Ask us what the only model from Europe should be imported into the United States, and we will answer without hesitation — Volkswagen Scirocco. He combines everything that we love so much in GTI: great attractiveness, a kind of option of options and, like all this iron fraternity, rich potential for further refinement.
HPA has always been on the front edge of the VW and Audi of recent years. The Canadian tuner entered into an agreement with the V-Dub to import several Scirocco into British Colombia every year, and finally, offers North American fans “hot” hatchback, which we so passionately wishing. But, of course, where is a plus, there is a minus.
Although Scirocco is located at the very top of a list of a car in R format R with its 265-horsepower 2.0-liter TSI with four cylinders, the HPA is going to replace its motor with a fully converted 3.2-liter V6 complete with a pair of Garrett H25 turbochargers and all-wheel drive. The result has already become FT565 with a power of 550 liters. With. and 678 nm torque. Its refinement to “stage 2” increases the torque to 813.5 nm, and then acceleration “up to a hundred” takes only 3.52 seconds, while the passage of a quarter mile is 11.3 seconds. What is the maximum speed? HPA claims 200 miles/h (322 km/h) … At the hatchback!
In addition to the engine, the modernization touched the brake system and wheels: now there are 14-inch brake discs with eight piston calipers in front and 13-inch behind, and 19-inch aluminum wheels BBS shod in Dunlop SPORT MAXX tires.
As expected, import and such modernization are expensive: HPA plans to do only 10 copies of FT565 Scirocco annually at a price of 1,50,000 dollars apiece. And not a word, not a single word about whether Scirocco will be available here in the damn USA!