Volkswagen Golf VR6: The 90’s Most Underrated Hot Hatch

[@ML-vy8xo]

I agree with your estimation, but you would have convinced your audience better if you’d captured how glorious the engine sounds, the single element that placed it head and shoulders above anything else from the era.

[@DeansofNomadica]

I was a VW salesman in 1995 and I fell in love with the 95 VW GTI VR6 sitting in our showroom and bought it! The VW manufacturer reps would come into our dealership and I'd talk with them about the GTI VR6. They told me that there was only 1500 GTI VR6's made and none of them had automatic transmissions. As a musician who played the drum kit every weekend, my GTI VR6 perfectly carried me and my drum kit to every gig. The most beautiful thing about the GTI VR6 was the perfectly tuned sound of the factory settings on the whole drive train package as this machine cruised down the road. And what I mean by that is this, the sound of the engine and stock exhaust was perfectly "in tune" with the guitar tuning of every song played on the radio. I don't know if Volkswagen design this sound tuning of the drivetrain on purpose or what. But this car was beautiful and in harmony with whoever drove it especially so with a musician who drove it! I sure do miss that car!

[@adamdar5121]

There was nothing in the 90s that sounded as amazing as a vr6. May have not Been the fastest hot hatch but the refinement and how exclusive it was being a 2.8 was just unbelievable for that era

[@sleepercell9926]

The things not underrated at all. Its got hella rep. Best car I ever owned and you can’t buy a descent one for under 5 grand.

[@Tonyk24]

Prolly one of the best videos I’ve ever watched! The quality and craftsmanship of this video is amazing!🔥

[@crazycrazy2246]

I love mk3 golf vr6

[@TheAlanFish]

I had a German spec 1992 VR6, and it looked worlds better than that car. Much different front end from the factory with a lower air dam in the front, sat about an inch lower on factory springs, contrasting black trim rather than body color with Red VR6 logos, 5 spoke wheels and much wider tires, three spoke non-airbag steering wheel to name a few things. It was a lovely car, and the engine noise was the star of the show. It just sounded so good!

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

For the bulk of the last decade the daily has been a 98 VR6, and even dirty and ragged out (you can tell it's loved), there's been countless people at gas/petrol stations saying they regret getting rid of theirs. That reminds me, I gotta finish writing the fogs tonight.

[@wed3k]

I just got the same 98 vr6 and it's a step up from my 90 corrado. Great driver, no issues with electrical and it has just enough pep. I have to do the chains so might as well rebuild the motor lol

[@erwinvandebeek7086]

I have a Golf 3 VR6 syncro manual. In the same color. Satin silver. This color is only made in 1996 and 1997.

[@daveyofyeshua]

Best of the 90's for me is the Nissan Sunny GTi-R, stock for stock nothing touched it

[@KTLaz]

Corrado Vr6 is the daddy

[@Joe-qs9fw]

I don’t think I have ever seen a golf VR6 before

[@georgesampson4907]

My favourite hot hatch from the 90s has to be between the Honda Civic ek9 type r and the Renault Clio Williams 1

[@aquafresh3150]

Wish i had a VR6 in my mk2.

[@lollol-xp4mc]

Id rather have a 16v in a mk2 better handling

[@lewishill64]

Great video. I had one years ago. The sound of that engine, 💯🤜 I may have to buy another one.

[@sadeeqsambo8108]

Does it come in automatic transmission

[@finnmarsh396]

I love my golf this video is gorgeous

[@mattn2205]

Hero of hothatches is the civic ek9 smaller engine than most higher rpm more bhp than most and oh yeah came in a manual

[@Masseffectinator]

Oh yeah...every Volkswagen car came with a manual once...but a lot of the people were stupid and "lost it" I have mine for my gti. Also it's not all about the rpm or bhp. It's also about how a car feels. And a mk3 makes you feel like youre home. Also the sound of the vr6...it's that what gets most of the people every single time. But he failed to present that. sadly.

