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, ...

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 ...

Anything that lasts several decades in the automotive world is an impressive accomplishment, but not everything can last ...

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 ...

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 final ...

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 ...

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 ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

Cobus has never been able to keep his car opinions to himself and at age 12, he expressed them in no uncertain terms to a certain motoring magazine’s editor. It was the first of many times he would be ...