Technical Report: A Eulogy to VW's Marvelous W8
W8 - how we hardly knew thee. The news is now official, production of the very unique W8 engine and the Passat W8, the only vehicle which made use of it, has ended. Born in a time when Ferdinand Piëch was overlord at Volkswagen and nothing was too good for the upwardly mobile VW brand, the unorthodox W8 engine configuration promised compact packaging and big power.
