SBARRO

"ScootScoot" (ScootScoot) 08/23/2013 at 14:34 • Filed to: None

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I had completely forgotten about this car.

How did we arrive at this VW Golf series I in which the backside travels upwards and exhibits its engine in such an impudic way ? It was quite simply the goal of Franco Sbarro to satisfy a Swiss customer that made him perform such... modifications!

First of all, the most visible modification and most spectacular relates to the back which is raised thanks to a hydraulic system. A few years later, Sbarro again applied this system to the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . With a certain humour, Sbarro declared that this system was "very practical to work on the engine", and that "moreover, it is always pleasant to show the posterior statement with the other cars which, one on the spot, leaves when traffic lights become green"! People who saw this Sbarro-Golf especially recalled this characteristic, so much so that I did not find any photograph of the car in low position!

Other modifications, less visible (except when the back is raised !), is the replacement of the VW engine by a 330 bhp Porsche 911 turbo flat-6. The car is mid-engined: the flat-6 is in the place of the back bench. In the front, Sbarro installed a reserve fuel tank of 100 liters, to obtain an ideal weight distribution of 50:50.

Outside, in low position, the Sbarro-Golf plays an underhanded game. The only visible modifications are the two side air intakes and broader tires. In short, a wolf in sheep's clothing!

This Golf, being the first VW transformed by Franco Sbarro, is an example of one of the many facets of the talent of Sbarro: to install a powerfull engine in a small car. The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! will be an evolution thereafter, powered by an Porsche 928 V8-engine. But this is another story...

Oh, about that Golf 300 S. This pic is so epically 80's i can't breath.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > ScootScoot 08/23/2013 at 14:37

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Their pizza's not bad either. For what it is...

William Byrd > ScootScoot 08/23/2013 at 14:41

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That's so riduculous it could only be Sbarro.

RMudkips > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 08/23/2013 at 15:01

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Their breadsticks are alright, a bit greasy as usual.

Built BMW Tough > ScootScoot 08/24/2013 at 12:38

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Batshit awesome. I love it. I think it would be cool to read an in-depth feature on Sbarro, the company and the cars it's created. Fascinating.