1992 Volkswagen Corrado VR6: Regular Car Reviews
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- We drive not a DeLorean. It's a VW Corrado VR6. This is the one with the weird staggered 10-degree v6 motor that is so narrow it only has one head.
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A stock Corrado VR6 riding on BBS' deserves more thumbs up than can be given.
The amount of people who told me to "stance" my old corrado when i owned it was terrible, yes i want my alright standard car to look just like the rest of the ride ruined, stupid looking flock that were part of the worst car-fad going.
Nick Zarnetske - BBS? Nah man 15” speedlines
SLC (why??) why not VR6
I've got those BBS wheels on my 88 Fox wagon. I think it's the only other car on which they look good
My brothers buddy had a 1990 model it was definitely a cool car for a 17 year old kid. We had alot of fun it that thing
" there's no weirder engine than the vr6 ".... VR5- hold my missing piston
*inline 7* pathetic
@@Anonymoose345 STRAIGHT. FOURTEEN. Two-stroke diesel.
Most powerful engine in the world, according to the Wikipedia article.
How about the W8 in the Passat??
Rx7 laughs in rotary
@@taforth W8 is in the same family as the VR6, it’s pretty much two VR4s put together for a V8 (in the same way a V8 is two inline fours put together, and by that I mean, it obviously isn’t that, but that’s kinda what it is.
This was the starter car from Forza Horizon, the first one. Made me appreciate a car I'd never heard of before.
I'll never forget the first time you met the mechanic in the game and he says to you "Hey look, a Corrado! I had one of those...
... Of course I took better care of mine..."
yup timings off..
12 year-old me was so hyped for that game... Didn't dissapoint.
“On the bright side, this fine automobile shouldn’t get you killed!”
man am i glad a friend of mine got that game for christmas and gave it to me for like 10€ bc he doesnt like racing games
Likewise, but for Midnight Club LA.
It, a 240SX, or another hatch I can't remember, were the starter cars.
The Corrado is like four shades of B R O W N.
Would love to contact whoever owns this car now. I strongly suspect I purchased it new at Autohaus Lancaster PA in 1992. Traded a Porsche 944 Turbo which was costing me a small fortune to maintain. Owned it until 1995 when my son was born. The VR6 in Polo green with the tan leather and BBS all match up perfectly. The VR6 were pretty rare and even though I moved to Miami years ago I can tell from the video it's in Lancaster. I loved that car.
Did you ever find out if it was your car?
Update ?
How cool would that be to have your car be in an RCR?
The Karmann Ghia he reviewed was actually on BaT a while ago, probably one of the most complimentary videos he’s had besides the Delorean
Update yet?
Lol I’m from Lancaster. The people at that dealer are tools
holy fuck this car looks fantastic , as a german i have seen manyer corrados , but often they where rusty or ruined by """tuners"""
Yeah most of them on this side of the pond got absolutely ruined.
VW communities as a whole love to completely ruin cars. They stance literally everything. It makes me really depressed, because there's some good cars in there, but all you get if you own one is WHEN R U GONNA STANCE IT BRO
I don't mind the properly meaty stanced ones, with some nice interior mods. they look badass lowered (not slammed)
VW Bros are the present day Honda Kids, imo.
MUH CHIP
MUH STAGE TWO
I'MMA PUT PORSCHE WHEELS ON MY PASSAT, IT'S GONNA BE LIT AF FAM
Nah man, Porsche wheels might actually look good. If you want to be cool you need some of those ugly-ass Bentley wheels so your car can look shitty all around
the important thing is does it smell like crayons like all old VWs from the 90s do
mattmopar440 probably, my 91 passat does
mattmopar440 my 04 1.8t gls does too
mattmopar440 Oh hai there Matt Farah
every euro car from the 90's smells like crayon to me.
Oh my God I never knew this was a thing. I had relatives with an 89 Golf and a late 80's-something Quantum (remember those), and I swear they smelled like that.
There was a guy with a Corrado in our local car group. He once got trapped inside and had to break a window to get out.
