The images confirm the Scirocco gains minor aesthetic including an updated front bumper inspired by the seventh-gen GTI, revised tail lamps and a selection of new alloy wheel designs.
The interior upgrades are equally discreet and largely limited to two new gauges located in a pod on top of the instrument cluster that provide the oil temperature and the boost pressure. A stopwatch is mounted in the same pod, and leather upholstery reportedly comes standard on all trim levels.
Mechanically, all of the Scirocco’s engines get a bump in power while returning better fuel economy. The lineup includes a large offering of gas- and diesel-burning four-cylinder mills ranging from a 124-horsepower 1.4-liter TSI to a 2.0-liter TSI that generates 280 ponies in the range-topping Scirocco R. Most engines can be linked to either a manual or a dual-clutch gearbox.
Following its debut in Geneva, the 2014 Scirocco will arrive in Volkswagen showrooms next spring. Pricing information will be published closer to its on-sale date.
What’s next?
An all-new Scirocco is in the works but it is not expected to arrive until 2017 at the earliest. It will go back to the nameplate’s coupe roots and lose the current model’s distinctive shooting brake-like silhouette while packing more power all across the board.
Although the facelifted 2014 model won’t make it on these shores, Volkswagen is expected to cave in to public demand and offer next variant of the coupe on this side of the herring pond.
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