Prolific Volkswagen tuner HPA Motorsports found a fun new use for its VR6 crate engine. After building a limited run of 50 VR6-swapped Mk7.5 Golf R hatches, it put the same 2.5-liter engine into a ...

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 ...

I remember taking a shotgun ride in an Mk III Volkswagen Golf VR6 back in my highschool years. The 90s machine had the larger 2.9-liter engine, so there were 190 horses pushing me back in the seat.

High school, a time of carefree bliss defined by great memories; and for many, their automotive roots. Whether it was the endless mechanical mistakes and long garage nights, or the many things you ...

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 of day, too. You don't have to scratch your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With VW's financial struggles and the switch to turbo four-cylinders, the death of the VR6 isn't a big surprise. The VR6 has ...

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 collectability of classic VW Golfs isn’t going anywhere now. We all hoped that big-money GTIs were a blip, only for them to sort of stay there. Then go up a bit more. Now, in the Golf’s 50th year, ...