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.

However, a V16 in the 1930 Series 452 ranks as one of Cadillac's most ambitious and iconic engines. The W16 engine's roots go back to a 1916 rotary valve W16 design credited to Gaston Mougeotte of ...

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.

There are plenty of gargantuan engines in production these days. The Chevrolet ZZ632/1000 comes to mind, a big-block V8 that puts out 1,004 ponies and costs more than a new Silverado 1500. Be that ...

Bugatti's W16 displaced a whopping 8.0 liters, making it one of the largest contemporary production engines sold in the U.S., but size alone wasn't enough to push the Veyron to a 250 mph top speed.

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'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 ...

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 ...

Read More: $5M Bugatti W16 Mistral Roadster Gets Chiron Super Sport 300+’s 1,578 HP Engine, Is Limited To 99 Units “It offers opportunities,” Anscheidt said. “There are opportunities to ...

Bugatti's 8.0-litre quad-turbocharged W16 engine – comprised of two 'narrow-angle' V8 engines (known as VR8s), arranged at a 90-degree angle – debuted in the Veyron in 2005, and has come to ...