Surely the .:R lives on...

[TeddyKGB]

It's unusual that the Audi big brother would allow VW to build such a car - although in these unusual economic times it makes sense for VAG to allow the 2 to really compete!

[Egbutt Wash]

mpg is route for Golf
bye bye big old engines, hello new technology

Or bye bye VW

[BobbyT]

its a real shame, the sound of the dub v6 was very very nice indeed. The turbo cars of today dont have the soul of the v6

[Egbutt Wash]

its a real shame, the sound of the dub v6 was very very nice indeed. The turbo cars of today dont have the soul of the v6

A weak engine though.  We had a VR6 (cost £2500) with a nice loud exhaust.  It did sound very good but broke within a year.  Something small and cheap in the valve timing run gave way and wrote off the engine (and car). 

[BobbyT]

the vr i had was quite high millage, 120k i think when i picked it up, i ran it hard for 12k miles and sold it on, didnt miss a beat and still felt like a near new lump.  maybe you had a bad-un

[Egbutt Wash]

Just one that was never serviced.  (Owned by 20 year old member of family)

He was too busy attracting girls with the exhaust rasp to bother booking it into a garage.

[BobbyT]

^^ not good lol the one i owned had a full service history and seemed well looked after. Never got round to changing the standard exhaust 

[Jkctr]

its a real shame, the sound of the dub v6 was very very nice indeed. The turbo cars of today dont have the soul of the v6

A weak engine though.  We had a VR6 (cost £2500) with a nice loud exhaust.  It did sound very good but broke within a year.  Something small and cheap in the valve timing run gave way and wrote off the engine (and car). 

The newer VR6's are not weak, any 10 year old engine in a car that only cost £2500 is not going to be very strong. The mk4 R32 boys are well into the 120,000+ mile mark with no troubles.