It was first implemented for the third generation — or Mk3 — Golf and finally was replaced after the Mk5 fifth generation in 2008. Like with the Volkswagen Passat, the VR6 did not come ...

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Here was a car that topped its class for perceived quality but, like the Mk3 Golf before it ... with a new version of VW’s VR6 engine (a 15-degree V6 in which both banks of cylinders share ...