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Bugatti 8.0-liter W16 Engine – The World’s Only 16-cylinder Engine – The Last Of Its Kind
Bugatti’s unique 8.0-liter W16 engine – the only 16-cylinder engine in the world – the last of its kind.
Debuting in the Veyron 16.4 in 2005, W16 powered Chiron Super Sport 300+ to break the 300 mph barrier in 2019.
Bugatti’s W16 engine has sixteen-cylinder piston engine with four banks of four cylinders in a W configuration.
It has powered the Veyron, Chiron and all its variants, 16C Galibier, Divo, Centodieci and the Vision Gran Turismo.
The most powerful version of this W16 engine was installed in the Bugatti Bolide, generating a 1,361 1,825-hp at 7,000 rpm.
The Bugatti’s 8.0-liter W16 engine has reigned over the world of internal combustion for nearly two decades, powering the brand’s hyper sports cars into the history books as the only 16-cylinder aggregate in the world.
The idea first arose in 1997 when legendary VW Group boss and engineer Ferdinand Piëch drew an 18-cylinder engine on an envelope while travelling on the “Shinkansen” bullet-train between Tokyo and Nagoya in Japan.
The unique masterpiece of engineering first made its debut in the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 in 2005, before culminating in the Chiron Super Sport 300+, breaking the 300 mph barrier at exactly 304.773 mph (490.484 km/h) in 2019.
Weighing about 961 pounds (436 kg), Bugatti’s W16 engine has sixteen-cylinder piston engine with four banks of four cylinders in a W configuration. It has a displacement of 8.0 L (488 cu in) and four turbochargers.
Since 2005, this engine has powered the Bugatti Veyron, Chiron and all its variants, 16C Galibier (concept car), Divo, Centodieci and the Vision Gran Turismo (concept vehicle).
The most powerful version of this W16 engine was installed in the $4.6 million Bugatti Bolide, generating a 1,361 kW (1,825 horsepower or 1,850 PS) at 7,000 rpm. Bolide is Bugatti’s answer to Mercedes-AMG One and Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercars.
