It was during this era that the visionary engineer Ferdinand Piëch conceived the VR engine - a compact six-cylinder that could fit transversely under the hoods of small cars such as the VW Golf ...

This is how we ended up with the VR-5. Badged as a “V5,” this engine was a 2.3-liter five-cylinder with pistons arranged in a 15-degree vee with three on one side, two on the other.

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