Absolutely true about the top speed. The thing to do is look into
hybrids- My buddy's 16V Rabbit conversion would routinely hand my
Corrado it's own arse.
Then the Corrado would hand it back, but only after it got to 80MPH or
so (that's 17.3 Liters per hectare).
And yes, I count this talk of hybrids as Vanagon Content- it's a good
example of how sometimes, you need to finish the vehicle design that the
factory started.

On Thursday, August 22, 2002, at 08:50  AM, Ben T wrote:

> In a message dated 8/22/02 7:35:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> ian@BLUEMOON.HPLX.NET writes:
>
> << The 16-valve Scirocco is faster than a 944. >>
>
> hmm..... flamebait........ I've owned both and I beg to differ. even
> VW/Porsche mag (now European Car mag) once commented that the SLC vr6
> Corrado
> which is faster than the 16V Scirocco is finally approaching the 944's
> performance territory. I'm paraphrasing here but it's something like
> that.
> iirc even the a2 golf 16v is faster than the scirocco. maybe we should
> ask
> the guys on the scirocco list instead of here. isn't your top end
> like ..
> 125mph?
>
> BenT