Not often does an engine become more famous than the car it powers, but Bugatti's W16 engine is the exception. Sure, the Bugatti Veyron is an iconic car, as it marked the start of the modern hypercar ...

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, ...

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 ...

First introduced in concept form in 2000, Bugatti's W16 engine entered production in the Veyron hypercar in 2005, changing the landscape of performance as we know it forever. Essentially two ...

When Bugatti introduced its W16 engine in its Veyron supercar in 2005, it was the most powerful production car ever, and the first to crack the mythical four-figure horsepower barrier. 1,001 metric ...

Unveiled at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, the one-of-a-kind La Voiture Noire is perhaps one of Bugatti's most expensive cars, with a staggering price tag of around $18.7 million. The supercar is a ...

“What if Bugatti built a radically light vehicle around its iconic 8.0-liter W16 engine?” This is a question that was on every car fanatic’s mind since the Veyron was released, fifteen years ago. Well ...

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 ...

Bugatti showed its final internal combustion engined car at “The Quail: a Motorsport Gathering” in Monterey today, dubbing it the W16 Mistral, and announcing that the entire production run of 99 ...

It’s time to say goodbye to Bugatti’s mighty W16 engine. First introduced with the era-defining Veyron in 2005, the W16 went on to power every version of Veyron and its Chiron successor, including the ...

Ryan de Villiers is a budding automotive journalist based in South Africa and serving as one of the newest additions to the CarBuzz team. He immediately pursued a career in journalism after finishing ...