Corrado woyamba adasiya mizere yopangira ku Osnabrück, Germany, mu 1988. Kutengera nsanja ya Volkswagen Group ya A2, yofanana ndi Volkswagen Golf Mk2 ndi Seat Toledo, Corrado adawonetsedwa ngati wolowa m'malo mwa Volkswagen Scirocco.
Mapangidwe a galimoto yamasewera a ku Germany, omwe amadziwika ndi maulendo aatali, anali kuyang'anira Herbert Schäfe, wojambula wamkulu wa mtundu wa Wolfsburg pakati pa 1972 ndi 1993. Ngakhale kuti ndizothandiza komanso zochepa, kanyumbako sikunali kwakukulu, koma monga momwe mungaganizire. imodzinso, sinali ndendende galimoto yabanja.
Kunja, chimodzi mwazinthu zapadera za Corrado ndikuti chowononga chakumbuyo chimangokwera pamtunda wa 80 km / h (ngakhale chikhoza kuyendetsedwa pamanja). M'malo mwake, coupé yazitseko zitatu iyi inali kuphatikiza koyenera kwa magwiridwe antchito komanso mawonekedwe amasewera.
Volkswagen Corrado idatengera makina oyendetsa kutsogolo kuyambira pachiyambi, koma sinali galimoto yotopetsa, mosiyana - bola titasankha ma 5-speed manual transmission m'malo mwa 4-speed automatic transmission.
Corrado anapanga kuwonekera koyamba kugulu ake pa msika ndi injini ziwiri zosiyana: 1.8 vavu injini ndi 16 mavavu ndi mphamvu 136 HP ndi 1.8 vavu injini ndi 160 HP, onse pa mafuta. Chida chomalizachi chinatchedwa G60, chifukwa chakuti ma contours amafanana ndi chilembo "G". Kuthamanga kuchokera ku 0 mpaka 100 km / h kunachitika mumasekondi "ochepa" 8.9.
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Pambuyo maganizo koyamba Volkswagen opangidwa mitundu iwiri yapadera: G60 Jet, yekha msika German, ndi Corrado 16VG60. Pambuyo pake, mu 1992, mtundu waku Germany unayambitsa injini ya 2.0 mumlengalenga, kuwongolera kuposa chipika cha 1.8.
Koma injini yofunidwa kwambiri idakhala chipika cha 12-valve 2.9 VR6, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 1992, yomwe mtundu wake pamsika waku Europe unali ndi mphamvu pafupifupi 190. Ngakhale inali chitsanzo chokhala ndi "zoyendetsa" zambiri kuposa zam'mbuyomo, izi zinkawonekeranso muzogwiritsira ntchito.
Kugulitsa kwa Corrado kunali kuzimiririka mpaka kutha mu 1995, motero kutha zaka zisanu ndi ziŵiri za kupanga coupé kumene kunali chiyambi cha m’ma 90. Onse pamodzi, mayunitsi 97 521 anachoka pafakitale ya Osnabrück.
Ndizowona kuti sichinali chitsanzo champhamvu kwambiri, koma Corrado G60 inali yopambana kwambiri ku Portugal. Komabe, mitengo yokwera komanso kugwiritsa ntchito sikunalole kuti Corrado akwaniritse zonse zomwe angathe.
Ngakhale zili zonse, coupé iyi idawonedwa ndi zofalitsa zingapo ngati imodzi mwazabwino kwambiri komanso zamphamvu kwambiri za m'badwo wake; malinga ndi magazini ya Auto Express, ndi imodzi mwamagalimoto a Volkswagen omwe amapindula kwambiri pakuyendetsa galimoto, kuwonekera pamndandanda wa "25 Cars You must Drive Before You Die".