Yes, Mr Regular didn't really touch on typical Corrado reliability issues... like ripping out the dash to replace the heater matrix that is prone to failure etc.
TassieLorenzo That wasn't as much of a Corrado problem as it was a 90's VW problem. My 97 Jettas both suffer from the same issue.
Any modern car requires you to take the dash out.
WinrickRacing -- I know that. :) The point is that in other cars, the heater system doesn't biodegrade, leak coolant over the carpets, and need replacing. ;)
That is most cars with heater cores inside the firewall. Which is most cars.
I once stained a Corrado's handbrake brown by negotiating the Nordschleife's carousel so fast my backside left the seat and devoured the lever
Liam S well thats one way to experience anal
Wtf did i just read?
Good for you
You-you lived??or were those your dying words to the EMTs?
You lie. And no one wanted to hear that. Go away
To the owner of this car, thank you for not modding this car. Seriously you are an wonderful person.
Corrados are so rare that owners seem to be a strange cult in the vw community
That's because this was the Honda in the VW lineup.
I was looking at it and thinking that it's oddly similar to an EM1, (Or perhaps I should say that the other way around since the 6th gen SI didn't show up till 6 years later.
Scirocco's from the 80-90s are even rarer. Those are really the cult ones.
my first car was a mk2 scirocco and its the reason i still drive and love vw
I live in Germany and even I am excited when I see an old Scirocco. Those cars are absolutely beautiful. My dad says he loved it nearly as much as the 924S he owned after that.
3 separate instances during this video i questioned if you were drinking absinthe
Can we talk about just how incredibly beautiful yet understated the styling is. Somewhere between German simplicity of the eighty's and the Italian coachbuilt designs of the seventies. Definitely a throwback to the Mark 1 Scissors Rocco.
I fucking love Regular Car Reviews. I'm not even into cars.
Kingsley Abrokwah same honestly
Kingsley Abrokwah I got into cars because of rcr!
I got into MrRegular because of cars
I just love their writing and humor.
Mr Regular, this is quite an accomplishment. This is something even chris Harris and all the big car guy couldn't do.
"Less than 10,000 Corrados were manufactured, ever. There was only 97,521 Corrados ever produced, ever." Lmao.
He probably meant 100k
I chuckled also at this statement. 😄
He probably meant 97k corrados ever. 10k of which being vr6 models.
Yeah, I caught that, too. Like my Dad always said..."pobody's nerfict!"
"nice DeLorean ughughughughuh"
you just described what Mitsubishi starion/Chrysler conquest owners hear on a daily basis
"there will never be a motor quite as weird as this" -- except the VW "W8" motor... same shared-head compact "V" concept as the VR6, and add two cylinders... it's like two V4's meshed together.
And the W12 from the pheaton/touareg/bentley, and ofc the W16 from the Veyron
You mean, it's two VR4 mashed together.
0:21 strong handbrake, though
arrrg cars in pain
Free hydraulics, can't complain.
Probably semi-seized like my MK3 always used to do on cold mornings.
I had a mk3 but it was automatic and had the world's loudest central locking and it had 7 previous owners
3 Clicks Max :-)
The Vr6 Corrado didn't sell very well for 2 reasons. They were poorly advertised and they had a price tag of over $30k.
Yup, and by the time they became affordable, they were worn out worse than any Honda Civic
Jesus thats expensive
Surprisingly positive stance on this, given your take on the JETTAAAAAAA
Actually, he trashtalks most cars tbh
Really nice write up. Reminds me of my old Scirocco 16v. The best compliment I ever got for that car was "I like what you did to it, nothing". Kept it clean and stock. Thanks for the throwback down memory lane.
this is honestly my favorite Volkswagen.
There are way too many comments already for a video that was uploaded 25 minutes ago, in the middle of the goddamn night
It's 4:30 in the fuck morning. That counts
BlueHokage It sure ain't dawn in there either
@Heartamram 4:30 in the fuck morning? Is this a day I hadn't heard about?
JakeAviator timezones are a bitch ain't they..
"oh my goodness it didn't sell, less than 10,000 corrados were manufactured, ever. There was ONLY 97,521 ever produced"
i'm glad you were ONLY an english teacher hahaha.
