Volkswagen Corrado

. The other part of the word became "cockamamie", referring to the fakeness of tattoos produced by this process. Only 500 were produced, 250 in Classic Green, and 250 in Mystic Blue (unique to the Storm). The word is short for decalcomania, which means "the fad of transferring tracings" and has the same root as calque. Some discreet "Storm" badging, a color-keyed front grille, 15" BBS Solitude alloy wheels, and standard fitment of some previously optional items (such as heated leather seats) were all that differentiated this model from the base Corrado VR6. A decal or transfer is a plastic, cloth or paper substrate that has printed on it a pattern that can be moved to another surface upon contact, usually with the aid of heat or water. Corrado production ceased in Europe with the UK-only limited production model, the Corrado VR6 Storm.

Many owner clubs exist around the world and owners still enjoy its prodigious capabilities. The Corrado is considered by most critics as the best handling front wheel drive car of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was listed as one of the "25 Cars You Must Drive Before You Die" by the British magazine, Car. This design allowed engineers to mount 6 cylinders into roughly the same space as 4 cylinders. The VR6 was revolutionary at the time because it combined the benefits of V-shaped and straight engines by placing the two cylinder banks at an angle of 15 degrees with a single cylinder head.

The North American market version had a volume of only 2.8 L and 174 PS (128 kW), replacing the G60. The second was a 2.9 L, 12 valve, 190 PS (140 kW) VR6 six cylinder, given the "VR" designation because of its extremely narrow angle (German for Vee-Reihenmotor). The first was a naturally aspirated 2.0 L, 16 valve, 136 PS (100 kW) inline four, basically a further development of the 1.8 L engine. Volkswagen debuted two new engines for 1992.

The G60 is named for the G-Lader with which it is equipped, a supercharger whose interior resembles the letter "G". The Corrado debuted with two engine choices: a 1.8 L, 16-valve, 4-cylinder wth 136 PS (100 kW) as the base model and a supercharged 1.8 L, 8 valve 4-cylinder, marketed as the G60 and delivering 160 PS (118 kW), which was optional in Europe, but was the only engine option for North American buyers. It shared many mechanical parts with other Volkswagen A platform cars as well. The Corrado was in production from 1988 through 1995 and reached a production total of 97,521 vehicles according to VWCorrado.de.

It used Volkswagen's B3 platform in the rear of the car, while using the A2 platform technology up front, which it shared with the then-current A2 Golf and A2 Jetta. The Volkswagen Corrado was a 3-door, 2+2 seating compact coupé developed by Volkswagen and built by Karmann in Osnabrück, Germany.