Jay Leno takes the wheel of Bugatti's 1,578-hp Mistral, marking the end of the road for the brand's legendary W16 engine.

Automakers today squeeze the most power they can out of small engines. That wasn't the case a century ago. What's the largest ...

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 ...

In 2005, Bugatti shocked the world with the Veyron’s quad-turbo W16 engine. It was unlike anything anyone had seen in a production car before and gave the Veyron 1,001 PS (987 horsepower).

The world's most powerful piston engine is awesomely huge, gulping huge amounts of fuel. And because of changes in shipping, ...

As part of the LEGO Speed Champions collection, a new set will be released dedicated to one of the rarest cars in Bugatti’s ...

The 8.0-liter W16 engine is simply gargantuan and it’s a miracle of design and engineering that it even fits into the current Chiron. While the new engine could technically still be a W16, its ...

Bugatti’s boss might be protective of the W16 engine in the brand’s hypercars but in the case of a potential second model, he appeared open to electrification in a recent interview.

Since then, the engine has been retuned multiple times, with its most recent new appearance being in the track-focused 1500-horsepower Divo. But according to Bugatti's CEO, the W16 isn't long for ...