Bugatti sent of the W16 with a bang. Leno gets behind the wheel of the 1,600-horsepower legend, and takes us with him.

The Thrill of Speed in Formula One Driving fast has always carried a sense of freedom and excitement. The wind rushes pa ...

New cars typically have a handful of miles on them when they reach the dealership, like from driving off the factory lot onto ...

Jay Leno drives the Bugatti Mistral, the French firm's way of saying goodbye to the gargantuan quad-turbocharged W16 engine ...

The W16 Mistral makes up for lost time as a two-seat roadster with a removable roof panel and a rakish silhouette, with its creation driven by "enormous demand" from Bugatti's customers.

Another difference between W16 and V16 engines is that the W is no longer in production while the V lives on. In recent years automakers other than Bugatti, both would-be and established, have ...

Bugatti will only build 99 examples of the W16 Mistral—each priced at 5 million euros, or $5 million—and all of them have already been sold out. Deliveries are set to start next year.

Bugatti’s mighty W16 engine will retire in the coming years, but it’s not sailing off into the sunset quietly. It will power one final street-legal car: a roadster named Mistral that stands ...

In 2005, Bugatti shocked the world with the Veyron’s quad-turbo W16 engine. It was unlike anything anyone had seen in a production car before and gave the Veyron 1,001 PS (987 horsepower).

The Chiron Super Sport’s W16 engine—which is currently the only 16-cylinder powertrain in a car—does the work of moving this automotive cathedral on wheels from place to place.

As the end of the Chiron’s production run nears, Bugatti is taking a look back at the W16 engine that has powered its cars since it returned to the scene nearly 20 years ago. The engine is ...

The Bugatti W16 engine, made by VW, is a marvel of engineering and will be replaced by a new combustion engine for the Chiron's hybrid successor.