CORRADO VR6 - My favorite VW EVER?
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In this long overdue video, I reaquaint myself with a car that I have a long association with, the Corrado VR6. Will I decide to go buy one after remembering how much I loved them in the past or show I have never "met my hero" (again)? Stay tuned to find out!
Behind the scenes info : This invite to make this video arrived late on Friday and it was uploaded late on Saturday! It came about because I'd been having a lockdown clearout and found some old Corrado VR6 wheels which I advertised and the owner of this car who I've know for years got in touch and tempted me to deliver with the prospect of a drive so he could get my opinion on it. He lives 1 mile off my commute so how could I say no? Next morning I was on his doorstep dribbling and was lucky enough to spend a few hours with the car, all filming was solo though the owner followed me out his daily Passat and helped with the car to car and the the fly by footage. It took a while to get some decent takes as I'd done very little prep and my memory on these is fading but we got there in the end helped by the half decent weather and some great roads.
The owner previously had a Scirocco GTX for many years which he sold to buy this and has had a fleet of VWs (and the odd Skoda) for decades, his name will be familiar to readers of VW Driver magazine as he often wrote letters which got published in there, those were the days....
Thanks for all your support people and please do keep the comments coming though I'll probably not reply until Monday as need some time off 🙌
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Brilliant, I built a VR6 powered mk2 gti about 12 years ago (I still own it) and it took eibach arbs and a set of KW V1s to make it handle anywhere near a corrado. My engine only has 60k on it, its lovely.
Love a corrado. Drove a G60 when i was 18. Still one of the coolest cars i’ve driven!
I had a G60, i wanted a VR6 but came across a super low milage, one owner late G60 and couldn't refuse it. Loved mine. Vince at Stealth put some coilovers on it and set it up. I ended up sending mine to Australia when i moved there in '05, it was a very rare car there. Sold it for a MK4 R32 in the end. I wonder if VW will ever re-create it like they did the Scirocco
I always wanted one of those , would still love a VR6 Storm.
Funnily enough I walked past one yesterday. Hadn’t seen it for a while & thought the guy had sold it. It really struck me how small it is compared to modern stuff!
I had a 1990 16v for about 10 years. Ended up stripped out and a bit highly strung. Amazed it drove excellently at the very low ride height ! . Also a standard late 2.0 16v for a short time. Door mirrors also used on the mclaren F1 and numerous TVR’s of the time. Must have been a good aero shape! People used to come up and ask if I could raise and lower the spoiler. A novelty back then
Love, this video always admired the corrado. I've had two vr6 mk3 golfs in the past and still miss them now. Would love a few more of these nostalgic vlogs. Well done!!!
Always have a soft spot for the Corrado. Spent many years on the Corrado forum, a great bunch of enthusiasts and invaluable depth of knowledge. Had my G60 remapped and worked on by G-WERKS and JMR with ported charger, smaller pulley etc. Sold that and moved to a Vr6. With a BMC filter they sound gorgeous due to the variable inlet tracts. I ended up super charging that with a rotrex charger, mapped to near 300bhp by Vince at Stealth. With a decat it sounded lovely and surprised many new modern cars with its power to weight ratio. Both always got postive comments and it was one of those cars that people would stop to talk to you about them or give you a positive comment at the traffic lights.
I bought a five year old (1992) Corrado G60 in 1997, and drove it for 10 years. It was reported to be the best production, front wheel drive chassis ever. All I can say is, if there was any car around today with the same road presence, performance, handling, and personality, I hope I'd be in a position to own one, because that Corrado was 10 years of pure driving pleasure. Sadly missed. If any youtube channel could potentially identify, review, and recommend a vehicle approaching that calibre, good chance it would be here on VolksWizard. Subscribed, and thank you for your work.
Great video Andrew. The Corrado VR6 has been overlooked for too long but finally seems to be gaining the recognition it deserves. I love mine!
Had one in the same color. 😁 then I had to change the body to a violett touch pearl due to rust. Also was lucky enough to have found a VSR intake manifold for the vr6 engine. 😍
My first car, hopefully I never have to sell it.
Fun fact, those mirrors were also used for the McLaren F1 and several TVR's
Love the intro music, very 90s. They are a cool car, always liked the idea of one much more than the older or newer scirrocos.
