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Volkswagen Group W-12 engine as fitted in the Phaeton W12 Volkswagen Concept D at IAA 1999 in Frankfurt. The Volkswagen Phaeton ( / ˈ f eɪ t ən / FAY-tən) (Typ 3D) is a full-size sedan/saloon [4] manufactured by the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen, described by Volkswagen as their "premium class" vehicle.
Other cars to use the W12 engine are the 2005-present Bentley Continental Flying Spur, [5] [6] 2015–present, 2004-2011 Volkswagen Phaeton W12 [7] and the 2005-2010 Volkswagen Touareg W12. The engine was also used in the 2006 Spyker C12 La Turbie and 2008 Spyker C12 Zagato low-volume sports cars.
vw-m.de. Volkswagen AG. April 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011 "TDI 100-5 - technical data". vw-m.de. Volkswagen AG. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011 "TDI 120-5 - technical data". vw-m.de. Volkswagen AG. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011
The first application of the Volkswagen WR12 was the 2001 Volkswagen W12 Nardò, a mid-engined concept car which set the 24‑hour world endurance record in 2001 with a distance of 7,085.7 kilometres (4,402.8 mi) and an average speed of 295 km/h (183 mph). The first production car to use the WR12 engine was the 2001 Audi A8 (D2). [4]
The Maserati Biturbo was an executive grand tourer that was to compete mainly with the BMW 3 series, but earned a negative reception for its new twin-turbocharged engine, which led to unpredictable power delivery through its turbo lag, and its numerous reliability problems.
Wards 10 Best Engines is an annual list of the ten "best" automobile engines available in the U.S. market, that are selected by Wards AutoWorld magazine. The list was started in 1994 for model year 1995, and has been drawn every year since then, published at the end of the preceding year.
Volkswagen has only built a single W8 engine, for the 2001–2004 Passat. It was a test bed for the W engine technology, which made it into the W12 (listed below), and the W16, as used in the 406 km/h (252 mph) Bugatti Veyron EB16.4. ID code- BDP 4.0-litre W8, 202 kW (275 PS; 271 hp) — 2001–2004 Volkswagen Passat B5 W8
A W8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine with four banks of two cylinders each, arranged in a W configuration.. In practice, the W8 engine is created from two narrow-angle (15 degree) VR4 engines mounted at an angle of 72 degrees from each other on a common crankshaft.