BURBLES

Under the hood

Twelve engine families and a W16, each a live simulator: rev it, drive it, cut it in half, and hear it.

The W16 in the engine simulatorNew · the engine simulatorW16 · four banks, four turbosEvery engine is now a live 3D simulator with sound. Start with the biggest one.Start the engine →
Inline-fourFour in a row: the everyday engineStart it →Inline-four turboFour cylinders, one turbo, big-engine punchStart it →Inline-sixStraight-six: born balancedStart it →Flat-fourBoxer: cylinders lying flat, punching outwardStart it →Flat-sixBoxer six: low, wide and smoothStart it →V6Two banks of three in a VStart it →Pushrod V8Two valves, one cam, all torqueStart it →Overhead-cam V8Eight cylinders, four cams, 32 valvesStart it →V10Ten cylinders and a shriekStart it →V12Twelve cylinders: two sixes in a VStart it →RotaryWankel: no pistons, just spinning trianglesStart it →ElectricA motor, an inverter and a pack of cellsStart it →

Not to scale, and not any one car’s engine · sound simulated live