Talk:W18 engine

Question
''The variation developed by Volkswagen retained the 18 cylinders but instead of three cylinder banks, it had four. This confused many who saw the specification in print at motor shows since 18 isn't evenly divisible by four. The design was loosely based on the concept Volkswagen used for its V5 engines which had one bank with three cylinders and one bank with only two. Essentially the four-bank W18 was two V9 engines (one bank of five cylinders and one bank of four) mated to a common crankshaft. Ultimately the design proved to be impractical.''

'''Never heard of this. Any link, document that proves this? It should be deleted.'''

I believe the VW's W-18 is in fact 3 VR6 VW engines joined together thereby making it an 18 cylinder engine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.56.112.51 (talk) 01:55, 26 October 2010 (UTC)