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With a handful of honourable exceptions, predominantly wearing Renault and Peugeot badges, the hot hatch had a torrid time ...
It’s a unique drag race matchup as the BMW M3 CSL E46, known for its lightweight precision and high-revving inline-6, faces ...
Goodliff and his team have ambitious plans to tap into Blue Oval heritage, including a radical reinvention of the 1980s RS200 ...
A South African Golf Mk2 rebuilt with surgical detail, show-car polish, and just enough madness to win it all at Camp Fest.
According to Volkswagen Passenger Cars communication manager Andreas Schleith, the final VR6 engine was produced on December 12, 2024. Approximately 1.87 million examples of the breed were ...
In a post on LinkedIn, Volkswagen communications manager Andreas Schleith announced the sad news that every water-cooled VW fan had been dreading: the VR6 engine is dead. Volkswagen built its ...
It is a sad and dark time for Volkswagen fans as the Wolfsburg automaker quietly announced the official end of its famed and beloved VR6 gasoline engine. The news hails from a LinkedIn post by ...
Introduced shortly after the original Mk1 Golf, it would make ... At least you could have it with a 2.8-liter VR6 and AWD. Despite countless attempts, Volkswagen's iconic Golf never really struck ...
As my colleague Nico notes, the standout engine of the GTI’s lineage is arguably the VR6, and a lack ... going back to classics like the Mk1 and Mk5 GTIs, per Autocar. VW’s R&D boss, Kai ...
The Mk1 Volkswagen Scirocco (known internally as Type ... The Corrado received the narrow-angle 2.8-liter, 178-horsepower VR6 engine that replaced the problematic G60 during the 1992 model year.
Volkswagen again responded with a 16-valve version, plus the new Golf VR6, but the Mk3 never shook its reputation for mediocrity. Until now, perhaps? Teeing off with the legendary Mk1, I’ll be driving ...