Volkswagen of America CEO and President Stefan Jaocby has confirmed the sad news: There will be no Volkswagen Sirocco for North America. According to a report by Car and Driver, the American makers of VW parts already have the GTI and the R32 in place of the Sirocco. The Sirocco will be available for the European market by mid-2008.

Jacoby also said that they needed to focus on their company’s “core products”, such as the Rabbit, the Jetta, the Passat, and their latest addition, the Tiguan.

“The [2009 Scirocco] is lovely, but we can’t have everything,” Jacoby said in an interview by Car and Driver. At the same time, Jacoby truthfully announced the improvement of the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Parts. He said that its launch will be moved later to late summer of 2008 because of some flaws in the emissions system. “We need to launch with proper emissions and quality,” Jacoby said in the same interview. Despite the delay, the American makers of the VW parts are still the first carmakers to offer diesel technology compliant with emissions regulations, Stateside. This will open the doors for future generations of Volkswagen’s diesel vehicles.

Source: Car and Driver

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