Volkswagen EA827 engine

The Volkswagen EA827 is a family of water-cooled petrol engines of four to eight cylinders that was initially developed by Audi under Ludwig Kraus and introduced with the B1-series Audi 80 in 1972. It went on to power many Volkswagen Group models, with later derivatives still in production into the 2010s, and in Brazil it was built as the Volkswagen AP, for Alta Performance. One defining feature was that all the auxiliaries were driven from an intermediate shaft off the timing belt. A range of diesel engines shared its 88 millimetre cylinder spacing, and an evolution called the EA113 appeared in 1995 and gradually replaced it. The 1.7 litre version was also used in the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon from 1978 until 1983, and displacements in the article run from 1.3 litres upwards.