Seems kind of silly to dismiss the car so quickly just because it is made in Mexico. All EA888 engines are made in that plant for the world market with maybe a few exceptions. They took what they learned from designing the new MQB production line in Germany and improved upon it for the Puebla plant. If you are…

I will be in the market for a new car this summer/fall. I will not be test driving other cars or visiting various dealers. I am going straight to the VW dealer and throwing money at their face to put my down payment on a 5-door Candy White Mk7 with the performance pack. I have known since the introduction of the…

Why, oh why does this ass clown have to be from the town in which I live. The f-body fan side of me wants to say I expect this ass-hattery from mustang loving b-hole lickers.

Where can I get them?

I'm likely not the only one that enjoys the sound of the F-type V6 S more than the v8.

You're right. They may be based on the same Gamma II platform but the Trax is just a bloated Sonic hatchback with optional AWD. Canada and the ROW can keep it.

We do get the Chevy Trax, it is just rebadged as the Buick Encore.

The rumor has been floating around for a while that they are seriously considering the turbo vr6. If smaller displacement, would be an upgrade to the current 3.6 VR6 offering in the Toureg, Passat and CC with better MPG and power.

Zero sympathy. Less than zero in fact. He clearly must have escaped from prison. Terrible timing amigo.

My VR6 is also a MKIV Jetta. I have nearly 140k on the clock and aside from a bad starter, fuel pump and suspension bushings I haven't had quite as much bad luck. I have been procrastinating on doing the timing chains but I expected to have to do them. I drive the hell out of my car but you must have been…

This engine absolutely belongs on this list. The VR6 and 1.8T had their fair share of issues. I own a VR6 and it's timing chain guides are slowly eating themselves alive and why VW thought it was a good idea to put the chains on the transmission side of the engine is beyond me. Some other engines on this list have…

Perhaps I am ignorant and live in a narrow minded and naive world where I pay zero attention to anything Toyota had done in the last decade aside from making mostly beige cars? Guilty as charged. I will not deny this. Through every version of the 2.0T, they have made attempts to improve the carbon issue but it's…

There are several variations of the 3rd gen EA888. The engines coming out of the Silao plant in Mexico for the current GLI and Beetle, do not have dual injection. We also know that those engines do not have Audi Variable Valve Lift either. We know for a fact that the MK7 GTI and the A3 will have VVL. There is no…

You would be correct although I don't think many would consider it "copying" as most manufacturers will likely have to go this route due to the inherent issues with DI.

Those of you bitching about carbon buildup and VW need to STFU. This is a problem with any direct injection motor from any manufacturer. Since there aren't fuel injectors in the intake manifold runners spraying fuel at the back of the intake valves to wash away the PCV fumes, guess what? Carbon. The FSI engine had…

It has been fairly well documented that VW is working on a turbo VR6 for future models. My favorite VR6 exhaust video:

My 2001 Jetta VR6 has 140k miles and aside from a starter and fuel pump needing replace, which can be attributed to being a 13 years old car, has been fantastic. Not a day goes by where I don't drive the piss out of it just so I can hear the intoxicating noise of a VR6.

I'm pretty sure it isn't a straight conversion rate when it comes to cars. There are likely many variables involved in determining the price for a given market.

You're just another one of those people that has a personal vendetta against Volkswagen, aren't you? With all the other horrendous looking cars/grills that are out there now and you go after VW? If that is the kind of thing that grinds your gears, I think you have bigger issues at hand.

That is a rotary bridge porting diagram for those who wouldn't know. That is all all sorts of bad ass. Coming from a former rotary owner.