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Bugatti pulled it off: The Veyron entered production in 2005 with a quad-turbocharged, 8.0-liter W16 engine rated at 1,000 horsepower and 922 pound-feet of torque.

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.

With four turbochargers stuffing a massive amount of air into the engine, even the base Chiron makes nearly 1,500 horsepower. Time marches on, though, and there’s no room in the future for a W16 ...

That drastic change in engine layout also brings a drastic change in sound. Bugatti’s video gives us a taste of the new V16’s song, higher pitched than the old W16’s and perhaps indicative ...

Bugatti's legendary W16 engine is coming to an end. The one-of-a-kind 2022 Bugatti Chiron Profilée goes to auction this week, and it's likely to sell for a lot.

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 ...

The last-ever roadgoing incarnation of the W16 engine is almost ready to show the world how to get past 260 mph without a roof.

In terms of traditional combustion engines, the Volkswagen Group's W16 is unparalleled. We'll never see anything like it again, and that's a shame.

The W16 and V16 engines both have 16 cylinders, but they are very different engines. Here are the differences between those two engines. Tech. ... The W16 engine layout explained.