Even though this rumour looks almost entirely baseless, here's what I think.
Frankly I'd like to see LFS stick to fictional tracks, there's far more imagination involved. I've never seen the attraction of a real track in this game anyway. Besides, if a real track ever turned up, people would either get bored of it entirely after 2 months or just race one car on the same layout for the rest of eternity. I'm not a huge fan of the Scirocco for similar reasons, though (also because the new car is nowhere near as good looking as the original 70s one). It's an average FWD coupe, which just isn't going to hold the attention of people who like open-wheel racing and GTR racing. The cruise fan-base will probably be happy but do the devs and the community think that's the right way to go?
Is there anybody else in the community who actually likes the fact that LFS is based in a semi-fictional world?