@ 8:28
I just noticed it. Mr. R. should start a new channel called "Regular Math Reviews"
This whole video is a bit weird, he kept making lots of little speaking mistakes, like he was a bit drunk or something lol
TehBootyBandit ya a huge mistake was claiming the VR6 feels like a four cylinder. NOT EVEN CLOSE BUDDY. No 4 banger will ever sound as good as the VR6 or have the low end torque of it. This dude is definitely drunk.
He is probably comparing the VR6 to a much newer 4-cylinder. They subjectively feel similar, but if you compare four cylinders from the same era as that Corrado, it would feel much weaker.
Here again, Mr. Regular gives a mostly forgotten but not forgettable car it's time of day. It's much needed appreciation.
Finally a Corrado. Yes this guy was right there were so many Corrados ruined by modders. I keep mine stock as possible tho I had to change some things because it's 23 years old. I have the original Mystic Green painting and there are many forums with the correct color code so he should dig deeper.
In the EU there are more Corrados but this thing is rare. Finding a stock or close to stock one is almost impossible. I'm really happy that I have mine and I'm sure I'll never sell this baby because I have responsibilities to carry this legend into the future as it is.
Fun fact: The Corrado was originally called Typhoon (even before it was the Scirocco Mk3.) but GM didn't allow it for some reason and hence it was called Corrado. ;)
True, there's not a single one I found that is stock. All previous owners did something with it one way or another. Mine was also pre-tuned, and I had the choice to downgrade it back to stock, or improve upon it and actually make it professional looking. I chose the latter hehe, but I kept interior pretty much stock. Nothing wrong with recaro and Harman Kardon.
@@Xtoxinlolinecronomicon
A buddy of mine went looking for one (early midlife crisis), either they were way WAY too expensive
or they were worn out by 18 year olds thinking redline = boostpressure
GM had already registered the Typhoon trademark for the US in preparation for the *drool* 1992-93 GMC Typhoon.
VR6 motors have some of the best tone you can find south of a V8.
"It drives like a Honda" I wasn't a PA Dubber when I lived there, but I had friends who were... I can hear their battle cries 6 states South of there.
I always loved how the Corrado looks👌🏻
Owned a 1990 G60, 15 years ago. Made decent power with a couple simple upgrades to the supercharger, an absolute riot to drive.
This has always been one of my favorite cars. Ive never heard anyone say a Corrado looks like a DeLorean. The VR6 is so weird and cool.
🎵"This is Not a damn Delorean."🎵
You had me dead😂😂😂
did anyone notice the ending song was asap rocky's lsd...
you mean Lou Donaldson?
Nah that was LSD A$AP
I wanted one of these so bad since the first Forza horizon
I've wanted one since Forza 1 :P
I WANTED ONE SINCE GT 2.
Kuri Brown the 95 is real nice
Kuri Brown I never thought this car existed too . Thank you Forza Horizon , best started car...
Kuri Brown I beat 25% of the game in this car it's that fast later I tuned it and it went very fast until I have to race against that Lamborghini Diablo boss and I had to use a freaking different car.
I don't know why americans didn't bought it, but here in Europe Opel Calibra was all the rage of the 90's FWD sports coupe market. You also had Fiat Coupe, Alfa GTV, Peugeot 406 Coupe and Toyota Celica. Europe was spoiled for choice and every car I mentioned looked better then the Corrado. And if you wanted a VR6, then people bought Golf Mk3 VR6 and not a Corrado since it was a few grand more expencive then the Golf. So... there's your answer.
Matevž Malenšek if he ever comes overseas he should definitively grab a Calibra
If he can find one. In my part of EU most of them got tuned, blown up or written off. It's even hard to find a base 115bhp version.
You forgot the Fiat Barchetta. :)
Matevž Malenšek we had chevy luminas :(
Matevž Malenšek IMO the Lumina was a tank in comparison. I'd take the Lumina. Slower yes, but you could have a rave in it if you wanted. Even fit a few bodies in the trunk while you're sucking on a pacifier and flipping glow sticks up front.
