When Volkswagen switched from air-cooled engines driving the rear wheels from the back, to water-cooled engines pulling the wheels up front, it had smashing success with both the Golf and Scirocco, the latter being the sporty replacement for the Karmann Ghia. While the Golf continued in production until the current day, Scirocco was replaced in 1988 with one of VW’s most interesting and attractive sports cars, the Corrado.
VW tried going a bit upscale in developing the Corrado, creating a striking compact coupe with stylish design elements fused with the VW DNA from its day. Early models came equipped with a 1.8-liter 4-cylinder that was later supercharged before being supplanted by the legendary VR6 engine. Originally, it came only with a five-speed manual transmission but, due to lagging sales, an automatic was offered to broaden the possible buyer pool (via Corrado World).
Ultimately, poor sales branded the Corrado a failure, and it was removed from the market after only seven years. Ultimately, only 97,521 Corrados left the factory, which makes them extremely hard to find. By comparison, sales of the second-generation Scirocco it replaced reached nearly 300,000. It is unfortunate because the Corrado is possibly the best-looking VW ever made, and it is the star of VW cars from the ’90s. They are still sought-after today, especially by fans of the brand. While Cars and Bids is a relatively new auction platform, only four Corrados have been sold through it. Expect to pay close to $20,000 for a nice one, if one ever comes up for sale.
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