Cape Town - The Volkswagen Golf Mk3 VR6 is a car that has been debated about for years following its birth in 1992. Many questioned the automaker's thinking in squeezing a slightly angled six-cylinder ...

Nestled under the hoods of some Volkswagens — maybe even your own — is an engine that sometimes only identifies itself as a V6. It's a venerable engine fitted to famous cars, but one we've never ...

The VR6 engine is not your everyday engine, and even though it's not being used in newer production cars anymore (it was phased out in 2024), that hasn't stopped car enthusiasts from desiring one, ...

Since picking up his first set of MicroMachine toy cars as a toddler, Chris knew he had a passion for automobiles embedded in his soul. It wasn't until he started flipping through car magazines a ...

The Volkswagen Group has recently closed a 33-going-on-34-year-old chapter in the German automaker's long history. According to Volkswagen Passenger Cars communication manager Andreas Schleith, the ...

Earlier this month, Volkswagen ended production of the VR6 engine, per a LinkedIn post by a company representative. With VW's financial struggles and the switch to turbo four-cylinders, the death of ...

With VW's financial struggles and the switch to turbo four-cylinders, the death of the VR6 isn't a big surprise. The VR6 has appeared in many memorable VW models, from the sporty Corrado to the exotic ...

The world of engine development is a complicated one. The number of variables that need to be considered when shoving a power plant into any given chassis is so high that it'd make even a seasoned ...

Anything that lasts several decades in the automotive world is an impressive accomplishment, but not everything can last forever. 2024 saw the true end of production for the Volkswagen VR6 engine that ...

Most automotive enthusiasts are familiar with Volkswagen's long-lived VR6 engine. It is a 6-cylinder engine with fifteen degree offset cylinder bores so that it is more compact than a traditional ...

The VR6 engine enjoys legendary status among many South African Volkswagen fans, and is best known for powering the flagship Golf and Jetta models in the 1990s. The VR6 powered a wide variety of ...