Volkswagen's first-ever model was the Beetle ... whereas the other gas-powered EA827 came as a 1.5-, 1.6- or 1.8-liter inline-four. And lastly, the diesel version of the EA287 had a displacement ...

For the uninitiated, the G60 engine was an inline-four-cylinder gasoline engine loosely based on Volkswagen's EA827 engine series, but developed from a much smaller engine called the G40.

In VW’s mind the mechanical starting point for the A59 was the four-wheel-drive Syncro version of the regular Mark 3, fitted with a 20-valve evolution of the supercharged EA827 four cylinder ...