back wheel to come off the deck.
Actually it was designed like that like early golfs. The idea was the inside rear lifting would balance the under steer of the front wheel drive.
Sounds shocking idea nowadays mind lol
th-cam.com/video/9nem-nf_Kro/w-d-xo.html VW Corrado cocking one wheel
Mk1 Golfs all do that, it's part of them being so incisive
'Foreign Cars....' laments Bastable. The part where he said 'Built by people who don't speak English, are efficient and don't go on strike' was probably edited out.
Darren Hoggett given how biased the press were in those days it’s a great statement to the car that he couldn’t really criticise much.
Sadly, many Brits seem to be reverting to those old ways...Equally sadly, we have never learnt how to build reliable cars that last.
Darren Hoggett they did go on strike loads, but didn’t have a psycho bitch in charge Who destroyed their industry just to make a point she’s powerful.
@@fradaja This industry was doom well before she came to power.
@@fradaja You are rewriting history. Thatcher didn't come to power until 1979, when BL was beyond help. She wasn't going to waste tax payers money on a poor management, coupled with a self entitled and complacent work force. She did the only sane thing - got rid of it.
God id love to drive that today
With the Scirocco no longer in production, it's so refreshing to see a review on the first model that started it all. Wow! What a cool vid. 👍🏼 #Nostalgic #Throwback #VDub
As a 17 year old I fell in love with a mk1 scirocco. 1.6 gls silver. Gorgeous car.
My second car was a yellow '75 (I got it in '89). I wish I could find a good one now! Thanks for the memories - including the "Thames" graphic.
Always Loved The Styling Of The Mk1 Scirocco. Nothing To Beat It. True The Body Roll And Handling Leaved A Lot To Be Desired.! But Still Love It. The Rounding Edges Of The Mk 2 Lost Those Beautifully Aggressive Lines.
What a test drive! Basically going round in circles in a small car park. I owned one in '79 and rather liked it.
It's parking lot, Bud.
Sharp car and seats! Love the yellow thing going on with this VW scirrocco:)
I had a late one of these, a 1980 GLi, same engine as the MK1 Golf GTi (code EG) - it was RAPID with excellent handling. Wish I still had it.
It can't be only that thinks Danger Mouse is coming when the Thames intro comes on.
Very good and very succinct review. Praise for the dynamics, but no let up on the ergo problems. An example for today's reviewers - especially for some of the rambling and often biased youtubers of today.
I think by the end of its life the mk1 Scirocco was extremely competent - LJKS used to rave about it.
Not heard much of the late Mr. Setright recently!
Those seatbelts! 🙈
First time I have seen that type. They didn't catch on!
We had them in a Fiat 132 in 1978.
They’d wear away the seatbelts over time , surely...
I remember my ex-Brother-In-Law's 1977/78 Lada 1600 GLS having seatbelts like this.
Russell the Chemist. They probably didn't catch on because they didn't catch on!
2:26 The presenter misses an oil pressure gauge. Well, this is a German car, not your typical English PoS where you have to keep one eye on that gauge constantly. Instead a clock, because German 😄
Good car. Remember well.
In Los Angeles California USA 🇺🇸. THUMBS-UP 👍
I had one of those, bring back memories, especially the seat belt buckles .
A friend of mine had it and it was a blast to drive. His was silver. The hatchback was a nightmare to open. The stereo could be left on without the key in the ignition, yes, the battery died often if you turned the volume down and did not check turn off the power on it. It had a water leak which I think shorted something and it started the car on its own ( I don’t recall, exactly what it affected).
What did they use diagnostic tool to in a car from 1974? everything is super easy the only thing i can think they use it for must be fuel injection but it looks like its a carburetor
I think Tony was right on with this review!
I got Shaw Taylor's autograph at Brands hatch 76/77,,,these cars looked great,,,,I went in an orange one around 78,,,Thanx for a great vid,,,
Irfan Khan you say Brands Hatch.....do you mean Police 5? 😀
Yes for sure good ol' Police 5,,,keep emailing peeled,,,I met him at Brands Hatch at the Brut 33 stand,,saw Henry Cooper but the one I wanted to see was Barry Sheene but he was elsewhere,,,,they were great days,,,nice to watch on here and re live,,,,,Have a great week,,,
@@ketoking9435 you too buddy
rick stevenson ,,Cheers,
I would want a car looking a lot like this but with the 2018 technology, like what the US did with the mustang and challenger. I am totally in love with that design (the actual modern scirroco produced by VW is just boring).
The new Golf is pretty cool and has 70's plaid seats
Agreed.The modern Scirroco is clautrophobic inside, but looks dreadful from the rear - like a clumsy overweight modern beetle. The Mk1 was sharp looking for a very long time. Well until they rusted anyway. (No wheel arch guards in those days didnt help)
same
It's not as if VW is against retro styling considering the Beetle. A scirocco about the size of a Polo would be great.
