Editing W8 engine (section)

{{Short description|Engine configuration}}
A '''W8 engine''' is an eight-cylinder [[piston engine]] with four banks of two cylinders each, arranged in a [[W engine|W configuration]].

In practice, the W8 engine is created from two narrow-angle (15&nbsp;degree) VR4 engines mounted at an angle of 72 degrees from each other on a common [[crankshaft]]. Thus, the resulting four banks align to form a "W".

W8 engines are much less common than [[V8 engine]]s, and the only W8 engine to reach production was manufactured by Volkswagen.