I thought the Mayback had the w12 engine in it also!

No, the Maybach will sport a V-12, likely with twin turbos.

The W configuration is a Volkswagen thing

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Michael
2014 E63S Estate
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Didn't they have twin V12's (better than twin turbos )

ohhhh!

my badddd

eh?!

The original plan for the Maybach was normally aspirated V-24 producing 1,000bhp. It would have been formed by fusing two of the existing V-12s in a line along one crank. I saw capacities of 8.0 to 13.0 litres mooted. I guess they'd had too much at the Oktoberfest when they thought that one up!

It'll now have a twin-turbo V-12.

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Copied this description on the engine from a write-up at www.edmonds.com

They give it a good write-up after a test drive.

"As the Passat's compact engine bay is unable to house a traditional V8, Volkswagen engineered a new W8. "W" refers to Volkswagen's new family of engines. The basic layout of the W8 is two narrow-angle four-valve V4 engines that share a common crankshaft and are configured at an angle of 72 degrees apart from each other. This layout could be described as a V-V arrangement, or a W. Displacing 4.0 liters and producing 270 ponies and 273 pound-feet of torque, the W8 is able to move the sedan from 0 to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds. This puts the Passat in a category normally reserved for very fast entry-level sport sedans, such as the Acura TL Type-S and Infiniti G35."

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