The lengths Volkswagen went to in the mid-2000s to engineer a twin-turbo V-10 for a normal SUV will astound you. Once upon a ...

Ian Wright joined CarBuzz as an automotive journalist and photographer in 2018. His career started with specialist publications, covering everything from Harley-Davidson to Ferrari. Before writing for ...

There are lots of ways to blow up an engine: lack of maintenance, driving too hard, and cheap upgrades are just some of them. If you asked which of these caused this 2.0-liter turbo VW motor to go ...

Car reliability is often overlooked by the automotive media, much to the dismay of our readers. It's the one thing that can cost you a fortune, yet is often seen as biased when reported upon. Whenever ...

I still remember my first experience with a Volkswagen VR6 engine. My brother had a Mk3 VW GTI with a 2.8-liter VR6 and five-speed manual. It was quicker than my E36 BMW 328i, with its own 2.8-liter ...

When it comes to buying a daily driver, few factors are as important as reliability. Since the engine is the very heart of a motor vehicle, it serves as an invaluable foundation of a car's true value ...

The last place one would expect to find devotion to a two-decade-old, iron-block six-cylinder engine is Volkswagen. The company has developed a line of powerful turbocharged, direct-injected ...

The Volkswagen Caddy wasn't much of a cargo king, with US engine choices limited to a 1.7-liter gasser or a 1.6-liter diesel, neither of which crested 100 hp. It was an economy mini-truck based on Mk1 ...