CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other uses, see V5 . This article does not cite any references or sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2007) The V5 engine is a V form engine with five cylinders . Volkswagen Group [ edit ] Volkswagen introduced the first "V5" engine, though this engine is actually a narrow-angle VR5 (i.e., an inline-Vee with a common head). The engine is derived from the VR6 , and is thus a staggered 5 with three cylinders on one bank and two on the other. Volkswagen's VR5 is a 2.3 litre gasoline engine descending directly from the older VR6 from which VW removed a cylinder, creating the first block to use five cylinders in a V design. The first version, with 2.3 L capacity, was cap...