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A V16 engine is a sixteen-cylinder piston engine where two banks of eight cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft. V16 engines are less common than engines with fewer cylinders, such as V8 and V12 engines. Each bank of a V16 engine can be thought of as a straight-eight, a design that can be inherently balanced ...
The second generation of V16 was known as the Series 90, as was the 1938-1940 Series 90 cars that used them. A sidevalve design, it used an unusually wide vee-angle of 135°, giving a wide but much lower engine to suit the ever-lowering automobile styling. The two carburetors, one on each bank, and air cleaners were mounted on top of the engine ...
The Cadillac V-16 (also known as the Cadillac Sixteen) was Cadillac's top-of-the-line model from its January 1930 launch until 1940. The V16 powered car was a first in the United States, both extremely expensive and exclusive, with every chassis being custom-finished to order.
Kicking off a new era for Bugatti, the Tourbillon takes Rimac's EV know-how and pairs it with a naturally aspirated V-16 developed with Cosworth.
The Devel Sixteen is a mid-engine track-only sports car designed in the United Arab Emirates by Devel Motors.Devel Motors claims the V16 quad-turbo version of the car to be the fastest car in the world, with a claimed top speed of 348 mph (560 km/h) and a claimed 0–60 mph time of 1.8 seconds; its announced base version price is $1.7 million.
Now, Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac has shared what four-digit power from a V-16 getting by with some friends sounds like in the real world. Rimac's video appears to show a camouflaged Tourbillon ...
The Cizeta-Moroder V16T, now simply known as the Cizeta V16T, is an Italian-American sports car (built from 1991 to 1995 in Modena, Italy and from 1999 to 2003 in Fountain Valley, California) developed by automotive engineer Claudio Zampolli in a joint venture with music composer Giorgio Moroder and designed by Marcello Gandini. [5]
Of course, in reality, it was not quite as simple as it looked on paper but this was the avenue pursued by Maserati. The new engine/car was dubbed the Tipo V4 in reference to the V16 engine and four-litre displacement. In order for the two engines to be fitted side-by-side with a central intake the head on the right side bank was reversed.