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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the GTI feeling flabby and the VR6 falling far short of its on-paper promise. All told, the third Golf was a disappointing affair, but it could have been so very different. In VW’s mind the ...