buckdr1

"Of course", the article says. From todays NY Times Auto section reads.
Reading this article I could'nt help but think of all thr V-8 rumors for the "next" 911's.
What's a W-8? Nestled cylinders made to close up the engine's "V" angle betweent the cylinder banks from 60 or 90 degrees to only 15 degrees. This by VW! , also made in W-12's and W-16's for the 1.2 Mill $ Bugatti Veyron.
The benifit simply is...Smaller Size, for instance a V-8 (Cylinders) in the space of a in-line V-6.
From their diagram it appears even Porsche's Oppposed 6 looks like it might fit in.
Anyone hear about this? In German they call it the VR-6 (for V-reihen)
Bill

DonW-Cape Cod

I believe VW's narrow angle V6 has been around for a few years.

Tom

I enjoy it in my 95 Passat and I think it was around for a couple of years before that. I wish Porsche had the good sense to have developed that for the 944's!! A V (W)-12 928 would also have been sweet. It is very smooth, nice powerplant. The configuration was originally developed by Vincenzo Lancia in the 1930's. The "W" configuration is 2 banks of narrow angle cylinders in a regular V.

buckdr1

Don, Long time no talk! Tom, Thanks both for the feed back. Seems you can learn something daily.
So this is not something new after all. Good news I guess it's proven design.
Just too much time dreaming.

Bill