Audi V6 engine question

[Aaron Sherrick]

The newer VW Passat's use the Audi 30v 2.8L V6, not the VR6.

Aaron
'86 4kq
www.lehigh.edu/~amsk

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Per Lindgren
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 2:43 PM
To: duane at zk3.dec.com
Cc: Vic Norman; Quattro List
Subject: Re: Audi V6 engine question

Actually, VW officials have said that they wouldnt have too much trouble
in actually fitting the Audi V6 in a Golf or Passat, but this engine
would be so big that the crumple zones wouldnt be satisfactory in the
event of an collision. That's why they went with a 15º V6 instead.

PerL
92 Cabrio 2.3E

Andrew Duane USG wrote:

>Hairy green toads from Mars made Vic Norman say:
>
>>Can some-one help me win (or lose) a bet?
>>For some reason I have it stuck in my head that the V6 engine that
appeared
>>in Audis around 1992 and the VR6 engine that appeared in Volkswagen
Passats
>>etc at about the same time are one and the same engine.
>>Am I right or wrong.
>>
>
>Wrong.
>
>The VR6 is a narrow angle V6 (15 degree) that was built for the
>smaller VW engine bays. It shares little or no real technology
>with the 2.8 V6 used by Audi.
>
>Nowadays, both platforms use the same V6, the Audi one. The VR6
>though I think is back in the Jetta.
>
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