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 ...

It may have been a sales flop in the US, but now it has a cult following. Find out why this van is now highly sought ...

What Is A V5 Engine? What Happened To V5 Engines? V5 engines are a rare anomaly in the automotive world. Honda used a 1.0L V5 engine in motorcycles, with great success, though the setup hasn't been ...

But what's a little less well-known – partly because just 250 were ever built and partly because it was never sold in the US or Canada – is that before the first R32 arrived, VW built another ...

That power was distributed via a close-ratio six-speed manual and the clutch-based Haldex on-demand all-wheel drive system. 0-60 mph was quoted at 6.4 seconds and top speed at 140 mph. The engine ...

Shares of Caterpillar, the maker of mining and construction machinery, are up more than 30% since year-end, making it the biggest contributor to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. WSJ’s Jonathan Weil ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

It might seem like every automaker is ditching V-6 engines in favor of boosted four-cylinders these days, but don’t count the V-6 out yet. There are all sorts of appealing performance cars, trucks, ...

Six-cylinder engines have been around for more than a century and have remained a fundamental part of the automotive world ever since. From practical family vehicles to high-performance sports cars ...

Engines are the heart of every car, defining its performance, sound, and personality. While modern vehicles are shifting towards electric motors, traditional internal combustion engines remain a ...