The 'W8' badged engine is an eight-cylinder W engine of four banks of two cylinders, formed by joining two 15° VR4 engines, placed on a single crankshaft, with each cylinder 'double-bank' now at a 72° vee-angle.

2002年7月1日 · The new Passat W-8 has somehow metamorphosed into a stately sports-luxury sedan, exhibiting all the poise and gravity of a BMW 540i or Mercedes E430. That W-8 nomenclature describes an...

2020年10月16日 · Volkswagen offered the 4.0-liter Passat W8 4Motion, and Audi, the 6.0-liter A8 W12, whose engine went on to power the VW Phaeton, Bentley Continental GT and record-setting W12 Nardo.

2021年4月2日 · Humble Mechanic explains that the W8 is a 4-liter engine that is basically two 15-degree V4s smashed together in a 72-degree V shape. While it's a sizable engine, it produces only 270...

The Passat W8 was positioned as Volkswagen Passenger Cars' "premium" car, before the Volkswagen Phaeton was introduced. The 4.0 litre - 3,999 cubic centimetres (244.0 cu in) W8 engine produced 202 kilowatts (275 PS; 271 bhp) at 6,000 revolutions per minute (rpm) and 370 newton metres (273 lbf·ft) of torque at 2,750 rpm, yet was considered a ...

The Passat would be the only vehicle to have ever utilized the brand's eight-cylinder W engine. The short life of the W8 Passat helped establish its value against more expensive luxury sedans of its day, while its price paved the way for the high-end, W12 engine-equipped Phaeton that debuted just after its run started.

2018年2月9日 · Like the rest of VW's production W-engine family (though VAG experimented with other designs), the engine is basically two banks of VR engines. In the Passat's case, effectively two VR4s...

2001年10月1日 · The engine here is, essentially, two fifteen-degree VR4s (the cylinder bores are staggered, rather than opposed) mounted at 72 degrees to each other and sharing a common crankcase.

2004年5月26日 · Now, the Passat would have power, too--and not just from a turbo option, but via a revolutionary new engine architecture based on a "W" instead of a "V." A high-tech eight-cylinder motor and...

2001年10月1日 · With the splayed eight bolted to a five-speed Tiptronic automatic, the mile-a-minute sprint dilutes to 7.8 seconds in the sedan, 8.1 in the wagon. Why is this significant?