Way back in the days of the Golf III, the VR6 was the engine of choice among performance freaks. With an ample amount of power from the factory and plenty of aftermarket parts that could help the ...

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 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 ...