Volkswagen is learning design, engineering and manufacturing proposals obtained internally for the return of the Scirocco as an electrical coupé that may share underpinnings with the future Porsche Boxster and Cayman EV fashions, Autocar has reported.
The Scirocco will proceed to be a two-door mannequin, as on fashions bearing the nameplate for its previous three generations. The mannequin could possibly be launched 2028 whether it is granted approval by Volkswagen model CEO Thomas Schäfer, in keeping with the report citing a high-ranking officer from the producer.
Different fashions to be spawned from the EV sports activities automotive platform from the broader Volkswagen Group could possibly be an all-new Audi TT, and a productionised Cupra Darkish Insurgent idea.
The place the long run, all-electric successor to the present Volkswagen Golf will use the producer’s new SSP structure, the subsequent Scirocco is alleged to be proposed to make use of a specifically tailored model of the PPE platform that’s being developed for the long run Porsche Boxster and Cayman, and be positioned above the electrical Golf sooner or later line-up.
This platform is known to be designed to accommodate fashions of various wheelbase lengths and wheel observe widths, in addition to differing e-motor configurations, particularly for single-motor rear-wheel-drive and dual-motor all-wheel-drive layouts, Autocar reported.
Sure points of the platform for the proposed future Scirocco is alleged to take after the J1 platform used for the Porsche Taycan and Audi e-tron GT, the place low door sills and flooring peak contribute to a automotive with a sporty aspect profile, achieved by a battery that’s packaged inside the centre tunnel and behind the cabin, as with Porsche’s E-Core structure used within the Mission R idea.
Whereas the Boxster will retain its two-seater structure, the long run Scirocco and TT are anticipated to realize an extended wheelbase to make room for rear seats, Autocar reported. The latest iteration of the Scirocco was the third-generation mannequin that formally got here to the finish of manufacturing in 2017, 9 years from its debut.
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