Yes its all l swervy curvy lines now which dont add up to any thing. Agree I'd ahve one of these in a heart beat.
those old vw were nimble and fun to drive, the opel manta gt was fun too but heavier. i also tested the capri but was a slow 1.6. with those skinny tires and long travel suspensions you could drive even at normal speeds, and were amazing on gravel roads. modern small cars have much bigger tires and hard handling.
Very honest review. I love the exterior But I'd agree the interior has some flaws
This was my dream car when I passed my driving test, I wanted a 1980 1.6GLS but couldn’t afford it and ended up with a 2liter Capri of the same year.
Steve Barclay I wasn’t a huge fan of the Capris either, they were a safe bet in terms of cost of parts and service compared to the scirocco, Alfa sprints and Lancia Betas which I lusted after, although the latter two weren’t exactly well built.
I have a Capri and i'm never getting rid of it, the best European Ford ever made in my opinion, vastly superior to a Scirocco of the same era.
The Scirocco made a huge impact in the US leading to a whole new category. Quite a huge jump from the Karmann Ghia which is still cool in its own right.
Back in the days when engines were so simple, that just about anybody could work on their own car.
That was an easy engine to work on. Unfortunately, they took a lot of working. At least mine did. But it was real easy to get the cylinder head off (it didn't weigh anything) and it wasn't too hard to change the transmission. But man, why was I taking the head off and changing transmissions? I haven't laid a hand on my Lexus in 15 years.
Still a good looking car :-)
As an American, whenever I see or hear that Thames TV intro….I expect to see Benny Hill’s round face
😂😂😂😂
Nowadays, presenters have their heads up the bottoms of German car firms. Forty years ago, they were rude..... ironic when the competition to the first Scirocco was pretty bad. By comparison that first Scirocco was magic.
I think it was plain old xenophobia, don't mention the war, and buy British leyland instead and all that
Makes me smile, by BL... Marina 1.8 TC Coupe perhaps? Great when your going straight but real 'brown trouser' motoring when the Twisties arrive. Yeah, the Sirocco was pretty modern by the standards of '74.
I had a 1988 Scirocco Scala. Nice looking silver car but it had a huge rear spoiler. It was front wheel drive of course so from 75 mph the front wheels got increasingly light - terrifying! Bewildering why VW did that.
I had one, the quality inside was so much better than a ford for example. It felt classy and very nippy as only 800kg. Styling much better than the mk2.
1974, When a driver's side door mirror was considered a luxury, and no passenger side mirror at all 😂
We've always had them. Even the Trabant has one. The first car without a door mirror I've seen was a classic Rover 100 in the UK.
Had the shoes, and passed my test in a Scirroco.
Didn't realise the scirocco was launched in 74, I thought it was from the late 70s, futuristic for then
I used to have the same seat belts in my mk1 golf...... absolutely brilliant idea, no need to hunt for the buckle. Pity itkind of died out.
I loved the Scirocco storm,it was a classy motor.
Is there any way since this is a Thames production that we could could play "The Tomorrow People" theme in the background as Tony is driving?
4 years left till the end of production for the 128 3P (Berlinetta) and Scirocco would keep on till the 80's! Italians would have the Alfa Romeo Alfasud Coupe Sprint as competition to the VW.
With FHA and HSTB regulations, a pocket rocket so sublimely designed as this Scirocco MK1 was back in the 70s is near impossible today. Back then it was a fly's weight and today would be almost 1.75 American tons. Too bad they can't do something like this today. Even with the basics of today (power windows, ABS, power steering and dare I say, a manual transmission) the car could still be affordable and fun to drive.
Sounds like a bag of spanners, these things rotted wings out in 4 years, they even shamed FIAT 😉
Back in the days when you were allowed to be critical of the VW group 😂
I thought that these early Sciroccos had a large single wiper for some reason.
Very attractive car though. I love that seat trim. As VW were always a bit mean on equipment levels it probably lend itself to being a great classic car choice alongside the Golf GTi.
In den Jahren 74- 75 hatten die Scirocco 2 Wischer, später nur einen.
Die allerersten MK2 hatten auch einen Einarmwischer.
Just like the early Golf's they ironed out the early design faults by 1978 and by then it was a much more sophisticated vehicle. 74 was first out of the box year.
Designfehler? die '74er sind optisch am schönsten, später hatte es viel zu viel Kunststoff und auch die großen Blinker ab '77 sahen absolut scheiße aus.
I would love one of these.
Nice suit. Apart from the tailgate rubber look at the alignment of the rear bumper. At least it comes with a door mirror as standard!
''some sort of automatic opening device" for the hatchback. Today, having one isn't a surprise.
Man, something was wrong with that car. It was the first year, so things like that weatherseal coming off of the hatch is understandable.
