If you crave six-cylinder power in your VW, it’s hard to go past a crate engine with 550 horsepower on tap. Volkswagen offers a range of powerful four-cylinder engines, giving today's cars a ...

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.

The Volkswagen VR6 engine has been used in the VW Golf GTI, Passat, Phaeton, Touareg, Beetle, and many of the golf generations, among others. The VR6 engine is a bit of combination of a "V" style ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

About a decade ago, I made a friend that was crazy about all things Volkswagen. His daily driver was an Audi A4, but he owned two VWs: an old Polo 6N and a Golf MK2. And both of these cars were hiding ...

It's the late 1960s. The Volkswagen Beetle is getting old, and the company wants a modern replacement—a car that can take its place while still providing the practicality and economy buyers have grown ...