Volkswagen Group W12

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W-configuration engine automobile engine

Volkswagen Group W12 is a twelve-cylinder W-configuration engine developed by the Volkswagen Group and used in high-performance luxury and sports cars across its brands.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Volkswagen Group W12 canonical	1
Volkswagen W12 Nardo concept	1
Volkswagen W12 concept	1
W12	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	W-configuration engine ⓘ automobile engine ⓘ
aspiration	naturally aspirated ⓘ twin-turbocharged ⓘ
configuration	W12 ⓘ
coolingSystem	water-cooled ⓘ
cylinderCount	12 ⓘ
cylindersArrangement	four banks of three cylinders ⓘ
cylindersBankAngle	72 degrees ⓘ
designBasis	VR6 engine architecture ⓘ
designedFor	all-wheel-drive powertrains ⓘ
displacementRange	6.0 litres ⓘ 6.3 litres ⓘ
emissionsStandardCompliance	Euro 4 ⓘ Euro 5 ⓘ Euro 6 ⓘ
firstProductionYear	2001 ⓘ
fuelType	petrol ⓘ
layout	longitudinal front-engine ⓘ
manufacturer	Volkswagen Group ⓘ
marketSegment	grand tourers ⓘ luxury SUVs ⓘ luxury cars ⓘ
material	aluminium alloy cylinder heads ⓘ aluminium alloy engine block ⓘ
notableFeature	compact length for a 12-cylinder engine ⓘ shares components with VR6 engines ⓘ used in high-performance SUVs ⓘ used in high-performance luxury cars ⓘ
powerOutputRange	309 kW ⓘ 485 kW ⓘ
productionStatus	in production in various evolutions during 2000s and 2010s ⓘ
record	used in Volkswagen W12 Nardo that set 24-hour speed record in 2002 ⓘ
successor	Bentley 6.0L twin-turbo W12 evolution ⓘ
torqueOutputRange	550 N·m ⓘ 900 N·m ⓘ
usedInBrand	Audi ⓘ Bentley ⓘ Phaeton ⓘ VW ⓘ surface form: Volkswagen
usedInVehicle	Audi A8 ⓘ surface form: Audi A8 L W12 Audi A8 ⓘ surface form: Audi A8 W12 Bentley Bentayga ⓘ surface form: Bentley Bentayga W12 Bentley Continental Flying Spur ⓘ Bentley Continental GT ⓘ Volkswagen Phaeton ⓘ Volkswagen Touareg ⓘ Volkswagen Group W12 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Volkswagen W12 Nardo concept
valvetrain	DOHC ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spyker C12 Zagato → engineSource → Volkswagen Group W12 ⓘ

Giorgetto Giugiaro → notableWork → Volkswagen Group W12 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volkswagen W12 concept

Napier Lion → engineConfiguration → Volkswagen Group W12 ⓘ

this entity surface form: W12

Volkswagen Group W12 → usedInVehicle → Volkswagen Group W12 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volkswagen W12 Nardo concept