This video features a quarter-mile drag race between a BMW M3 CSL E46 and a VW Bora VR6. With sharp engine tones and quick launches, it’s a battle of lightweight agility versus VR6 torque. Both cars ...

Kyle has written professionally across the motorsport and motoring world since graduating from Plymouth University in 2018, and has acted as the MotoGP editor for Motorsport Week and as a Features ...

The 2026 Volkswagen Jetta starts at $25,270, GLI at $35,020 (all prices include $1,275 destination charge). Minor standard equipment upgrades. Updated for the 2025 model year with a light face-lift ...

Kyle has written professionally across the motorsport and motoring world since graduating from Plymouth University in 2018, and has acted as the MotoGP editor for Motorsport Week and as a Features ...

The Mk3 Golf VR6 was a hot hatch hero of its time—but does it still hold up today? In this review, we revisit what made it special: a glorious naturally aspirated V6, analog driving feel, and everyday ...

From the January 1999 issue of Car and Driver. Like the slow migration of the Renaissance across 15th-cen­tury Europe, the concept of arched roof pillars has at last found its way into the previously ...

Anything that lasts several decades in the automotive world is an impressive accomplishment, but not everything can last forever. 2024 saw the true end of production for the Volkswagen VR6 engine that ...

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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 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 ...

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 ...

To be clear, this is not an all-new eighth-generation version, but a makeover to inject a little freshness into the current seventh-gen Jetta, which debuted for the 2019 model year. I have a lasting ...