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 ...

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 ...

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Twenty years ago, the automotive industry was operating under a specific set of assumed limitations. There were supercars, certainly—machines designed to turn heads, go fast, and generally make a ...

After 20 years, the Bugatti Veyron has proven to be more than a vanity project for Ferdinand Piech. More than a technological moonshot for Volkswagen Group. It’s even more than a six-figure ego ...

If you can’t bear to bide the short few weeks until Bugatti is set to unveil its next hypercar, you’re in luck. A striking example of one of its earlier models is about to go up for grabs. RM ...