MkVI GTi vs Scirocco

[mr magoo]

Hi All

A friend of mine's toying with a VW Scirocco. Must admit I don't know which engine/spec yet but it'll be a DSG box and probably a fairly meaty petrol engine, as opposed to the 1.4TFSI or a deisel.

I really think he should go for the MkVI GTi. As a MkV Ed30 owner myself, I just think you get so much more for your hard-earned out of a Golf than you do out of a Scirocco.

It's so much more practical (), I appreciate the figures for a Scirocco might be slighlty better for the same engine than in a GTi, but in the real world who'd notice.

If he's insistent, any thoughts on which engine? He's a consultant surgeon so money's not exactly an object!

Martin


PS - appreciate this is a GTi forum so voting / opinion is bound to be slightly skewed 

[R32UK]

tell him to test drive both. the decision making will be made much easier  golf ftw

[gizzywizzy]

If he wants a 3door may as well get  Scirocco if he needs a 5door get a GTI.

Gizzy

[evo1986]

Pointless exercise putting it on here................

Both are great cars if he doesn't need an occasional 4/5 seater then scirocco all the way

2.0tfsi or 170 derv gt

Lee Evans
VW Cheltenham

[gossa]

Lee I have had both and I would say the Golf is a better car irrespective of the number of people you want to carry. The Scirocco looks great, a real head turner but suffers from torque and understeer, is not as well built as the Golf and just isn't the complete car that the Golf is. The Golf is a better car in my opinion.

[mr magoo]

Pointless exercise putting it on here................

Both are great cars if he doesn't need an occasional 4/5 seater then scirocco all the way

2.0tfsi or 170 derv gt

Lee Evans
VW Cheltenham

Typical stealer comment 

[keelaw]

OWN UP!!!!  WHO ACCIDENTLY PRESSED THE SCIROCCO BUTTON?!?!?!!? 

[p3eps]

About 4 months ago I would have said the Scirocco... but the more I see them, the less I like them!
It depends what he wants it for...
Golf has more room in the back, and extra seat, and a bigger boot.
Thats why I went for the Golf over the Scirocco - oh yeah, and the 4wd  

[Blackroc]

Like Gossa, I have owned a Scirocco, and agree with his comments. The interior is the mk5 (Eos..) interior with a few tweeks, but not as nice as a Golf mk6. HOWEVER at £2k cheaper, that could sway you towards a 'Roc. It is no where near as practical as a Golf however, so it would come down to a test drive i would suggest.. Both are great cars 

[am1w]

Scrirocco is built in a PIGS country!
Golf is built in Germany.
We might eat a pig, but wiil we drive one?
Golf is better built.
Ta ta.
The end.