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This computer-generated profile highlights the triangular themes that Calty designers worked into the car's shape.

Later Calty drawings evolved the triangular themes while subtracting unnecessary mass wherever possible.

Early Calty design drawings emphasize a highly original look with a freeform integration of geometrical shapes

Calty designers call this "Solo Space," a pure environment that is completely focused on the driver.

The HSC's design language is described by Calty as "New Clean," a kind of tech-style geometry with emotional content.

The design theme for the instrumentation attempts to give a high-performance character to an electronic display.

The driver seat is futuristic, but the four-point seatbelt design is now being developed for production cars by many manufacturers.

The FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept has the hyperaggressive style that you would expect in a car with a 400-hp powertrain.

Most distinctive, however, are the gauges and controls in the Iroc's cabin. Two large and newly-designed round instruments form the visual centre of the cockpit. The driver looks into two cylinders with twelve illuminated bars which create a three dimensional segmentation within the instruments

Inside, the Iroc has four seats, as well as a spacious boot of 300 litres, which can be increased if the rear seats are folded down. Despite this practicality, the Iroc has been clearly designed inside as a sports car, with features such as front bucket seats and integrated five-point seat belts...

The design of the Iroc is distinctive and eye-catching. It uses a Volkswagen 'face' which is not yet common to other vehicles in the range, though the honeycomb-shaped structure of the radiator grille is undoubtedly a link to the Golf GTI. Another notable feature is the lack of obvious A...

In size, the Iroc is slightly longer (36 mm) than the Golf, measuring 4,240 mm and 41 mm wider at 1,800 mm. Its wheelbase is over 10 cm longer than that of the Golf at 2,680 mm; however with its squat coupé-like stance, it is 79 mm shorter at 1,400 mm. The Iroc has 19" alloy wheels.

Even in colour, with its Viper Green metallic paint, the Iroc harks back to the Scirocco, where this exact shade was available in the 1976 model range. The Iroc has distinctive dimensions, with a very long roof and steeply sloping rear, which not only gives it an aggressive and sporting...

Volkswagen has revealed its Iroc sports car concept at a special event in Berlin this evening. The Iroc marks the return of the Scirocco, Volkswagen's iconic sports coupé, which made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show 33 years ago.