The crowded pedals was a right hand drive artifact. My US car had the pedal assembly on the other side and I never had any of the crowding problems this gentleman had.
Also, I had cool black caps on the wheel lugs. And a brown leather knob on the shifter. I do remember that the shifter had a great deal of "variability", so mistaking first and third gear happened until the driver had a week or so of experience.
Really fun car. I traded my 75 in for an 85 and enjoyed that car too.
Despite its flaws, still way better than a Morris Marina.
Was introduced to the US market in 1975 with the Rabbit.
& the Dasher/Passat as well.
3:18 moaning about toeing and heeling... He's gonna give it the beans... For sure
Leave it to the German’s to overcomplicate something as simple as a seatbelt, lol.
Well, you've got to remember that inertia reel seat belts were themselves a new and novel thing in 1974, so there was some experimentation on the latching mechanisms going on across the industry.
My June 77 Audi 100 has those exact seat belts. No belts in the rear. Been in storage for 30 years. I actually prefer that design. I do hope they have a Audi 100 test in the Thames archive.
Steve Neill leave it to you to overcomplicate a simple plural by putting an apostrophe in the word 'Germans'.
Mark Fox My bad, grammar Nazi. I must have offended your people somehow.
@@39PSIOnTheDaily He's English and likes to interfere with Pug dogs. (You can't cater for everyone).
I used to have an 88 Toyota Celica, same basic type of car. Though it was better than the original Scirocco in so many ways, I have always wanted one of those first generation Sciroccos. Their styling has always looked so crisp and pretty, and if it's a bit slow by modern standards, pedestrians would have more time to admire its looks. But mine would be black, blue or whatever dark green VW was offering, and no yellow plaid!
Did it have to be fwd, though? Its rivals, the Celica, Capri, and 240, were rear wheel drive.
Volkswagen pioneered front wheel drive in this vehicle class.
Probably seemed innovative at the time. The fact that a car was rwd mightent necessarily have been a selling point. as it was seen as standard of cars at the time.
Yeah. It had to be fwd. The Scirocco was a really tiny car and couldn't afford stuff like a longitudinal motor or a drive shaft taking up space.
Bastable always gives it the berries!
Te Scirocco "storm" was a beautiful car indeed,,,,,,, it somehow ad and still has an "award winning design" !!!!!
I had a gold 76. Just a ts I think it was but it flew. Felt much faster I'm than 85 bhp. Was very nice inside real quality. In the end rusted to death though. The styling was far better than the MK2. I would have it now had an oil pressure gauge too by the gear lever.
Do they have a review on the VW Passat of this era. Aka VW Dasher in US.
I love these videos. Belting a car around to some random car park. Buckle-less seat belts...?! Yes, cos they really caught on!!🤣
"not that much leg room in the back"
He's not kidding. There may as well not be back seats in those buggers.
Those seats 😫
I like this Alan Partridge chap
He is a top chap. I mean Bastable.
1:09 computer diagnosis in 1974? wow!
I know. I can't get my head around it. Seems like an anachronism.
Heal and toe love it lol 😂
Those seats!
Those seats remind me of fondant fancies
0:46 👍 what a nice car 💖
"Brisk motoring "= caning it
:->
My friend had one he wrote it off when he landed upside down in a field after losing control on a bad bend he was racing a rover 3.5 at the time lucky for him he and his two friends got out ok vw strength
That rear wheel lift at 0:20 is quite pronounced.
Georgio Gugaru?
That's a very mean way to pronounce for one of the greatest automotive industry designers.
Pronounced as Gugaru!!!
U mean it is not Joojaaro!!!
Did anyone else notice the modern car in the background when Tony was talking about the seats?
It looked like a Citroen CX - perhaps another car to be reviewed that day.
@@zebedep yes but those doors looked like something off of a mid-90s car
Definately a Citroen CX also launched in 1974.
lol not modern at all
Being the flared trousers back ☺️
Love the Mr Man shoes.
Not Giorgio - Giorgetto. I had a '76 in Malage red with the plaid seats. 1.6 carbureted 4 speed. Slow, noisy, and cramped (i'm tall), but it was a beautiful design. Mine wasn't particularly poorly built. In fact I'd say it was rather solid considering when it was made.
Really funny , it gets a mirror . Tests it by ragging around a car park 😀😀😀
I had one and it was pure fun, but the build quality was very italian.
I'm sure those lapels were getting wider in every shot. If it had of been a 15 minute review he'd have been in a hang glider.
I like the left hand drive models better because they're original.
85 bhp wow! My Renault Twingo has 70! How time have changed.
Bay city Rollers inspired seats
With anorak firmly donned, the spongy brake pedal was pronounced on right hand drive cars. Rather than move the master cylinder and servo, VW just fitted a long bar across the car joined to the pedal. A torsion bar, insufficiently stuff, that added literal springiness to the brakes. Mk 1 Golfs were similarly afflicted.