VW VR5 engine in the 2001 New Beetle and 1998 Bora. Volkswagen. From the VR6, VW developed a smaller 2.3-liter VR5, which it made from 1997 to 2006.

I still remember my first experience with a Volkswagen VR6 engine. My brother had a Mk3 VW GTI with a 2.8-liter VR6 and five-speed manual. It was quicker than my E36 BMW 328i, with its own 2.8 ...

For the 2019 and 2020 model years, buyers of the VW Touareg SUV could select a 4.0-liter V8 diesel engine with twin turbochargers, which produced 416 horsepower and a spine-jiggling 664 pound-feet ...

The last place one would expect to find devotion to a two-decade-old, iron-block six-cylinder engine is Volkswagen. Find out more about the venerable VR6 engine from the automotive experts at ...

This other VW engine isn’t going to beat that, as it was in a much smaller set of cars. But the set of cars it was in just makes for a wonderfully pleasing and befuddling group.