You must have had a second generation Scirroco. IIRC the early Scirrocos were reskinned Rabbits that could outrun...Rabbits and Chevettes and Le Cars and EXP/LN7s and snails
Hey, I hit 90 in the GTI one day, while passing 6 cars at one time on two-lane US 17.
Yes, I was young and dumb.
But the first car in the line was a little old lady who looked like she was scratching her nose with the steering wheel, going 40.