W16 engine

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A W16 engine is a sixteen cylinder piston engine in a W configuration. All W16 engines consist of four banks of four cylinders (two juxtaposed V8 engine blocks), coupled to a single crankshaft. This engine was developed by Volkswagen and is used in the Bugatti Veyron.

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