[Danman1116]

Don't know if anyone can confirm this, I'm sure Rumors or 9000 can help me out here if they know...but I've heard that the VW is going from a V6 to W12 in the future and its gonna have like 6 cams or something like that? Heard that from a car geek that I know but I really didn't ask much about it

 

[Esper]

i think the W12 is for the audi line, not the vw line.

 

[rumorsHG]

that's all i know about it

from edmunds.com

"Most important to either car is the mid-mounted W12 engine. "W" refers to Volkswagen's new family of engines. How do you make a W12? Take two narrow-angle four-valve V6 engines and configure them at an angle of 72 degrees apart from one another with a shared crankshaft. This layout could be described as a "V-V" arrangement, or a "W." .The same engine layout is used in the European-market Audi A8 W12, with four fewer cylinders in the 2002 Passat W8 and with 16 cylinders in the upcoming Bugatti EB Veyron."

 

[rumorsHG]

9K, any ideas?

 

[Danman1116]

just htink its kinda funny that VW goes from a V type engine to a W engine Get it? VW

 

[rumorsHG]

just htink its kinda funny that VW goes from a V type engine to a W engine Get it? VW

no.....

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!"

 

[Danman1116]

 

[Hoe-dar]

I'm pretty sure VW was bringing the Phaeton over here. You're right about all those bird eye views, except the W16 is two v8's joined, not w8's. I think VW's got balls for breaking the mold with all these new engines. The reason they use these configurations is because it allows them to fit more cylinders into a shorter engine bay. A v8 couldn't fit in a passat's short engine bay, but the w8 can.

 

[Danman1116]

Man VW's are gonna start givin ricers a run for their money