The solution was a narrow-angle V-6, with six cylinders arranged in a 15-degree vee, sat under one cylinder head. In German, an inline engine is called a reihenmotor, making the name VR-6 a simple ...

A legendary engine retires after 34 years. Volkswagen killed the VR-6 in Europe in the mid-2010s, but the V-6/inline-six mashup of an engine continued in North America until a couple of years ago.