The BUGATTI W16 Engine - The Last of Its Kind

BUGATTI’s 8.0-liter W16 engine has reigned over the world of internal combustion for nearly two decades. It has powered the brand's hyper sports cars into the history books as the only 16-cylinder aggregate in the world.

As a unique masterpiece of engineering and long since an icon, the 8.0-liter W16 made its debut in the 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.

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[adityachampawat]

This Engine is a MASTERPIECE!!! It will always be remembered!

[Dadusak]

In 50 years we will look back at this and think "what a masterpiece"

[pissphungus]

“don’t be sad that it’s over, be glad that it happened”. this engine will forever leave its mark on automotive history. built to absolute perfection.

[later]

Makes me sad, seeing this masterpiece go to the Historybooks. It will never be forgotten 😁👍🏻

[SKOMPAS]

Imagine telling the man who first invented the VR6 for Volkswagen that down the road this is what it would become! Madness

[Greippi]

I feel like this engine and the Veyron had a big role in igniting a new age in hypercars by pushing the envelope. The last hurrah of the internal combustion engine!

[Grenadeo]

the w16 made speed records for all of time, and it’s sad that it’s going to be gone. its not just an engineering masterpiece, it’s also a work of beautiful art to be remembered for the ages like the lamborghini v12, just, different. perhaps better.

[litamtondy]

I love how Bugatti is, at the same time, one of the most classical and one of the most futuristic carmakers in the world.

[MrD]

It’s so crazy to me how enormous that engine is.

[theblueking]

The W16 engine is not just another part of the car. It is the heart of the car.

[Jushwa]

I remember I was in the dealer once for the delivery of a white Chiron and hearing the startup of that thing inside of the building…. The presence of that engine is unmatched just at idle. You’ll never get anything like this with an electric. I will miss this engine dearly.

[budja]

An absolute monster of an engine. What a joy to say “8 litre quad turbo 16 cylinder engine”

[discoverlight]

Legends never die. It’ll be a engineering master piece for decades to come and to remember how amazing this years were.

[MB_fan]

Bugatti is the definition of finding the limits, pushing it further, finding the new limits, and never stopping. Incredible.

[hellbat]

This beast of engine will live forever.... 👑👑 What a Monster 👑

[HonJazzz]

The sound of these engines will never be forgotten

[identiticrisis]

The "W16" engine is unique amongst VW Group's family of VR and W concept engines. This is because if you remove every other cylinder, i.e. the "staggered" ones, it still runs perfectly smoothly.

That's because each staggered half of the engine is its own self-contained 90° V8, which is the real genius of its conception. It's arguably the culmination of the concept, and a real innovation compared with the other engines in the family.

It is for certain a very elegant and deceptively simple solution that saved them a lot of difficulty in designing a true staggered cylinder V16. In that respect it is far simpler than the "W12" even, despite it starting from an already familiar basis in the VR6.

[SteveJones-fojs]

This is where pure engineering borns
Hats off to all engineers who committed to build this masterpiece

[cosmiccosmoo]

Look how big it is on comparison with the employee. Sad to see the w16 go, the Mistral is the right car to immortalize it.

[SKNMI]

Never have I seen such beautiful engineering in a car before.
This is what 100% completion looks like.