Lamborghini Diablo VT used by Volkswagen as a mule for the Bugatti Veyron, carrying the W16 quad-turbo engine

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Oli4K@reddit

That was one hell of a packaging assignment.

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There’s a video floating around about the owner of this mule. He or she has an insane collection of Bugattis, both new era and pre-war. I’ll try to find it and post it. It is truly mind blowing the number of one offs, etc they have. (An anonymous owner, I believe in Germany)

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Random_Introvert_42@reddit (OP)

Well this one's owner is Volkswagen\^\^ It's at the Autostadt Collection.

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Agroman1963@reddit

I’m not sure what the provenance is of the car you posted. See the YT link in my post, there’s a yellow mule in a private collection. So maybe more than one survived? Cool post, forgot about the Veyron development story! Rabbit holes galore!

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bryberg@reddit

Amazing car, but that crooked rear bumper is really bothering me...

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Random_Introvert_42@reddit (OP)

Not the missing taillight?

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Steelhorse91@reddit

Looks like there’s a scuff on the corner, probably pulled off an accidental wall tap drift…

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Burntarchitect@reddit

It's a mule - one of best things about it is that it likely got thrashed to within an inch of its life.

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Nasty_Rex@reddit

I hate you

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elliegizmo@reddit

Gives eb110 vibes

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Random_Introvert_42@reddit (OP)

Well VW couldn't touch that car, they only bought the Bugatti name. The rights and everything to the 110 went to Dauer (who then also folded)

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temporalwanderer@reddit

[Cizeta, really...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cizeta-Moroder_V16T)

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orefat@reddit

Quad turbo? That's insane level engineering!

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tomato432@reddit

[4 turbos on a 4 bank engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_W16_engine)

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orefat@reddit

That makes sense. Thanks. Unbelievable engineering indeed.

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Random_Introvert_42@reddit (OP)

The first Veyron-prototype had 18 cylinders and 3 turbos (hence "Veyron 18.3 Concept", they cut it down to 16 Cylinders and added a turbo to compensate (making it the 16.4)

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Secret-Ad-7909@reddit

Any idea how the turbo piping goes? Like does each bank get its own turbo or do they all just dump into one (or 2?) intake manifolds?

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3DRAH33M@reddit

One per bank, the later Chiron SS models use 2 pairs of sequential turbos

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thekozmicpig@reddit

You think that’s insane? (Try Octo turbo](https://www.hotrod.com/features/hrdp-0411-1957-chevy-bel-air)! Evidently not particularly as fast as you’d imagine and you could probably get the same results from a twin setup, but as a feat of engineering it’s fantastic.

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West-Amphibian-2343@reddit

Whistlin Diesel really made a truck whistle.. i think it was 32 turbos? Im sure most were fake though. Rob Dahm took an Indycar Cosworth engine and put 4 turbos on it lol, very cool stuff.

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CameronsTheName@reddit

Every single one was plumbed in. There's a video of it driving around and they all produced soot underload. It made 5 less HP than the standard truck did.

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AlfaZagato@reddit

TBH I'd rather have this hot-rod Diablo than a Veyron.

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nailbunny2000@reddit

Hell yeah, this looks incredible, the Veyron looks like a pig (literally). Chiron is cool though.

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TheCheesecakeOfDoom@reddit

Yeah the Veyron is weird looking. Iconic, legendary...but weird.

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Random_Introvert_42@reddit (OP)

The Veyron just predates the aggressive styling of today. Hell I worked for a luxury dealership once who had one for sale, and I had a hard time convincing a customer that the "weird wide plug" in the center console was for an iphone\^\^

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SirDarknessTheFirst@reddit

I disagree. I love the look of the Veyron (and personally prefer it to the Chiron)

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NateCarrera@reddit

Black/Red Veyron, dreamcar of my childhood. The technology and performance was just unbelievable at the time

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Poenicus@reddit

I have to absolutely agree. In my case I just like the Diablo VT's styling better than the Veyron/Chiron.

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Secret-Ad-7909@reddit

I need this engine swap available in the next Forza game.

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LilFunyunz@reddit

8 days a week bro.

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Arschgeige42@reddit

Engine by looks like typical VW engineering.

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Random_Introvert_42@reddit (OP)

Well VW did develop it\^\^ They wanted to stick it in a Bugatti, Audi and Bentley, but only the Bugatti came into existence. Just cut down from 18 to 16 cylinders.

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