Nate Baugher Used His Bare Hands To Restore This Mk3 Jetta VR6. Josh Brown Photographer Sam Du Writer Apr 01, 2008. Smooth Operator - 1995 MK3 Jetta VR6.

Getting the assist from a shop in New Hampshire, the Jetta got a whole new heart and drivetrain based on a 12-valve VR6 swap which relied on a mix of borrowed parts from both the MK3 GTI and ...

The 12-valve and 24-valve VR6 engines gained a solid following as the Millennium crept into view, and the engine carried over from the MK3 to the MK4 Jetta when the redesign hit in 1999.

The same year the VR6 made its way into the Volkswagen Golf, it also appeared in the Volkswagen Jetta — or, more specifically, the Volkswagen Vento, which is what the Jetta was renamed in Europe.

That changed with the Mk3. Buyer's tastes were evolving, and the company wanted to make sure it could offer a GTI that could appeal to the largest amount of people possible. The result was the VR6 ...

This 2003 VW Jetta GLI sports the raucous VR6 and the five-speed. It also has a bunch of aftermarket add-ons and wear-related replacements to make it even more over the top.

Many questioned the automaker's thinking in squeezing a slightly angled six-cylinder, 2.8-litre engine into a shell of a Mk3 Golf. Iconic sound. While some may debate about the lack of low end torque ...

Getting the assist from a shop in New Hampshire, the Jetta got a whole new heart and drivetrain based on a 12-valve VR6 swap which relied on a mix of borrowed parts from both the MK3 GTI and ...

Cape Town - The Volkswagen Golf Mk3 VR6 is a car that has been debated about for years following its birth in 1992. Many questioned the automaker's thinking in squeezing a slightly angled six-cylinder ...