I learned to drive stick on a Corrado. It will always have a special place in my heart.
Same
Who remembers this car back in *FORZA HORIZON 1*
Yup, nostalgia is hitting me with searing intensity.
That’s where I discovered this car
Just call it Forza Horizon. Putting the 1 after it is just redundant man.
@@tombstonejones9581 he was trying to emphasize that is the first game and that its old
@@tombstonejones9581 I find it reasonable
You forgot to mention one of the biggest reasons that the Corrado didn't sell... This car was priced only a few thousand dollars less than the mentioned Porche 944. If my memory serves me right the Corrado was around $40,000 new. Which at the time was probably inaccessible to much of volkswagens target audience. I agree with most of what you said otherwise though. And as I mentioned in my email my G60 is ready for you to drive whenever you would like to meet the red headed step child of the VW power plants.
I think you have forgotten about a even more confused motor that found its way into a vw, the W8. That being said i absolutely love my Passat W8 wagon.
Will Mol good for you man!!
Will Mol I had a 2003 Passat sedan with the W8 that had 70k miles when I bought it in 2012. Awesome car, and stupid fast.
W engines just make me think of Soos with his homemade "W-neck" t-shirt.
Will Mol Dear Lord, I've always wanted a W8 wagon.. I'm stuck with a 1.8T Passat wagon, still pretty nice looking for it's age tho.
I really like the idea of a having an eight-cylinder Passat, especially a manual one. How does yours treat you? I've heard mixed stories about engine reliability.
I have loved this car ever since i rode in my friend's brand new Corrado back in 92. Everything you described about the car was spot on to what I remember!
Thank you for making this video!
That Gracie Films intro though! A+
You guys did a Corrado! This is my all time favorite car that I have owned. I had a 1990 G60 model in this same color (well the original version of this color) with black leather interior. I loved that car so much, the styling, the spoiler, the fun factor of driving, what a great car and an awesome review, nice job Mr. R and Roman. Thanks for the memories.
"Everything is coming up Milhouse!"
0:21 You forgot the e-brake!
Love these things. I remember when they were new. One of the big problems, and I think the reason they didn't sell well, was they were expensive. About $23,000 when new in 1993. People didn't want to spend that on a VW. Same issue that later happened with the Phaeton.
They have kind of always had that problem in the US which is why the people that bought them were full samba kool aid drinkers, the "sporty" vw guys are always weird lol
You can add me to the list of "young people ruining things." I had a 1990 British Racing Green G60 in 1997 for two weeks. That's two weeks before I wrecked it.
Real shame, that metallic color is also quite hard to find these days. It's all purple, black and silver now.
It was a crying shame. Literally. I think I cried when I got t-boned by some uninsured dude in his POS VW bug.
Seen a lot of them come and go too. A few droven into ponds or rivers, and they write them off.
bassumarus Well then your not one of the kids ruining them, its that dumbass's fault for wrecking your baby, isn't it?
You didn't have a brush racing green German car. You had a dark green German car..
Corrado? Like'd before the 5 second pre-video ad can even start up.
William Low wow congrats
I've owned my Corrado VR6 for six years and utterly love it.
The intro song is brilliant.
The VR6 functionally only has one cam on each cylinder, therefore it's a single overhead cam. It's a V6 almost as thin as a Straight 6, but it's still a V6, it still functions like a V6, each cylinder is still not directly in front of the other, therefore it needs a total of four cams on it to have two cams on top of each cylinder and function as a DOHC. That's why we sometimes call proper DOHC V6s "quad overhead cam", because they have two cams on each cylinder bank for a total of 4. Don't get mad at me about this fanboys, the VR6 is still a great motor, it's just not a proper DOHC.
But that's only technically correct. It's false advertising. Yes there may be two cams per cylinder head but that's not what actually matters. In a proper DOHC one camshaft operates the intake and one the exhaust, which is what allows for superior performance. In the Corrado VR6 that is simply not the case. Yes there may only be one cylinder head and therefore two cams per cylinder head, but it's still a V6, it's still separate banks of cylinders, just a lot closer together than usual, and each camshaft is still only operating ONE bank of cylinders, not both, therefore it doesn't actually function like a DOHC. It only has 12 valves. So calling it a DOHC is a complete marketing lie.
