The unusual Bugatti W16 engine is a marvelous combination of compact size and prodigious power output. The largest, most complex version of the Volkswagen Group's W8/W12/W16 engine family, the W16 was ...

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 as ...

Bugatti’s W16 engine has defined the modern hypercar era, and its final track-focused evolution arrives as a kind of mechanical curtain call. The brand is using this last, unrestrained circuit weapon ...

For almost 20 years, Bugatti watched every other automaker in the industry gradually downsize and turbocharge their engines. Even the worlds highest-performance sports cars have switched to smaller, ...

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. With ...

The Bugatti Tourbillon is chockful of clever engineering, particularly when it comes to how different parts of the car interact with each other. One of the best examples of this is how the car's ...

The end of an era: The forthcoming Bugatti Bolide is the ultimate (and final) expression of the traditional internal-combustion Bugatti, powered by a mid-mounted 8-liter, quad-supercharged W-16 engine ...