Stuttgart is reportedly resurrecting a flat-eight engine architecture for a secretive new flagship—a layout not seen in a road-going halo since the 1960s, demanding unprecedented solutions for crankshaft harmonics and thermal packaging.
Deep within the development bunkers at Stuttgart, a ghost has reportedly been resurrected.
The romance of a flat-eight is undeniable, conjuring images of screaming prototype racers tearing through the night, but the mechanical reality of bringing such an engine to the…
There is a distinct, almost poetic irony to the "S1" nomenclature being attached to this effort.
Stuttgart is reportedly resurrecting a flat-eight engine architecture for a secretive new flagship—a layout not seen in a road-going halo since the 1960s, demanding unprecedented solutions for crankshaft harmonics and thermal packaging.