{"id":2408,"date":"2024-03-15T15:54:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T16:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eoffer.us\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2024-03-18T11:48:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T11:48:29","slug":"bugatti-has-the-perfect-opportunity-to-bring-back-the-straight-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eoffer.us\/index.php\/2024\/03\/15\/bugatti-has-the-perfect-opportunity-to-bring-back-the-straight-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugatti Has The Perfect Opportunity To Bring Back The Straight-Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bugatti<\/a>\u00a0will unleash the first production\u00a0V-16 engine<\/a>\u00a0since the pre-war era, it claims, powering a hypercar set for imminent unveiling. Besides being an impressive number of cylinders, though, a V-16 is functionally just two straight-eights joined at the crank.<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s much more complicated to execute such a simple concept, but the V-16 gives Bugatti an opportunity to reach back in time; it’ll not only build the first V-16 production car in nearly a hundred years, but also the first straight-eight in decades.<\/p>\n

The pre-war Bugatti\u2014not the company we know today\u2014was known for its straight-eight engines. High-revving, small-displacement, and often supercharged, they formed some of the most potent powertrains of the era. It may be difficult to picture what these engines were like if near-exact replicas weren’t still built by a company called Pur Sang. Jay Leno’s shot a few videos wherein he flogs Pur Sang’s wares.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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