Spark plug NGK or OEM Volkswagen

I just swapped out an original set from 2006 that had exactly 165,050 on them. Car still ran great before the swap.

Spark plugs I put in it 15k miles ago were NGK 7968 Laser Platinum

I'm guessing they have been in there for 175k? NGK for the win.

2015 Passat 1.8L TSI 170,00 miles. De-carboned the combustion chambers and cleaned the spark plugs. Resolved slow response to accelerate. No oil consumption after 3k miles so far.

I decided to try out NGK Ruthenium, and it runs just as good if not better. Ruthenium is much newer technology and is supposed to be able to ignite a larger range of AFR's leading to better throttle response compared to good old iridium.

Ive tried other plugs that are oem spec but not from VW and I like the way the oem plugs work better.

I use NGK BKR6EKPA and NGK PMR7A for my 147 2.0TS

In my '16 sport I use NGK Iridium IX. I've run these in every Honda I've owned since the 90s.

I have a had a couple of NGK spark plugs with very fragile ceramic insulators over the last few years. I suspect like everybody else they are cutting on QC due to that inflation that officially doesn't exist, especially for made in Japan products.

I just changed out my sparks and found out the previous owners put these garbage plugs in it lol replaced with quality Iridium NGKs