The racing version of the new Scirocco, the Scirocco GT24, has got off to a great start: in the legendary 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, the 325 hp Sport-Coupé claimed first and second places in the well-represented class for cars with two-litre turbo engines. In the overall classification, comprising 219 teams, the new Scirocco finished 11th and 15th, with the third vehicle entered completing the results with a 32nd placing overall. This is an impressive first sporting success for the new Scirocco!
The Volkswagen Group with its headquarter in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest car producer in Europe. In 2006, the Group increased the number of vehicles delivered to customers to 5.734 million (2005: 5.243 million), corresponding to a 9.7 percent share of the world passenger car market. In Western Europe, the largest car market in the world, nearly every fifth new car (19.9 percent) comes from the Volkswagen Group. The turnover increased in 2006 to 104.9 billion Euro (2005: 95.3 billion). The result according to taxes amounted to 2.75 billion Euro in the last financial year (2005: 1.12 billion). The Group consists of eight brands: Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, Skoda and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
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