BMW began production of the second-generation BMW 7 Series in 1986, internally referred to as the BMW E32. Compared to the ...

Even the engine's base form is confusing with common designations like V-Twin, inline-four, straight-six, V6, and V8. Throw in V16 and the weirder-sounding W16 and it almost becomes a foreign ...

The team at Garage 54, the Russian mechanics who built a V16 using chainsaw engines, tested this theory by doubling the compression ratio of an old Lada Samara four-cylinder to see what it can ...

On the newer vehicle, the four-and-four arrangement is a nod to the two banks of eight cylinders that form the V16 engine. It's extreme, is usually something only Lamborghini or Pimp My Ride would ...

But just imagine the noise from the V16 engine powering through all those pipes at high revs. On the subject of power, as you’d expect from Bugatti, this is very much packing. Under the hood is ...

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with the cam drivers in the centre of the engine to create a single 1487cc V16. Rolls-Royce was commissioned to design a two-stage centrifugal supercharger in a similar vein to the one fitted to ...

Keep reading… A 1775bhp plug-in hybrid with three e-motors and a Cosworth-developed, 8.3-litre V16 engine with precisely no turbochargers, it is faster, smarter and prettier than the outgoing ...