And no, it's not that weird an engine. Again, it's just a V6 with a very narrow angle. It's still a great engine, but it's almost puzzling to me how no one figured they could do that before. And just like all V engines, it's a measure taken to save space, so a proper L6 still has more torque and more potential power, and imo better sound. Great engine for a compact car though, props to VW for making it.
George Perakis If you haven't seen Engineering Explained's video you should check it out. He concludes that it's technically an inline 6. It has the same firing order as an inline and doesn't need a balance that V6 engines do. It also is technically DOHC. It seems difficult to imagine because it seems like there are two banks of cylinders but there is actually only one row of cylinders, just not in a straight line path.
George Perakis it has the same crankshaft angle thought as an I6.
George Perakis
Lol who gives a shit they sound so sexy.
Even more so in a mk1.
How can an engine sound sexier in one model opposed to the other asssuming all variables are the same?
(sound deadening , exhaust system , high flow filter.)
This regular car review is a treat because this regular car is so unique! I didn't even know this car existed before this video. What a neat little car. Also bonus: I love that THIS Corrado is spelled the same as Corrado, the character from The Sopranos.
I never expected Roman to make an A$ap Rocky L$D remix
That is a really nice car. I remember seeing one when I was like 8 and thinking it was really sleek. 23 years on and that opinion still stands.
Who else got Forza Horizon 1 Vibes???
Thats when they were good games
@@shuto.k5124 Forza Horizon 4 is incredible tho
N O S T A L G I A A T T A C K
speaking of.. the thing makes a pretty badass drift machine in horizon 4
Forza Horizon 4. It and the old VW Golf are great sleepers.
Thank god the owner is keeping it stock.
I completely missed this car when it was in production, but now that I have been made aware it is one of the most beautiful cars I have seen coming out of the 90's. It is nearly pure function
The VR6 was an awesome engine. Owned a Jetta, did 360000 km, and the engine performed flawlessly.
Lol I still cant believe i forgot the ebrake. I got done with my taxes and passport application minutes before filming so I was pretty scatter brained. Great work RCR
haha the camera lingers on the woman at 2:50, like: car-car-car-buuuttt-car-car
It’s 2 cylinder banks in one head, it has 2 camshaft over the head, therefore it is dohc
I've always had a thing for late 80's early 90s Volkswagens and I dream of owning one of these
get one
Finally a Harvey Danger reference! Super under-rated band.
The R stands for "Reihen-Motor" I believe, which in German basically means "inline engine." So Its best of both worlds for sure :)
Had a 2000 jetta vr6 when I was 19. Put a cai and a cat back exhaust on it .... cant beat the sound. I'm 32 now and my hot rodding, drag racing big v8 driving 78 year old grandpa still says to this day "I love the way those vr6's sound"
This is a very rare kind of car....A VW that is genuinely interesting!
I take it those automatic seat belts were a US market thing? Never knew the Corrado came with those before I saw this!
yes was required at the time USA for cars without airbags...I had a 93 VR6 Black Black and loved it, have to watch oil temp on a hot day with the ac on!!!
I just wished it had a sportier stock steering wheel instead of a Passat wheel
For your weird engine viewing pleasure, might I present the Mazda 1.8 liter V6?
0:19 Honda spree in the background 👌👌
That supercharged xterra at 8:20 looked clean as hell
I'll tell you exactly why it's not more popular: front-wheel drive.
"Competing with the 944." lol
The only thing wrong with my Scirocco: front-wheel drive.
@@bartricky5894 Rocco's still handle so good though
left his E-Break on while trying to reverse. lol
Holy shit the intro song. I remember that every Sunday night after the Simpsons. I love this channel
You mean the Gracie Films logo?
In Germany drove our company car, Corrado 2.9 VR6, like a madman on the Autobahn. In the early 1990s having 190 HP was pretty serious. Volkswagen totally failed to advertise and market this wonderful drivers car... So I bought a Corvette!!