[@lollol-xp4mc]

@@Masseffectinator the honda is better in every way except for engine noise and the vr6 is so glorious that it makes it all worth it

[@ansoncritchlow1770]

I ad a black one on a R reg it had 18 inch bola alloys on it twin dtm uplifters on the back full stainless steel exhaust and a massive pipercross induction kit.... It sounded like the world woz ending lol..... Loved that car I ad to get rid of it tho.. cuz I owed my mate £3000,for key of weed lol

[@pavw5508]

It is such an underrated car... And let's keep it like this.

[@maleksmemes3967]

why

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

Important MKIII VR6 driver question- Within the next week I've gotta get a new muffler. It's currently running 262 cams, with stainless 3.5 inch exhaust (planned for future turbo). Anybody have insight? It used to have magnaflow which was loud enough that friends always heard it coming and still "quiet" "ish."

[@streetmtb]

What's the question? If you turbo it your going to need to change the headers and 3.5 inch Is plenty big for a turbo

[@markhunter7734]

Borla muffler!

[@trevorsanders5303]

Turbocharge it and you will lunch the engine VERY quickly. The vr6 engine is NOT designed for turbocharging.

[@talltorrac]

the MK3 just looks ungainly to me. And the engine was wasted in it. However, there many Mk2s with a VR in that are very nice and of course theres the glorious and MASSIVELY underrated Corrado. Made in so few numbers people don’t recognise them, overshadowed by the scirocco which got all the new toys, the Corrado is awesome.

[@ciartdsfa4899]

Corrado vr6 handle brilliantly I thought, just could never fall in with a good one any time I changed car, ended up with a selection of vr6 golfs. Think the engine must sit that bit farther back or something because they don't push the nose as much as the golf. Loved the dash in them too, such cool cars, I'd love one!😎

[@talltorrac]

They are a combination of a golf suspension on a Jetta frame I think. Awesome handling for an FWD car, only time I felt it ever understeer was in a corner over a icy manhole cover - literally hopped sideways a half meter!

[@jaydenhood]

You just made me cry😢

[@greengrass9572]

Er, if you can find one.

[@jackshotton9222]

I’d rather a DC2 Integra.

[@jamiegarvey9471]

205 GTI say no more

[@crazycrazy2246]

Upload more vids 👍🏼

[@DionLewiis]

4:3 in 2019 🤔

[@No.Handle31]

My dad had one it was great. And it was just like that I miss that car. And what’s funny he bought it from a priest.

[@kenrossaukrsa]

Sorry but Fiat Uno Turbo 1.4 was the best hot hatch of the 90s, I beat Vtecs by many lampposts , Opel 16v, BMW 325i E36,E30, 328i, VR6 was a joke , Gti16v was much slower and a Calibra Turbo, it was standard then I added a bigger turbo and Injectors and ate a 930 turbo and a M3 E36 for supper

[@ciartdsfa4899]

The vr6 those cars beat must have needed a coil pack hahaha! I bought my first vr6 in June 2000 and haven't owned anything else but vr6s since. The only E36 passing a vr6 is an m3, trust me others will agree, no E30 either, I found it had no bother staying with any classic Impreza WRX UK spec as my friend Phil had several, only mods to any of my vr6s were suspension, cat back supersprint,(mongoose on current one) 4bar fpr and cda bmc filter. Suspension helps them but they will always be heavyish out front, the corrado vr6 handles better but put the right stuff in the golf and it does handle. That engine noise tho 20yrs on still gives me that same pleasure so when the rust claims this one I'll probs buy another! Great daily driver for such an old car now, Uno turbos flew with a wee bit of tinkering back in the day, knew few guys with them and they giant slayed on the regular haha!

[@ciartdsfa4899]

Anything with over 180bhp was fast back then lol look at it now f all under 250bhp hahaha 😂

[@kenrossaukrsa]

ciar tdsfa I had a Jetta VR6 , I k ow what you mean by the sound , mine had a kn cone filter and my friends just wanted a ride in it lots just to hear that sound when I opened the taps . I raced my friend in his M3 E36 and whilst I was changing to 3rd , he was 10 cars ahead of me lol .A few years later I had a 328i E36 for a while and that was definately faster 3rd gear it pulled hard, I respect you for still owning one, in the uk with tax and mot laws it’s tough to own a old car

[@ciartdsfa4899]

