...thing any engineer ever thought of! And I even include the french engineers who came up with the 1.1 liter V 8 one day. Or the Citroen SM.

The W8 is so strange that they didn't even put that engine into the Pheaton, the car this engine was intentionally designed for.

There are some Passats who got that engine (I doubt that any of those is ever going to be sold to real customers), but thats it.

It was just a big waste of time and money.

They should have thought about a I-8 instead

Forget about the package, just build the right car around.

Kind regards
Eberhard