Re: [non-Scirocco] VR6 & VW

["David Ruby" <dbruby@ainet.com>]

Indeed, and you can get the Ford version "Galaxy" with the VW VR6.  Weird,
eh?  A Ford VR6.
It should probably also be noted that the high-zoot Passat has a 2.8-litre
6, but alas, it's the Audi V(non-R) 6.
Piech keeps insisting that VW is moving upmarket, and if the concept cars
are any indication, expect to see the W-12 one of these years.  That'll make
us all forget the VR6.  Wonder if it'll could fit in a Scirocco, along with
the cool 4Motion awd system...

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark A Peele <scirocco.gtx@juno.com>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Mittwoch, 6. Januar 1999 16:04
Subject: Re: [non-Scirocco] VR6 & VW


>FWIW, In the UK and in Germany you can get a Sharan (van) with the VR6.
>
>Mark . . .   (THINK VW)
>Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
>Scirocco 1981 S (working on this)
>
>On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 17:30:11 -0500 (EST) Baddour Kareem E
><6keb1@qlink.queensu.ca> writes:
>>While the VR6 is indeed alive and kicking,
>>(I was one of the VR6 doom-sayers, so I was wrong)
>>it's interesting to note that not ONE SINGLE 1999 MODEL
>>right now in europe has the VR6. THe 1.8T and VR5 has
>>replaced the VR6 there (unless they are going to put in
>>on the 4-motion Golf). The VR6 it seems has become a
>>strictly north american engine..makes sense, seeing
>>our gas prices are astronomically low, so we can
>>afford to guzzle gas to our hearts content and
>>deplete the oil reserves of the world..Maybe when
>>the oil prices go up or the oil is depleted, we'll
>>see the end of this overconsumption trend and the
>>SUV's and lard-bucket VWs will be replaced with
>>light sport-coupes once again. Here's dreaming
>>to a return of a sub 2400lb VW in North
>>America.
>>
>>Kareem,
>>
>>On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Mark A Peele wrote:
>>
>>> 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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