Badged as a “V5,” this engine was a 2.3-liter five-cylinder with ... Volkswagen’s VR-6 debuted in the Golf and Corrado and quickly found a home elsewhere in the VW lineup, both in transverse ...

It took Volkswagen five years to get the Golf Mk4 hot hatchback right, after trying various powertrains in the VW Golf GTI and even experimenting with the unusual V5 to make the Golf a bit quirky.