Iv'e got a vr6 in black, changed the air filter on it today and cleaned the maf! Annoying to work on but worth it for that sound. I call him Chewy. Great vid dude earned a like from me
I could never fall in with a corrado vr6 when looking and they do drive better but always ended up in another golf vr6, bought my first one in June 2000 and been driving them since. Great daily driver
They are so fun to drive. Much better than a MK2 16v golf
Had one on Koni adjustables and Eibach springs for over ten years. Loved it.
Love my eibach pro springs👍
I was fortunate enough to drive one of these cars back in 1995, the car was only about 6 months old. At the time I drove a Golf mk2 gti 8 valve, so in comparison, the corrado was in a different league. I remember the power delivery to be not too dissimilar to a forced induction motor with a good useable power band. Nice car..
An Aqua Blue Pearl Corrado G60 was my dream car in the 1990's. You couldn't beat the sound of that supercharger! Ended up building a Mk1 Golf G60 instead.
Lovely old things these Andrew. My in laws neighbours have one that looks to just be sat gathering dust (and sadly rust).....shame to see such a classic going under but then as you say I guess to restore one is both tricky and very expensive.
Now that was a nostalgic trip down memory lane. A beautiful car and the combination I admire most, both engine and body colour. Awesome little tribute there Andrew. Hats off to the owner too, for the work and love to get it to that standard and keep it looking that good. Keep safe and well pal.
Got a VR6 Corrado again last year after selling my last one 10 years ago (prior to that had the 16v). Keeping this one! Scene has totally changed (obviously!) and parts are dearer, but persevere and parts are available as unfortunately quite a few seem to be getting broken.
The forum knowledge base is excellent and a really helpful bunch.
Great videos by the way, have watched quite a few in last few day’s, lifelong vow fan too 👍
I "only" had the 16v but i fekkin LOVED it! Getting the rear wheel up when cornering was great fun. I miss the creak as the spoiler came up. Meant to fix it but never did, felt like some of the character of the car. Had to get shot because the dif went. It went to a dub mechanic though so I believe it's still on the road. Epic cars, nothing quite like em!
Great video and worth mentioning the VR6 engine in this started the VR series of engines culminating in the R32
On the exhaust, jetex, magnaflow, powerflow and milltek all did these style systems for Corrados. Have exactly the same on my 91' Valver. - Great video and thanks for actually being knowledgeable on the cars, too often hear things that are incorrect on these videos.
My Rado it's a bit rattly through bumps etc, with a chip and the VSR and Shrick intakes it does help on the low to midrange torque! The Ride and Handling is just beautiful with the Koni Dampers!
Had a mk3 vr6 in inari silver, one off colour looked great. Blew the gasket slightly at 140mph. Great engines just need looking after.
Had 3 of these. 1st a Pearl Green VR6 with Koni Coilovers, Magnex and BMC CDA induction kit. 2nd a Red VR6T running 400bhp and 3rd another VR6 that had Shrick cams and inlet manifold that had some issues that I bought to break, doubled my money on that. Now have a MK5 R32 but would love another at some point, shame the prices are going crazy.
Great video Andrew. You probably know about John Mitchell Racing in West Sussex, but if you don't, he is a fan of these Corrados & has got loads of stuff on his FB page. He's also just done a full resto on a Mk1 GTi.
I love these. Randomly, a few years ago I sold an iMac to someone who turned up in one of these and we must have spent an hour talking about the car!
MK4 Golf VR6, endless torque in any gear. The Corrado is rare in the states, nice find.
The early active spoilers came up @ 70 but they switched to 45 as the car was grassing owners up for speeding. Allegedly! 90’s gossip....
Hi Andrew,
Love the video mate. I actually owned a Corrado G60 supercharged in blue around 20 years ago, sold it as needed a four door car. Thinking back now should never have sold it. 👍
The Corrado VR6 is one of those cars I’ve always fancied but somehow never owned. I did loan a friend’s Mk3 Golf VR6 for a week and loved it!
Golf VR6 is nice especially with stiffer dampers but Corrado gives you a good chassis to match that incredible engine.
I still miss my Corrado. I had a 92 VR6 slc and it was the first car I bought with my own money. Unfortunately I wrecked it and at the time (19 years old) I didn’t have the money to fix it☹️
Once seen a VR6 Corrado in a Maccies drive through as I was coming out the petrol station in my E34. It was the same colour as this, and I absolutely fell in love. Wanted a 'rado since. Might have to make that happen now!
