Eight Cylinder Petrols
- This section is about current eight-cylinder petrol engines, for discontinued eight-cylinder petrol engines, see list of discontinued Volkswagen Group petrol engines#Eight cylinder petrols
Of their eight cylinder petrol engines, all Volkswagen Group V8 engines are primarily constructed from a lightweight cast aluminium alloy cylinder block (crankcase) and cylinder heads. They all use multi-valve technology, with the valves being operated by two overhead camshafts per cylinder bank (sometimes referred to as 'quad cam'). All functions of engine control are carried out by varying types of Robert Bosch GmbH Motronic electronic engine control units.
These V8 petrol engines initially were only used in cars bearing the Audi marque, they are now also installed in Volkswagen Passenger Cars 'premium models'. They are all longitudinally orientated, and with the exception of the Audi R8, are front-mounted.
Read more about this topic: List Of Volkswagen Group Petrol Engines
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