Scirocco

[Vinci]

Longshot this.....anyone remember the original vw scirocco with its rear spoiler that kept the rear screen clean?
Do any of those available for our T6's do anything other than be a styling exercise?....ps nothing wrong with that by the way.
Any aerodynamic experts out there?

 

[T6 Dave]

@Vinci , remember the rear screen louvre on dads R17 as a lad, they are apparently still made for current cars down under AFAIK

 

[Chopman]

The mk1 scirocco (the squarer one) didn't have much of a rear spoiler did it? The mk2 (more rounded) had a bigger spoiler with a gap between the spoiler and the glass IIRC - er, so my dad tells me, I can't remember anything that old obviously....

 

[former member]

Without that gap you have a rather silly vacuum that sucks dirt onto your rear screen.

Weirdly our 320bhp hatch doesn't have one (good) but our 165bhp estate car does.

 

[Vinci]

So was it the gap creating the airflow, compared to the vacuum, that they claimed to keep the rear screen clear.
In which case, are there any T6 spoilers that do the same job? Or are they just decorative?