The sound of a VR5 is truly unique, and sounds like no other engine out there. Here is a video of a V5 Golf with a Milltek aftermarket exhaust to really bring out that strange bubbly exhaust note.

So it's not that surprising to find out that there's never been a V5 engine in a production car. Yes, we know all about Volkswagen's VR5 found in autos like the VW Passat, sometimes called a V5.

While some Volkswagen models, most notably the Golf ... the Bora V5, without the "R". Instead of being arranged in a single row as you would expect in a regular inline-five engine, the VR5 ...

Volkswagen's 150 horsepower V5 engine has been substantially revised ... less carbon dioxide and delivers better economy. The new Golf V5 is now available in three and five-door body styles ...

Multivalve technology means the engine revs more freely and smoothly ... Prices for the new Golf V5 170 bhp start at £17,230 for the three door and rise to £17,850 for the five door.

You look at a traditional engine with this type of layout, and it makes perfect sense. And then you look at Volkswagen's V5 engine and it tears apart your brain. Developed in the 1990s ...

In addition to finding a way to solve packaging restraints of front-wheel-drive cars with the VR6, VW dipped its toes in various and curious engine layouts ... dubbed V5. Yet, as with many ...