How many passat w8

But this is something supposed to happen, and such luxury is too unrelatable to regular people like us. That surprise factor is guaranteed to stir up discussions and attract a line of queuing meat lovers. The only question is, how long would that queue be? Big engines aren't uncommon kinds of stuff.

For an automotive giant like the Volkswagen Group, there are loads of those gas-burning machines on the catalogs of the group's huge brand portfolio, even if we put supercars like Porsche, Lambo, or Bugatti's W16 aside. Audi, for instance, can sell you big V8s. The very unusual W8 is actually a distant relative of the Volkswagen big engine family.

A 'W' configuration consists of 4 banks of 2 cylinders. Imagine chopping off two cylinders from the VR6 to form a VR4, then position another VR4 at 72 degrees to the first one, run all the cylinders by a common crankshaft, and there you go.

The Volkswagen W8 was the first commercially produced engine of its kind. In terms of packaging, it was very clever. Thanks to the narrow-angle design, it was compact. The 4-liter unit could be comfortably fitted into the standard B5 Passat platform, which normally accommodated 2.

Volkswagens of this era aren't known for their reliability, and the W8 is especially notorious. One imagines parts availability is limited and mechanics who know how to work on these things are in short supply. But I guess that's the price you pay for weird? And this car deserves to be preserved.

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