True story
My favorite VW of all time. I had a GTI A2 and I always dreamed of placing a VR6 into it.
Yall killed me with the trademark sound from the end of The Simpsons lmao
Weird I literally just put out a review of the G60 supercharged version of this car at almost the same time..
Saab Sonett Broh!!
Amesie's Automotive Corner
Haha funny thing is I had a 1.6td in a rabbit pickup, with the boost cranked and it killed my cousins g60 corrado.
Strange, I thought I saw your video weeks ago. You re upload it?
My grandpa has had over 25 911s over a span of 40 years or so. He's had his 2 Corrado's for the past 20. Those things are fun.
I remember a guy down the street from me growing up had one of these. It was a badass. Even if it sounded like it was struggling to warm up after 10 minutes of idling.
I fucking love this car. Can you do a Scirocco review?
"Johnny Hillstart." Gotta love that!
For me...approaching 60 years of age, I think the Corroda brings a super timeless body line- it will never date itself. Clean as Tidy, only what is needed. I bought and still own and maintain a 1995 Cabrio that I purchased new in Jan of 1996- to date, it is still a joy to own and operate. I wasn't aware of the Corrado in 1995, but I wish I was made aware of it. Thanks for the upload/commentary. More than some people simply don't get it. And that's a solid reason to own and operate a Volkswagen from the 90s.
"Hey, come on, pay attention to my story, I bought a Jetta"
8:30 Mr. Regular, check your paper before you make these video's. ''Less than 10.000...''
But the real reason it didn't sell well is because the Corrado costed €34.032,- in 1994. Almost 2x the price of a golf GTI (1994).
I think less than 10000 was for the North American market.
I know Canada got less than 85 in 1995
Yep these were waaaay to expensive at launch, that's why they didn't sell. They were like $30K in 1990, Porsche money.
nope: 19.814 from 1990 till 1995 in the USA.
If the owner thinks his Corrado gets mistaken for a DeLorean a lot, he should try owning a JR120 Isuzu Piazza/Impulse.
Key comments:
1. "That's a DeLorean sprayed white"
2. "It's a Scirocco with a body kit"
3. "It's a rejected Mk2 Scirocco design that Isuzu bought."
4. "It's a Scirocco made under license."
All bollocks. Number 3 is the one that gets trotted out the most; the Piazza was a concept car (the Asso di Fiori) commissioned by Isuzu well before VW even took proposals for the Scirocco MkII. It moved that car's design back in house because Italdesign allegedly wanted too much money. They. are. not. the. same. design. Italdesign was in his 'shit tons of wedges' phase - an although they look similar, the Piazza/Impulse came first and was not bought by Isuzu after VW turned it down.
Love Corrados, and love VR6 engines. Well, apart from the fact that Lancia made narrow angle V6s years before. They weren't a new thing.
Jon Burgess Lancia engines were V4.
Oscar De la Serna Other than the Aurelia.
Jon Burgess my bud had a black impulss.reminded me of a 928 porche in the dark.
I owned a '99 Jetta GLX VR6 and the exhaust note was exactly like the Corrado's. Loved that note.
That Roman intro. My god. There is still beauty in the world.
Shout out to Forza Horizon's starter car.
What's up with those seatbelts!?
USDM automatic seat belts. A lot of old cars had these in the US, you can also see them on S13 240SXs
ReboyGTR when you get in the seat and close the door they slide up the A pillar/roofline so you wouldn't have to manually put your seat belt on. Gotta' love the late 80's :)
Seat belts go up! Seat belts go down!
It's only for USA and was made in the 90s
To be honest, I think they look pretty stupid, are useless and also dangerous. No wonder they aren't in production any more. But seems like a funny thing to have, ust as a telephone in the middle console or similiar :D
I wanted one then, & I want one even more now!!!!!!! Oh, & AWESOME CALL playing the Gracie Films bumper at the beginning, Roman!!!!!!
"doesn't use the switch because it goes haywire" That just described every 1990's VW that i've ever experienced.
