V6 and inline-6 engines are commonplace in a lot of cars on the road, but Volkswagen employs the unique and unusual 'VR6' orientation in several cars instead.

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 ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...

The Volkswagen Golf Mk3 is old news now. At 27 years, it’s probably the least liked Volkswagen in the world at the moment. The Golf Mk3 GTI suffered a similar fate in the ‘90s. It had become sensible ...

This Jack of All Trades deserves a close look. While there have been loads of famous cars that have cropped up over the years, there's nearly an equal number of iconic engines that have seen the light ...

What makes a great sports car? Well, according to Jason Cammisa, that would be something with an Italian design, a Latinate name that makes you roll your Rs, and an engine with a great soundtrack. By ...

What do the Bugatti Chiron, Bentley Continental W12, a 1991 Passat and the Chinese-market VW Talagon have in common? Yes, all four belong in the VW Group empire, but more importantly they all employ ...

In the lates 80s, VW's engineers faced a conundrum. The product planning department expressed the need for a compact six-cylinder engine that could be squeezed into a front-wheel-drive car.