TIFO the Cizetta V16 was transverse mount.I would simply mount it transversely.
With a longitudinal ZF 5DS-25/2, the same gearbox used in Panteras, Boras, and M1s. It was basically two V8s with two separate crankshafts in a common crankcase but it had two heads with a total of eight camshafts driven centrally. Fascinating things.TIFO the Cizetta V16 was transverse mount.
The most contemporary example is the new Revuelto which has the exact same layout, engine, 3 motors, AWD. Lambo isn't putting the transmission in front of the engine anymore, it's behind now. Two motors at the front, one motor in the transmission, bettery pack between the seats. The only reason the Lambo transmission used to be forward was to help with mechanical AWD packaging but hybrids make that a thing of the past.With a longitudinal ZF 5DS-25/2, the same gearbox used in Panteras, Boras, and M1s. It was basically two V8s with two separate crankshafts in a common crankcase but it had two heads with a total of eight camshafts driven centrally. Fascinating things.
I should say I don't expect the Bugatti V16 to be transverse. I think its configuration will be most like a Lamborghini's with the gearbox ahead of the engine and a shaft running through the length of the engine case to the rear diff. The differential centerline may sit aft of the hub centerline, like a Mondial T, which would give it a few inches of leeway. While I'm certain the V16 is longer than the outgoing W16, I don't expect the difference to be huge given what VAG does with packaging of its V8s and V10s.
Don't have a source, but allegedly its 8.3L, N/A, and makes 1,000hp.The most contemporary example is the new Revuelto which has the exact same layout, engine, 3 motors, AWD. Lambo isn't putting the transmission in front of the engine anymore, it's behind now. Two motors at the front, one motor in the transmission, bettery pack between the seats. The only reason the Lambo transmission used to be forward was to help with mechanical AWD packaging but hybrids make that a thing of the past.
So we've got a long-ass V16 in the behind the driver, a transmission and motor right over top/behind the rear axle, a battery pack between the seats, and two motors and other electrical hardware at the front.
Also, is this V16 non-turbo? It sounds naturally aspirated.
Auto Motor und Sport reported this, which was also pretty much confirmed by the guy that leaked one of the photos.Don't have a source, but allegedly its 8.3L, N/A, and makes 1,000hp.
Even though Cosworth is a world-famous, extremely successful engineering company, Bugatti working with Cosworth takes the shine off this a little bit. It just does and I know I'll be in the wrong, in the minority about it.
- 8.3L 90° NA V16 developed together with Cosworth
Outside of a few OEMs (Ferrari, Porsche, Honda?) who wouldn't build an engine for Bugatti anyways, I'm not sure who else you could turn to to build a halo engine like this. Maybe a company like Yamaha could do it, but I don't think they're any more shiny than Cosworth - probably less so. Also, the Veyron/Chiron engine wasn't really special - it was essentially a VAG parts bin special, which is to say I don't think VAG could or would build a completely bespoke engine in-house. Cosworth is probably the best non-OEM engine builder in the world.Even though Cosworth is a world-famous, extremely successful engineering company, Bugatti working with Cosworth takes the shine off this a little bit. It just does and I know I'll be in the wrong, in the minority about it.
This would see the McLaren's NA record finally beaten.
Busted link, it must have been deleted. Any other source?
That's too baroque!New Bugatti V16 Hypercar's Instrument Panel Leaked? | Carscoops
The Venn diagram of watch guys and car guys is pretty much a circle, so it makes sense that Bugatti has turned to the world of horology for inspirationwww.carscoops.com
Not a fan of the new gauge cluster/instrument panel; it reminds me of a Pagani. Those Bugatti watches are a few hundred thousand which is absurd.So many watch makers partnering with manufacturers to produce these ungodly expensive skeleton-watches, I guess it was only a matter of time before the opposite was done for an ungodly expensive car's gauge cluster.