I owned a '92 VR6 SLC silver/black that I bought new. It was a great car but all I can say is I should have bought a used e30 M3 instead. Living in Michigan and using the car as a daily driver, I thought the VR6 with FWD was more practical. They were pretty close in price at the time and we all know where the 2 cars are now. And it was not without its problems. Sunroof misalignment, new gearbox , and a new ECU all replaced under warranty. But I loved that engine.
Have 3 currently. VR6 SLC, G60 and G60 TDI swap. Love the lines of the body.
I used to work for the local VAG dealer as a valeter late 1980's to Early 90's - but I used to get to swan around going for tax discs, parts, picking cars up or dropping them off so naturally I got to drive Polo's, Golf's, 'Rocco's, Passat's, Corrado's and Audi 80s, 90s, 100s, 200s, Coupe's and Avant's and generally anything available on the forecourt if they were in a hurry mmmmmmm Range Rover's, BMW's, Renault I think you get the drift, the dealer would always give the salesmen cars that reflected their personality, Passat or Golf for the family man, Polo coupe, Rocco GT, Golf GTi for the young-ish single dude, same in the Audi dept, when told to go and get a salesman's car to go to say Aberdeen for Licences or Peterhead to our other VAG dealer for parts, I'd always aim for a guy called Ray young single and they always gave him a Rocco OR when it was introduced - the Corrado, Ahh those were the days - I hated the days when I actually had to valet cars they were boring but being out on the road was amazing and I got to drive some absolutey awesome (now classic) cars whilst being a low paid car cleaner, Nice vid very nostalgic cheers.
Love the corrado, back in the day I went with a calibra instead but always regretted that choice
I bought 1 this weekend & haven’t driven my CL550 in 3 days. Well to get it out of the way of my Corrado VR6 🤩
Awesome car, I’ve had numerous Golfs over the years including a VR6 and I still own a Mk2 16V, I do have a soft spot for the VW coupés though, owned a Mk1 Scirocco Storm and a MK2 GT, have always wanted a Corrado Storm, classic green with tan leather.
Interesting fact, the McLaren F1 has the door mirrors from a Corrado
🇨🇦You just made me realize that my corrado is from the uk
Great all round wkend car in my opinion, I should start looking for one
Love the speedline alloys and active rear spoiler. The colour is very desirable. My friend had a red 16v with black cloth trim back in the day.
Born in 81 I always wanted a ford Sierra cosworth 4x4 passed one every day on way to school but the VW corado was my 2nd choice still not owned either 😔
Ive always thought the vr6 purples was all the same and i was under the impression the colour was called metallic mulberry... never to old to learn new things aye
Great video Andrew - the VR6 Golf was a cruiser and will roll and understeer and these seem to be better set up for both ride and handling and the sound was great compared to a turbo four - neighbours in Edinburgh when I lived there had a red 2.0 16V and whilst most journos rated them as being slow it was a great car imho
Also your fifth gear corrado drove me to buy my own so thank you chap!
Small world! Was that the Tiff time or the Plato time? It had a different reg when Tiff had it as it had been sold by then.
@@volkswizard the one you posted on your video was the one that pushed me over the edge.. I watched that same video of your Corrado's restoration and after that video I sought out the one I eventually bought.. the one in my profile pic. Lol
Wife loved hers!Usefully more powerful than golf vr6 and much more exciting lift off oversteer!
Great video, always wanted one. My mate had a ‘G’ reg in red 16V, he bought it, got it home only to realise it had a plate on the engine bay saying “GTI engineering”. Then we understood why it was so bloody quick!
Wow, that's cool. Used to walk past a red 1.8 16v on a G reg on Heathfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham. Used to belong to an estate agent. Remember it clearly, Sebring wheels, usually dirty. This was a very early car and you always remember your first one.
I remember being fascinated by the split rear bench and the rear spoiler that raised over a certain speed, didn’t like them at first as I had a Scirocco Scala, so a bit of sour grapes! 😂
I remember seeing the white VR6 on 5th gear on the rolling road and it was mint 🤩 do you regret selling it ??🤦🏼♂️
I do, I’m sure I had a reason (R32 project car maybe) but can’t recall what. I fitted leather Recaros to it from a scrapper I took in px (yes I scrapped a Corrado VR6!)
volkswizard sure if we knew then what we know now it would be a whole different scenario 🤷🏼♂️
The two cars I regret letting go were
: Mk2 Golf gti in white 1990 big bumper with BBS rims, electric recaros, sunroof and a kenwood mask head unit ☹️
: phase 2 205 gti 1.9 in white 1990 also
With AC and sunroof!! Half black leather with the two extra headrests in the rear out of a scrap car ☹️
I only wish I had them now
Although the one I was glad to get rid off was a 1988 polo coupe S 🤦🏼♂️ what a piece of crap it was,
Coupe S my ass 😂 1.3 engine in a car that weighed about 2.8ton with a 0-60 of about 4hrs 🤣🤣
Even the McLaren F1 used Corrado sidemirrors.
