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 ...

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'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 ...

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 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.

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.