Bugatti's next hypercar could've ended up with any number of powertrains, but CEO Mate Rimac was determined to use a naturally-aspirated V16 engine.

The watch draws inspiration from the Bugatti Tourbillon and features a mini V16 engine, which runs for 20 seconds at a time. Production is limited to 150 units and it reportedly costs $340,000.

Each type of engine has its own particular sound, of course. We’re most used to hearing 4-cylinder blocks, though V6s and V8s remain none too rare. Much rarer? The roar of V12 and V16 engines.

Bugatti’s famed 16-cylinder is the first W-configuration engine used in a passenger vehicle. It’s also been a fixture of the two hypercars, and their many variants, that the company has built since it ...

The W-16 era is coming to an end. Bugatti has given us two decades of quad-turbo insanity by mounting a massive 8.0-liter engine in its record-breaking hypercar duo: the Veyron and Chiron.

Per a Bugatti press release, the V16 engine is: "Incomparable in every detail, it is a pure embodiment of Bugatti's DNA, created not just for the present, or even the future — but 'Pour l ...