Downsizing...
...the letters in the engine type
Downsizing...
...the letters in the engine type
Downsizing...
...the letters in the engine type
This is a good point. Hard for me to see the car it goes in remaining midship like the Veyron/Chiron. Even V12 midship cars are pushing the limit in terms of packaging and start to really compromise the cabin because to maintain a somewhat reasonable wheelbase, the driver has to be crunched up near the front wheels, often leading to problems like footwell intrusion by the front wheels. The center driving position (Mclaren F1) gets around this, but I doubt Bugatti would go for that. Maybe they are planning to cleverly package the gearbox so that the axle centerline is midway through the sump, something like BMWs Xdrive or the many others that do this now. Knowing Bugatti, it will very likely be AWD, so maybe they've flipped the drivetrain so the gearbox is in front of the engine with a transfer case taking the power back to the rear wheels. Or knowing Rimac, maybe the engine is just a generator? That would be a bit of a shame, but who knows.
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.
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.
Auto Motor und Sport reported this, which was also pretty much confirmed by the guy that leaked one of the photos.
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.
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.
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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 inspiration
So in for GT7 1.49 update
Would be more than fine seeing a few other models first, like the classic Type 37, the Type 57SC, the EB110, and/or the Bolide.
