This may be true for VW's proprietary nomenclature but for motor vehicles,
construction and industrial equipment the accepted standard is that the rear
of the engine is always where the flywheel is. After all, we are talking
about the engine not specific make of car. Don't start confusing me now!

Entity Joel Walker spoke thus:
>
> nope. in all volkswagens, front is the front of the car!!!! left is
> the driver's side, as you stand at the rear of the car/bus, looking
> forward.
>
> that's the way it's been since the 1950's, when vw started coming over
> here, and they never changed it as long as they had rear-engined cars.
> i don't know what they do now, with the engines up front and
> crossways, but ALL the rear-engined cars were the same.

>
>> NO! I disagree!
>> The front of the engine is ALWAYS the end with the pulley and the
> rear is
>> ALWAYS the flywheel regardless of the way it is mounted in the
> vehicle.
>> This is to ease communication about firing orders, head bolt
> sequences, etc.
>> In my VANAGON the front of the engine is the rear of the vehicle
> since it is
>> mounted backasswards in there. But I adhere to the standards of the
>> automotive community when I call the rearmost cylinder #1.
>