The VW Scirocco, despite being ten years old, is still on sale and the range is topped by the sporty R model. But, when the R was launched back in 2009 it wasn’t just the top of the Scirocco ...

An R variant was added to the line-up in 2009, and a GTS in 2016. Meanwhile, the standard Scirocco underwent a facelift in 2014, and is currently available in seven models, with six different engine ...

Like the VW Scirocco R-line, the only tweaks over a standard Polo are stylistic ones. There’s a set of 16in ‘Mallory’ alloy wheels, an R-line styling pack – with more aggressive bumpers ...