Love the ASAP Rocky cover at the end. Hahaha
that rear is THICC in all the wrong ways
Shiranami Rei 👌💯💯💀💀😂
Shiranami Rei lol true
Shiranami Rei right*
You didn't even see the body kits yet.
Shiranami Rei
I shoulda kept the one out of the corrado my cousin wrecked to use in my Jetta coupe.
This brings a nostalgic tear of joy to these old eyes. Wouldn't call myself a veedub fanboy but throughout the 90's I clearly had issues. An '85 GTI, '88 Jetta, '92 GTI, aaaaand a '91 G60. That car. So weird. Loved it. Supercharger felt like it was connected to the AC and it was a bit of a dog. A sad, weird, semi-classy, idiosyncratic dog. I miss it so very much and I have no clue why. But I'd let you all line up and slap me in my dumb face if I ever bought another one....But I totally would.
That Gracie Films bumper intro was awesome!
Shit, if he thinks his Corrado looks bad, he would probably reenact Raiders of the Lost Ark after seeing my E34. I'd kill to have paint as nice as this.
someone get this man a prelude to review
No way it feels like a 4 cylinder.. thing is a rocket. The sound with aftermarket exhaust is glorious
Unlike just about any other car ever, I can remember the first time I clapped eyes on 1 of these. My eyes popped and my jaw dropped. I must have walked round it 3 times taking in *every* detail. To me, it looked like a cross between a fighter jet and something from Battlestar Galactica, on wheels. It's profile gives the impression that it's so much bigger than it actually is, that it's fat and squat, with that long, sleek bonnet curving down to what surely *must* be a massive, vehicle munching front grille...and yet it's none of those things. It never ceases to surprise me just how narrow this car actually is when you see it from the front or back, because from the side it looks like it's ready to dig its claws in and leap straight into attack speed, devouring the road, other vehicles and the laws of physics, just sitting still.
I've wanted one of these from that day and I've never regretted buying 1 when I eventually got the chance. For such s narrow car, there's plenty of room inside, even for 2 guys my size sitting next to each other and the driving experience...WOW!!!
I *do* have (only) 4 small complaints though...
1) The front seats. Recaro's Expert L would be a MUCH better choice in my opinion.
2) It could do with a Golf 4Motion drivetrain to deal with all that torque.
3) The compressed air operated central locking system *HAS* to go.
4) MORE POWER heh heh heh. Preferably a supercharger, but a big, fat turbo will do :-)
Shooting Break always sounded like something that some corny anime character would say while trying to speak bad English. It's a phrase that sounds like makes no gat damn sense outside of Tokyo, but to your average otaku it means power levels and exploding monocles and pillows with naked girls on them.
At least Crossover makes sense in the context of "almost an SUV but not quite" where shooting break is just two words mashed together. Kompressor is another one that makes no damn sense. A compressor is a part. Why name an entire car after it? It's like someone building a computer and naming it RAM. Or a house and calling it Floor. It's just one of those silly things that drive me crazy.
the term shooting brake has an interesting history from back in the days of horse-drawn carriages. a brake was a small open cart used for training horses to work in harness, basically a small flatbed, which became a popular choice for carrying hunting equipment in England.
Mercedes Kompressors are only called that if they have... well, a Kompressor (German for supercharger). Like a C180 Kompressor, an E200 Kompressor etc etc. I've not seen a car be called just "Kompressor".
The ones I have seen had no other badging except kompressor.
"Shooting-brake originated as an early 19th century British term for a vehicle used to carry shooting parties with their equipment and game. The etymology of the term brake is uncertain; initially a chassis used to break in horses, and subsequently used to describe a motorized vehicle." always do your research.
Wanna make a bet that the majority of the ones left are inline 4's with no less than 150,000 miles... I want one of these now :/
808 my 1990 has 140k on the clock
Now I want a Corrardo with a VR6. Thanks Mr. regular for adding yet another car to the unending list of cars I want but will never get.
That intro---holy SHIT that is an obscure reference I am simultaneously proud and ashamed I got it.