{"id":341158,"date":"2010-02-19T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/19\/want-a-550-hp-awd-volkswagen-scirocco-save-up-150k-and-move-to\/"},"modified":"2010-02-19T13:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T18:32:00","slug":"want-a-550-hp-awd-volkswagen-scirocco-save-up-150k-and-move-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/341158","title":{"rendered":"Want a 550-hp AWD Volkswagen Scirocco? Save up $150k and move to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ask us what Euro-only model we’d import to the States and the Volkswagen Scirocco<\/a> would be near the top of the list. It combines everything we love about the GTI<\/a> into a more attractive, racy package and, just like it’s boxy brethren, it’s packed with tuning potential.<\/p>\n

HPA has been at the forefront of VW and Audi modifications for years, and the Canadian tuning firm has worked out a deal with V-Dub to import a handful of Sciroccos into British Colombia each year to finally offer North American gearheads the hot hatch we deserve. But naturally, they’re not leaving good-enough alone.<\/p>\n

Although the Scirocco tops out in R trim with a 265-horsepower 2.0-liter TSI four-cylinder, HPA will swap in a fully-built 3.2-liter V6 complete with a pair of Garrett H25 turbochargers, along with all-wheel drive. The result is the FT565, good for 550 hp and 500 pound-feet of torque. Bump it up to the Stage 2 package and torque swells to 600 lb-ft and the 0-60 time drops to 3.4 seconds, with a quarter-mile time of 11.3 seconds. Top speed? HPA claims 200 mph… in a hatchback.<\/p>\n

In addition to the engine mods, the stock brakes have been swapped out in favor of 14-inch, eight-piston units in front and 13-inch rotors out back, with 19-inch aluminum BBS coated in Dunlop SP Sport Maxx tires.<\/p>\n

As you’d expect, such a conversion and importation doesn’t come cheap: HPA only plans to build 10 FT565 Sciroccos each year, at a cost of $150,000 a piece. And no, there’s no word on whether the Scirocco will be available here in the U.S. Dammit.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: 2009 Volkswagen Scirocco R<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: HPA<\/a> via Automobile<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Aftermarket, Performance, Hatchback, Volkswagen, Canada Ask us what Euro-only model we’d import to the States and the Volkswagen Scirocco would be near the top of the list. It combines everything we love about the GTI into a more attractive, racy package and, just like it’s boxy brethren, it’s packed with tuning potential. HPA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}