These seem to have increased in value quite a lot recently. Can pay the same for a 1.8 now that you did for a VR6 not too long ago.
They have indeed. I've also noticed the same with the porsche 968. The coupe has rocketed, and the club sport is ridiculously overpriced.
LK4Z Bramble metallic❤ the best looking color on this alltime classic
I'm 25 and this is oddly one of my favourites. Would love one but naturally given the age, theres a lot of nails out there. Good examples are hard to find and are appreciating in value now.
Great car and brings back some fantastic memories of bombing around the B roads in my younger days. It was also the favourite of the local police who loved to pull over me over and have a look at the car.
1995 2.9 is the best model with this color is unique!
I owned one same color I have to let it go .
According to British experts the vw corrado it's one of the best cars was made to be owned.
Surely it's mulberry not blackberry. I've owned 3 vr6's 2 being this colour. Saw plenty of rado's painted Porsche amethyst purple which is an amazing upgrade to this VW colour imho.
The correct name from VW was called Bramble.
In the brochure chaps, it says Blackberry, the German is ‘Brombeer’ 👍
Lc3u blackberry corrado.
Lc4p mulberry golf vr6 highline exclusive.
Everyday is a school day as I thought both vr6 model's were the same colour.
Still prefer the Porsche version though haha.
Should I feel ashamed that I owned a blackberry vr6 (2nd vr6) and a mulberry vr6 (3rd and last) back to back and never noticed? 😆
I bought a N Reg 1996 2000 mile green storm with air con (extremely rare) then AMD remapped it and installed an updated air box sold it back to Scott’s In Sloane Sq for £2k more than I paid for it with 16k on it! It was an amazing car one best front wheel drive handling cars to date and regret selling and would but it back it anyone owns it in here?
Just sold my MKIV R32. I loved the VR6 ❤️
I used to own N308PPL, a legendary MK3 16v 🥰
Loved my early phase 1 G60 Corrado 😎
The Corrado’s also has another claim to fame.....the wing mirrors were used on the McLaren F1 road car 😎
And also on TVRs.
Live and learn 👍👍
mark haynes i don’t think that’s a claim to fame to be fair 😂
Very true.
Replacements were actually cheaper from TVR.
I had a 94 VR6 the same colour & spec (inc air con) as the one in the film.
Great video, have a 92 Flash red SLC and love it every day I am in the garage looking for get it better.
These sound so good.Tough to find a clean one. Pity that the road tax here in Ireland is still 1809 euro per year
It’s actually 1443 as it a 2.9 litre
James Dullea your right. I assumed 2.8 and over is the highest. Still f##king robbery.
The boy racers have fucked them up royally. It's a car that has for a long time been cheap to buy, but you need deep pockets to run. From those hideous crystal tail lights, dodgy alloys, leather usually uncared for, you'll pay handsomely for a half decent one now.
Forgot to mention that I used to find Stevens breakers where great for parts and still have some Corrado bits for anyone who’s looking
Ill take some Corrado recaro seats off you if you have any .
So nice...the closest I got to one of those as a young driver was the Scirocco
Great review and lots of joy behind the wheel
I remember seeing a few of these for sale on your website along side Golf Mk2s, I think around 2001?
Fantastic looking car, still. I had the 1.8 16v for a couple of years, loved it.
Hello corrado vr6 what's not to like, torquy 6 cylinder or supercharged 4 pot and an appreciating future classic into the bargain. Personal preference would be the run out 2.9 storm edition.
What is the music in the beginning? 80s style 👍
i used to love the looks of the corrado, never actually been in one though sadly, beautiful car though.
Picked up an A6 a couple of days back and in the corner of the yard was a Corrado G60 sitting looking sorry for itself. No rust but covered in bird bombs : (
Wish we got this beautiy in the states. Still got my r32 tho
** We got the Corrado SLC.
Always wanted a VR6, lovely bit of kit. 👍
Once known as a cut price Ferrari and like the prancing horse best on a good road. Not really a town car although still much more civilized than the Ferrari of that time! Love the engine note. Shame we can't somehow artificially play the sound of a vr6 in our 4 cylinder turbos or electric vehicles. But for some reason we can't do a convincing imitation. Even on Forza horizon r where I'm the proud owner of a Corrado vr6 it sounds wrong. About 50 percent there but artificial
Do you remember the Dusty Mauve colour of that era? It looked so good on this and the Golf 3, my all-time favorite.
