With the company's current financial woes, the move to permanently axe the narrow-angle engine comes as little surprise.
It's the end of an oddball era at Volkswagen. The VR6, Vee Dub's strange super-narrow V6, designed to fit where there wasn't ...
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That has since been replaced by a 2.0-liter turbo ... Golf, and Passat, the VR6 found its way into the Jetta, Touareg, and even the VW Transporter van. In 2001, Volkswagen stuffed a 221-hp 3.2 ...
Schleith remembers the impact of the VR6. Not only did it level up the Golf to six cylinders ... dropped the VR6 in favor of the EA888-series turbo I4 we all know and love. Or love to hate ...