Even the engine's base form is confusing with common designations like V-Twin, inline-four, straight-six, V6, and V8. Throw in V16 and the weirder-sounding W16 and it almost becomes a foreign ...

First introduced in concept form in 2000, Bugatti's W16 engine entered production in the Veyron hypercar in 2005, changing the landscape of performance as we know it forever. Essentially two ...

There are plenty of gargantuan engines in production these ... Although it sported a 6.3-liter W18 rather than the 8.0-liter W16, the Volkswagen Group knew that 18 cylinders are way too many.

As the end of the Chiron’s production run nears, Bugatti is taking a look back at the W16 engine that has powered its cars since it returned to the scene nearly 20 years ago. The engine is ...

The Chiron Super Sport’s W16 engine—which is currently the only 16-cylinder powertrain in a car—does the work of moving this automotive cathedral on wheels from place to place. First seen in ...

When Bugatti introduced its W16 engine in its Veyron supercar in 2005, it was the most powerful production car ever, and the first to crack the mythical four-figure horsepower barrier.

Bugatti’s mighty W16 engine will retire in the coming years, but it’s not sailing off into the sunset quietly. It will power one final street-legal car: a roadster named Mistral that stands ...

The new V16 engine will measure nearly 40 inches in length, which is longer than the iconic W16 engine. The engine will be hybrid and exceed 1,000 horsepower, promising a unique and lavish ...

That $3 million, 1,800-horsepower car reached a speed of 265.6 miles an hour in 2016 ... the last model to have Bugatti’s famous W16 16-cylinder engine. Mate Rimac, CEO of Bugatti-Rimac ...