Despite being significantly smaller than Honda or Toyota at the time, the company was punching above its weight, announcing absurd powerplants for the brand like a V12 and even a W12 engine ...

the W12 marries the power of a traditional V12 with the compactness of a V8 in a unique and refined power plant. Volkswagen's W12 engine has found its way into several cars across multiple brands.

That won't affect our market since the Audi retired the W12 here after 2017, and the engine won't reappear in the 2019 model. Our top end will be the A8 60 with a 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V8 making ...