Top 5 car used 16-cylinder engines

 


Before the advent Bugatti Veyron, several other models such as the Cadillac V-16 Rolls-Royce 100EX ... also have used 16-cylinder engines.When it comes to this engine, maybe many people just think of Bugatti Veyron supercar cult, because this is the only car on the market today use a 16-cylinder engine. However, that is absolutely not true, because before Bugatti, many other manufacturers have produced models using this engine, before replaced by a V12 or V8 engine.
Bugatti Veyron

  

Bugatti Veyron is probably the first name out of the car lovers to talk about 16-cylinder engine. Veyron 16.4 supercar along with his other brothers, including Grand Sport, Super Sport, Grand Sport Vitesse, is the contemporary supercar ownership power "crisis" was born from the W16 engine block.

 

                                                W16 engine developed by Volkswagen.

In fact, you start to develop the Veyron supercar, Bugatti has tried to equip the engine with 18 cylinders. However, the process of research and development, Bugatti has removed two cylinders and two turbochargers used to help power the car can reach a maximum capacity of 1,000 horsepower. This engine block has a capacity cylinder is 8.0 liters, but the 64 valves used to boost performance of the engine.
Cadillac V-16

In the past, Cadillac has also produced the 16-cylinder engine in 1930, with the introduction of the Cadillac V-16 model. Cadillac engines are manufactured with a number just about 4,000 in 11 years. After more than 60 years, Cadillac once again bring this up engine technology Sixteen concept.

Other than the engine of the Veyron, 16-cylinder engine of the car with a capacity of 13.6 liters, naturally aspirated, with 32 valves, actuators through the following 4-speed automatic gearbox.
Rolls-Royce 100 EX.

When BMW bought Rolls-Royce, a lot of people hope this brand will become a "powerful forces", the 100EX models. This model is equipped with V16 engine capacity of 9.0 liter engine developed for the BMW 7-Series cars.

However, later removed BMW 16-cylinder engine and engine using 6.75 liter V12 super car to the Phantom. According to some sources, the next time, Rolls-Royce will restore type 16-cylinder engine, used on a convertible model of its completely new.
Cizeta V16T

Before Cadillac, Rolls-Royce and Bugatti came up with the idea of ​​using 16-cylinder engine, has created a Cizeta supercar using this engine. The cooperation of Ferrari, Lamborghini and a record label has released Cizeta V16T supercar engine is used for the development of Lamborghini Diablo supercar. Block 16-cylinder engine is a combination of the two block V8 engine capacity of 6.0 liters, delivering 540 horsepower capacity.
From 1991 to 1995, Cizeta produced 11 cars and sold for $ 300,000, a price too "harsh" at that time.
Type C

Although the history of the world's automotive industry with many models use 16-cylinder engine, but the most influential and earliest, is Type C, Auto Union racing cars by manufacturer.
Auto Union, Audi was the forerunner of today's V16 engine used for Type C racing car, before the advent of the current Formula 1 racing. With this model, Auto Union had repeatedly beat racing cars from Mercedes-Benz.Currently, only a Type C right exists, after Audi restore it in 1979.