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Find of the Day: Low Mile Corrado SLC

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Much like last week’s GTI VR6 Find of the Day, the addition of two cylinders transforms a rather mundane coupe into something special. When introduced to North America, the Corrado came standard with a 1.8-liter supercharged engine. With 157 horsepower on tap, it made for a fun-ish drive: sporty but nowhere close to a sports car. Journalists said that the Scirocco replacement was a fine handling car looking for the right engine.

Fast forward to 1992. VW engineers dropped the torquey narrow-angle V6 into their wedge-shaped car and everything changed. The Corrado went from sporty to an almost-sports-car. The same auto mags that pooh-poohed the supercharged model gushed over the grunty six. The model went from an also-ran to a lust-worthy hatchback with serious performance chops. The 2.8-liter engine brought horsepower up to 179 with zero to 60 times in a tick under seven seconds. The Corrado soon joined many auto writers’ “most wanted” lists. Richard Hammond himself has called the Corrado a future classic “waiting in the wings.”

Here’s your chance to get a phenomenal example of this future classic. With only 82,000 miles there’s plenty of life left in this Flash Red coupe. The car looks immaculate in the photos; it could have rolled right off the Karmann assembly line yesterday. With two exceptions, the Corrado appears to be stock. Add-ons include a Neuspeed cold air intake and an aftermarket Kenwood stereo.

The original owner’s manuals are present, and reviewing the included CarFax report reveals the car has had only 4 owners. Delving deeper into the report, the car originally was a fleet vehicle in Auburn Hills Michigan, the site of VW’s North American headquarters prior to Herndon VA. Signs point to this being a VWoA employee’s car. It’s fun to imagine this was a former exec’s car. Sadly the seller has not included any additional information on this handsome Corrado.

The car can be found on eBay’s classifieds with an optimistic $18,995 asking price. There are larger photos at the seller’s website. The seller must have a soft spot for these German coupés: they have two more available.

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