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The W16 hypercars

Sixteen cylinders in four banks of four, arranged as two narrow-angle V8s sharing a crankshaft. It exists because Bugatti wanted sixteen cylinders in a car short enough to handle, and no other manufacturer has ever put one into production.

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15 cars here use this architecture. The most powerful is the Bugatti Bolide at 1,825 hp.

Every W16 here, by power