@@kenrossaukrsa E36 328i are lovely cars too but standing starts rolling starts etc the vr6 was just quicker and that was with at least four other 328s friends owned, one friend in particular tortured me to go out with whatever he arrived at my door in and he bought all sorts so there's been extensive research carried out haha Fast Phil RIP😎 he's basically why I put this channel up to host videos he was in so when his kid grows up he can see what antics his dad got up to in the cars, if your Jetta is 24v V6 like the golf and Bora 4motions we get in UK the 12v vr6 golf will be a tiny bit quicker too, nothing much but just the car in front, the weight of the 4x4 is the difference. Tax is £315 I think for my vr6 unless it's went up haha 🤣

[@ciartdsfa4899]

It's just had it's mot prep started 🤞 bit of welding underneath on 28th then test 🤞🤔🤣 it's all about the classics M8 🤣🤣🤣

[@BMW335]

Underated my ass they are all i hear about

[@benfitzgerald1907]

306 gti6 was miles better to drive and as quick in a straight line. On a nice B road the vr6 wouldn't touch the 306 gti not even close. 306 the best hot hatch of the 90s.

[@jonathankay8674]

Hhahahahahhahahahah

[@bign3ck]

The corrado vr6 2.9 was just better, but that was a coupe

[@elliotjackson7515]

Yeah, this video didn't really deliver. Well put together but seems to be completely ad libbed the whole way through script wise! Doesn't give any testament to what a gem that car is/was.

[@krisrudecki9477]

A3 3.2 is better in every way and possibly even more underrated

[@M_S-pf3bt]

Kris Rudecki bollocks... 2.8 12v and 24v are much better than 3.2s in reliability 12v driven right can pull on them

[@krisrudecki9477]

@@M_S-pf3bt A3 3.2 has 50% more power, 4 wheel drive as standard, 6s 0-60, 6 speed manual, it's one of the most reliable VAG motors, plus it's an Audi so interior and finish is better. It's better in EVERY way ;) and sounds lush :P

[@markfox1545]

Kris Rudecki - it's not possible to underrate an Audi; they're shit. Style over substance. You like them? Then you're a fuckwit. Enjoy.

[@colsinclair7793]

Nice engine tho shit looking car

[@lafingas555]

You had to edit this?

[@aircoolednation423]

thats why its a sleeper. thats what makes this thing so cool

[@williambelcher8637]

I'm no film maker but 4:3 and faux film burn?! Logo trying desperately hard to imitate Netflix? That's a thumb down from me 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@user-oe5sg5mc8m]

William Belcher its not a patent for the design of wording

[@carlinreeve6535]

Rover 200 brm or vi was so much better

[@novarkngood2618]

Very lame clip.

[@alistairupton1960]

If anything, it’s the most overrated hatch, by a long margin 🤦‍♂️

[@ady-bdavid1173]

Honda civic ek hatch is much better 90's hot hatch

[@chrisjstewart72]

Boring

[@donaldduck3843]

Then don’t watch it

[@chocobloco214]

What a terrible choice the best is the ek9 it makes 185bhp from a 1.6 vtec the 2.8 vr6 only makes 177bhp which is pathetic im sorry but you couldnt have picked a worst car even the fiat punto gt turbo is a better car

[@adamdar5121]

stealth choppa there is NOTHING in the 90s that sounded as good as the vr6. The civic had an extra 8hp boohoooo. How can u compare a cheap nasty civic to refined German engineering ???? Like I said the vr6 had the most amazing sound for that era period !!!

[@chocobloco214]

@@adamdar5121 honda make higher quality engines and cars than vw my 95 civic has 270k miles on it and still runs fine you clearly know nothing about cars i had an mk3 golf cab 1.8 recently that i sold i can tell you from life expeirence that car was was a pile of shit never ever again would i own one

[@chocobloco214]

@@adamdar5121 oh and the 2jz sounds much better than the vr6 and so does the h22

[@chocobloco214]

@@adamdar5121 heres a link to my 1995 non turbo 1.5 civic smoking a audi a3 1.8 turbo how much proof do you need ??

[@chocobloco214]

@@adamdar5121 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmSvZ3mEiKaLo9k