While many other automakers use electric powertrains to make their ridiculously powerful cars go fast, the Bugatti Chiron is still powered by a good, old-fashioned, gasoline-fueled 8.0-liter W16.

Every Bugatti built in the past 20 years has had a few things in common: they’ve all been eye-wateringly expensive, mind-bogglingly fast, and powered by a massive W16 engine at the rear. Now, as ...

Bugatti sent off the quad-turbocharged W16 engine that has powered all of its 21st-century models with a limited-edition, 1,600-horsepower roadster named Mistral.Rumors about what could power its ...

This time around, it is also pretty clear that a first-generation (NA) Mazda MX-5 Miata (1989-1997) is not necessarily on par with the humongous quad-turbocharged W16 engine made by Volkswagen ...

Horsepower ratings for the 8.0-liter W16 Bugatti Chiron come in at 1,500 PS (1479 horsepower), a 50-percent increase over the original Veyron 16.4 W16 rating. The new engine also produced 1,600 nm ...

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 2005, Bugatti shocked the world with the Veyron’s quad-turbo W16 engine. It was unlike anything anyone had seen in a production car before and gave the Veyron 1,001 PS (987 horsepower).

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.

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 W16 and V16 engines both have 16 cylinders, but they are very different engines. ... The W16 engine's roots go back to a 1916 rotary valve W16 design credited to Gaston Mougeotte of France.

The W16 Mistral makes up for lost time as a two-seat roadster with a removable roof panel and a rakish silhouette, with its creation driven by "enormous demand" from Bugatti's customers.

Bugatti says its current quad-turbo W16 engine is last one Let's face it, 16 cylinders is a lot of cylinders. I know it, you know it and Bugatti definitely knows it. Despite only making two(ish ...