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Drive it in: a VW Scirocco R
You could take a Veyron along this road, but it’d be a bit like shooting beer cans with a rocket propelled grenade. You need something more agile, more spritely – something like our 2011 Car of the Year, the VW Scirocco R. You only have to decide whether you’d like the DSG or manual. (Hint: you want the one with three pedals.)
And there you have it! Did we miss any? If so, tell us your suggestion in our blog here. We might even go drive it.
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(New) New Beetle
This one here is the Volkswagen Beetle R Concept - using the Golf R and Scirocco R's 2.0-litre turbo four. Yes, please.
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VW Up
So, is it rear engine/rear drive like the Bug? No. But rumblings around Wolfsburg suggested it was tantalisingly close to being so - the Germans decided that all-new architecture was too pricey so settled on trad front-engine/drive underwear.
You'll get to choose between two three-pot engines at launch, and there's an electric e-Up coming in 2013. Both the petrols are very very clean, though - in BlueMotion flavour with stop-start tech they'll return 4.2 litres/100km and emit less than 100g/km of CO2.
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VW Up
You'd be forgiven for assuming that the both the new Beetle and the new new Beetle descend from the original, err, Beetle. But let's face, their kettle of fish is a very different one. They are fashion-conscious styling exercises. They are resolutely not tiny, cheap people's cars.
But the new Up, which was unveiled today four years after the concept landed, could be (though it's officially called the up! [sic], but we won't tolerate such grammatical trespasses). Built to replace the Fox, it is small (3540mm long and 1640mm wide), it is cheap and it is pleasant to look at. And it will be landing in Australia in the last quarter of the year.
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2011 Car of the Year winner: VW Scirocco R
Behold, our 2011 Car of the Year winner! The Volkswagen Scirocco R.
Which should come as a relief to our beloved readers who plan to take our advice (poor things). The Scirocco, unlike basically every other car in our COTY fleet, is affordable.
Indeed, for the price you pay, it's hard to go past the Scirocco for its combination of curves and performance.
Said judge, His Editorness Stephen Corby: "We had high expectations for Volkswagen's Scirocco R. Incredibly, it not only matched all our hopeful hopes and dreams, it exceed one of them. We were willing to bet it would cost $50,000 plus when it finally arrived in Australia, but VW has somehow stuck it in at $47,490... What we've got here is a very worthy winner. It's hot stuff."
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