Volkswagen Iroc

The Volkswagen Iroc is a concept car and a styling study of the former Volkswagen designer Murat Günak. The former VW brand manager Wolfgang Bernhard presented the vehicle for the first time in August 2006 in a hangar of the airport Berlin -Tempelhof. In October of the same year the Iroc was on display at the Motor Show Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris. Based on this study has been available since mid- 2008 in Palmela ( Portugal) produced series model as a VW Scirocco ( Scirocco III).

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The Volkswagen Iroc is a coupe with 4 seats (2 2 seater ). The name Iroc suggests its roots in the VW Scirocco - also a coupe - lie. The vehicle is 4.24 m long, 1.80 m wide and 1.40 m high; the wheelbase is 2.68 m.

Most design elements as well as the dimensions of the body was transferred to the production model of the Scirocco. According to the company Günak has voluntarily terminated his employment as chief designer at VW before the appearance of the Scirocco. The already completed by Günak Design designs for from 2008 Come production model of the Scirocco, however, were not taken into account and the new chief designer Walter de Silva, who had previously worked under the direction Günaks - also based on the Iroc - redrawn.

Under the hood of the car of the product known by the Golf V GT TSI engine sits with 1.4 l displacement. It is a direct- injection petrol engine, which is equipped with a turbocharger and a supercharger. The power was increased from 125 to 154 kW (210 hp) and is transmitted via a dual clutch transmission (DSG).