In 2001, Vw engine VR6 was enlarged to 3.2 litres, to create a limited-production, high performance, version of the Beetle called Beetle RSi. The Beetle RSi was the first production vehicle to use the 3.2 litre VR6. This engine was later used in the MK4 Golf R32, and was also introduced in the Audi TT. Although it was rated at the same power as the European version, the North American R32 featured a larger Audi TT mass airflow sensor (3" in diameter compared to 2.75"), and a different airbox which should have given the same output of the Audi. The 3.2 litre was then used as a range-topper in the Audi A3 and TT.

In 2005, the European market version of Volkswagen's sixth generation Passat went on sale with a revised version of the 3.2 litre VR6 engine as its top-spec engine. For North America, the Passat received a new 3.6 litre VR6 with a narrower 10.6 degree cylinder angle. The 3.2 engine and 3.6 engine feature Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI). The introduction of the Passat VR6 engine also marked the first time a VR6 powered vehicle was made available in North America before Europe. The 3.2 VR6 (non-FSI) is also being used to power the Mk5 Golf R32, while the new Passat R36, available from early 2008, received a new version of the 3.6 litre engine, standard 4 motion four- wheel drive, and standard Direct-shift Gearbox (DSG). Volkswagen has also developed a series of engines which use narrow angle designs mated together at 72 degrees. For example, two imaginary VR6 engines mated together at 72 degrees result in a W12 engine configuration, which is significantly shorter than a V12 engine, but only marginally wider. W8 engine and W16 designs were developed in a similar fashion. The W8 uses two imaginary four-cylinder VR engines mated together, and the W16 uses two imaginary eight-cylinder VR banks.

Though Volkswagen Group describes these compound VR engines as being of W configuration, it is more correct to describe them as staggered-bank V configuration engines, in keeping with the staggered-straight VR geometry.

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