VW Iroc: Mean green machine

Among all the hype and hyperbole of the Paris show, there's one concept car we can expect to see rolling on our streets in the near future: the Volkswagen Iroc.

Billed as the modern day Scirocco, the Iroc is much more than a Golf in a party frock. The only nods to VW's earlier coupe are the name (Iroc is a sliver from Scirocco) and the colour of the concept.

The metallic Viper Green is a shade that was used by VW in the 1970s.

Otherwise, the Iroc is a thoroughly modern coupe with four spacious seats, and styling inside and out that will make the Audi TT look like the homely cousin.

The Paris car is fitted with a 210bhp TSi petrol engine that combines a supercharger with a turbocharger, and it all drives through a six-speed DSG twin-clutch gearbox.

The fact that VW has already let slip that the Iroc could be fitted with a 150bhp FSi petrol engine or even diesel units shows that this concept is further down the development line than most.

The other big clues to the Iroc reaching production are that VW says it would be competitively priced if sold, and company insiders say a line is being readied at the firm's Portuguese factory to start churning out Irocs towards the end of 2007.

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