Bugatti EB218 - Powertrain

Powertrain

The EB218 uses the same W18 engine, permanent four wheel drive powertrain that debuted in the 1998 EB118 and is also used in the 1999 18/3 Chiron concept cars.

Power comes from a Volkswagen-designed, 555 hp (408 kW) and 479 lb·ft (650 Nm), W18 engine. The EB218 W18 engine is composed of three banks of six cylinders with a sixty degree offset between each cylinder bank. In contrast, the W16 engine in Bugatti's first production car, the 2005 Veyron EB 16.4 features four banks of four cylinders. The EB218 features permanent all-wheel drive.