VW Arteon
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VW still doing the VR6??? I thought they did away with that motor in the early/mid 00's.
I will say that I do admire VW for being different/quirky over the years, stuff like the VR6, Phaeton, Toureg with the high performance V10 diesel. Its just that they can innovate with quirky ideas but can NEVER execute with the quality, ease of service, cheap parts, they never get that part right that actually matters to the owners.
With maybe one exception(pre-emissions era diesel cars) VW has not made cheap to own, cheap to repair, cheap parts, easy to work on, fairly reliable cars since the air cooled Beetle era IMO. All of their water cooled gas engined cars have sucked IMO, they had a good thing going with their diesel cars until they decided to cheat the EPA. I say that because my Aunt has a 1998ish new Beetle diesel/5 speed with 300k miles on it that has been dead nuts reliable and hasn't rusted to pieces in the Ohio winters. That car represents what VW is capable of, 20 years later with not a lot of care, it still has a good coat of paint on it, no visible rust, runs/shifts like a new car, interior has held up pretty great as well with the black vinyl seats.
I will say that I do admire VW for being different/quirky over the years, stuff like the VR6, Phaeton, Toureg with the high performance V10 diesel. Its just that they can innovate with quirky ideas but can NEVER execute with the quality, ease of service, cheap parts, they never get that part right that actually matters to the owners.
With maybe one exception(pre-emissions era diesel cars) VW has not made cheap to own, cheap to repair, cheap parts, easy to work on, fairly reliable cars since the air cooled Beetle era IMO. All of their water cooled gas engined cars have sucked IMO, they had a good thing going with their diesel cars until they decided to cheat the EPA. I say that because my Aunt has a 1998ish new Beetle diesel/5 speed with 300k miles on it that has been dead nuts reliable and hasn't rusted to pieces in the Ohio winters. That car represents what VW is capable of, 20 years later with not a lot of care, it still has a good coat of paint on it, no visible rust, runs/shifts like a new car, interior has held up pretty great as well with the black vinyl seats.
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