Had a little play with a Corrado VR6 at the weekend.

[Kai_1600]

That's not necessarily a good thing. How many FSO Polonez cars do you see on Autotrader lol

IMO no current or past Seat is ever going to become a classic because whilst they are good and competent in their class none are head and shoulders class leaders. None are 'ground-breaking' in any sense and none of them significantly moved the game further on.

The VR6 Corrado was hardly ground breaking nor head and shoulders above anything really - it flopped when it launched hence the few numbers of them about..... The only reason its got to where it has today is the lovely looks that would appear to have been ahead of their time and that sound

 

[Czechboy]

IMO no current or past Seat is ever going to become a classic because whilst they are good and competent in their class none are head and shoulders class leaders.

I know. Oh well, I still love driving the Beeza even if it doesn't become a classic, because I know that you wont see every Joe Average driving one. Hope the mk2's can at least hold their prices for about another year tho.......... as the mk3 are dropping in price like there's no tomorrow. The other day I saw someone on here selling their 1.8T for £2800

 

[Kai_1600]

as the mk3 are dropping in price like there's no tomorrow. The other day I saw someone on here selling their 1.8T for £2800

I'm off to check the for sale section

 

[Czechboy]

I'm off to check the for sale section

Here is the link. I was wrong its actually £2600 OVNO

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=123476

Mig

 

[Stan 24v]

Sorry have to add a bit to this thread, seeing as Im on my second VR

The reason they flopped was due to the price, nothing else. They were £20k ish for a valver, and then the G60 was more, and by the time the VR came round they were around £24k, in 1993!! That was a lot of money back then, and indeed it still is. They were kicking out 190 BHP, though most rolling road a bit higher than that, the Golf was only 174 BHP.

You cant beat the sound of a VR engine though, I love it, and mine has 12 extra valves too so its a bit nippy

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=125432