Re: [non-Scirocco] VR6 & VW

["Aaron D. Patton" <apatton1@airmail.net>]

There was a big discussion about this some time back when I quoted a
magazine article some time back that said the Power Beetle would get a 200hp
VR6.  At the time there were many people on the list who said that the VR6
was dead and being replaced with the 1.8 T4 and the V5.  While this may be
partially true in the case of the Beetle (1.8 T4 in Beetle GLX {I think}) it
appears VW has not dropped the ball and gone with the smaller, less powerful
engine for the Golf and Jetta.  Of course, this is all quite academic,
because I can't afford any of them and am comfortable knowing that my SLC is
not saddled with H rated tires and governed to 130mph.
God, I really don't like being home sick.  Blech.

Aaron
'79 Scirocco S - FOR SALE (in Dallas, Texas)
'93 Corrado SLC

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark A Peele <scirocco.gtx@juno.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 11:53 AM
Subject: [non-Scirocco] VR6 & VW


>This should squash the rumours that VW was dropping the (fabulous) VR6:
>
>I am reading the Nov 16, 1998 Autoweek - they reviewed the new Jetta
>which in the test car featured . . . guess what? A VR6
>
>They discussed at length which models would feature what engines (not
>just the GLX, but also the GLS at under $20K).
>
>I guess I'm bored . . .
>
>Mark . . .   (THINK VW)
>Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
>Scirocco 1981 S (working on this)
>
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