* vr6.com

The VR6 engine, or simply the VR6, is an internal combustion engine configuration, consisting of six cylinders. It was developed by the German automotive industry in the late 1980s for front wheel drive vehicles, and evolutions of the original variant are still being produced today.

The VR6 resembles the V-engine, but with the cylinders offset from each other and tilted at a much lesser degree than usual. The VR6 is a transverse engine, and has its crankshaft oriented laterally.

In essence, the VR6 engine is really just a V6 with 10 to 15 degrees between the "banks" in order to facilitate a single block and head. The cylinders are nested together in a staggered pattern, which makes the engine more compact. In fact, the VR6 is very compact, nearly as narrow as any inline engine and not much longer than a straight 4 cylinder. This means it can be fitted to the smaller engine bays of many small cars.

Traditionally, it has been difficult to fit a standard, straight V6 engine into a small car. The VR6 overcomes this problem, and as such, has been used in numerous vehicles including several models of vehicles designed by Volkswagen such as the Golf, Corrado and Beetle.

It has also been fitted to various Audis like the Audi TT, the Porsche Cayenne, Ford Galaxy and many others. Variants of the VR6 engine configuration include the 24-valve VR6 and the W12 engine, which is basically a combination of two VR6 engines.

More VR6 related information can be found at the following:

• - Wiki - VR6_engine
• - The VR6 Owners Club

VR6, as you could imagine, is a highly popular search term which means this page receives a lot of visitors. Other than greatly increasing VR6 related content, I'm not entirely sure in what direction I'll be taking this site. If you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know. For now, this place-setter will have to suffice while I monitor visitor statistics and have a think about it. -:)

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