I do, that was a Golf colour, on Corrado I believe it was twilight violet lovely colour 👌
volkswizard Aha, I assumed they were the same. My dad used to have a modified ‘94 Golf GTD in Dusty Mauve. This reminded me of it. Impossible to find one that survived though.
@@volkswizard Wrong there was a special edition campaign they made 6 of and came in Dusty Mauve. Also the spoiler had a 60 auto rise on late cars .
Andrew ,, so what did you decide , when having your reflective drive home?.
I always liked the Golf VR6. My neighbour ,a pilot on long haul out of Heathrow used to love blitzing up the M4 from J 17 to J 4 . I used to get behind the wheel on the odd occasion at weekend around our country roads locally. He and I both had growing families he the got a Sharan VR6 which it also loved and I had bought a Sharan top spec 2.0 ltr petrol for my wife /me which was also a great car for us.
Cool memories! VR6 Sharan is a handy source of VR6 parts and Ford dealers were open cheaper than VW, weird considering they were effectively middle men. I'd quite like to mildly restore a Corrado VR6 now the prices justify it. Definitely would like to improve suspension on a standard one with Bilsteins but keep the ride height unless it could be lowered just a bit. They look great low but the height is key part of the look, touch choice. I've got Stealth a short bike ride away from home now which will help. Need to get the business back on the post Covid road first though..
@@volkswizard Yep fully agree with your priority . Did you manage to shift one of the UP GTi yet .
My missus is operating out of hospitals in Cornwall and had an free apartment offered to NHS workers at Watergate Bay I great location . She has been putting loads of miles on he Polo GTi so I offered the UP GTi to use, as I have had to isolate ( Vulnerable ) at my daughter's & her husband's place at Southrop near Lechlade and I have our dog with me in their annex. Have the Golf R mk7.5 parked in her driveway for 8 weeks now - very frustrating when you love driving.
Anyway she is loving using the UP for both her 3 hour commute down to Cornwall from Wiltshire and buzzing around the Cornish roads. VAG(VW) / Porsche / Seat family ,as her son has a Ibiza FR 1.4 3dr manual.
Excellent vid, thank you. Quick question, who did you say fitted the AC system?
Neil Hathaway the dealers generally, as it wasn’t a factory fit option on RHD drive cars
@@bikersparky thanks for the info. i approached the dealers for my Corrado but no joy. Really want to add AC to my car but struggling!!
Nice viewing. I have the same colour Corrado VR6, and love it 😎
I'd have another one, nothing drove as well as our raddo
Great video of a proper VW!
Thank you Andrew.... really enjoyed the video.
Glad you enjoyed it👍
I've always loved these but only the vr6 will do even the supercharged g60 didn't have the same appeal
Awesome video and one of my all time favourites... keep doing it Andrew!
Thanks! Will do Tom!
Great vid! Can you do a vid on the 2013 cc exec vr6 4 motion!
Look for someone put 3.6 inside with 4wd from Passat platform
How much are there today?
Andrew, why does Europe always seem to get better offerings when it comes to cars? Hell, even Ford offered better cars in the UK then in the US.
You did get the Corrado Mark! A lot of the internet content on how to fix them in the late 90's came from US, VW Vortex in particular. Judging by the forums you got quite a few.
@@volkswizardSLC 2.8, I think? Nice side indicators, and those auto seat belt jobs.
awwwww I miss mine!!! wish I never sold it!
Remember the active spoiler has a switch on the dash to raise for cleaning. Which most people used to leave the spoiler up 👍
Love the opening music
That's good to know James as I haven't bothered with intros recently but felt this car deserved it. Had a flick through the 80s section and this one jumped out👍👍
There beautiful love them
Thanks for this vid, awesome!
The only car I regret selling .. my vr6 rado 🤯
it was my 1st car, so by default it's the best ヅ
I've got a mint 1 owner from New, blackberry 98k rado would new sell it..... Ever 😍.
Cheers for another great video 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it Paul!
Definitely my favourite VW 👍🏻
I had two storms 😳
Is he selling it??
If he was I'd be buying it (but no he isn't)