Most automotive enthusiasts are familiar with Volkswagen’s long-lived VR6 engine. It is a 6-cylinder engine with fifteen degree offset cylinder bores so that it is more compact than a ...

This test mule's 10-cylinder engine was created by connecting two narrow-angle V5 engines in the same way VW did with the Passat's W8 and the Phaeton's W12.

Developed in the 1990s, Volkswagen's five-cylinder vee engine is an offshoot of the narrow-angle VR6, with a mere 15 degree angle bringing the cylinders close enough that they can share a single head.