# Volkswagen Beetle with a V-12 engine **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volkswagen-beetle-with-a-v-12-engine/142960 "2019-06-25T14:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chunkyazian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@chunkyazian](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chunkyazian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volkswagen-beetle-with-a-v-12-engine/142960/1 "2019-06-25T14:25:41Z")
Aka Bugatti Veyron according to car max > **[Here's What Happens When You Take a $2 Million Bugatti Veyron to CarMax](https://www.thedrive.com/news/21006/heres-what-happens-when-you-take-a-2-million-bugatti-veyron-to-carmax)** > > How to break the CarMax appraisal system in one simple step. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volkswagen-beetle-with-a-v-12-engine/142960/2 "2019-06-25T14:32:57Z")
Funny article but you can understand why CarMax does not have a Veyron in its computers. Bugatti only built 450 of these cars. I imagine they don’t list a McLaren F1 either. 106 built, sold for over $1 million in 1995 when new. The last auction price was $15 million ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volkswagen-beetle-with-a-v-12-engine/142960/3 "2019-06-25T14:40:11Z")
DeMuro pulled that stunt awhile back with a Ferrari as part of his ongoing screw-with-Carmax series. > **[Here’s What Happened When I Tried To Sell My Ferrari to CarMax](https://jalopnik.com/here-s-what-happened-when-i-tried-to-sell-my-ferrari-to-1652384136)** > > If you're a regular reader, you probably know that I write two frequent series here on Jalopnik. In one, I document all the problems I have with my used Range Rover, which I bought two years ago from CarMax with a bizarrely comprehensive six-year... Best part of the article was when the manager asked him if he read Jalopnik because there was some guy that always writes about Carmax there. ---
**Author:** ![chunkyazian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@chunkyazian](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chunkyazian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volkswagen-beetle-with-a-v-12-engine/142960/4 "2019-06-26T16:11:56Z")
Volkswagen is the dirty big daddy that owns a number of companies. I would have thought that the Bugatti would relate more to a Porsche, from which the beetle was derived ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volkswagen-beetle-with-a-v-12-engine/142960/5 "2019-06-26T16:19:53Z")
The Veyron’s V16 (not V12) engine is a direct descendant of VW’s VR6 engine. Several of VW’s luxury groups’ engines are. Take 2 VR6, put them on a common crankshaft, now you have the Bentley V12. Take the VR6, add 2 cylinders to the end, then put two of them on a common crankshaft, poof! You have the Veyron’s V16. Take off 2 cylinders, put them on a common crankshaft, now it’s the ‘cheap’ Bentley’s V8. I think they even have a VR5, with one cylinder removed… A lot of folks refer to the 8, 12, and 16 as ‘W’ engines, not ‘V’ engines. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volkswagen-beetle-with-a-v-12-engine/142960/6 "2019-06-26T23:47:46Z")
> [@chunkyazian](#): > > Bugatti would relate more to a Porsche Ferdinand Porsche’s grandson, Ferdinand Piech, resurrected Bugatti while he was in charge of Volkswagen Audi Group. Direct relation to the designer of the original VW Beetle. Close enough for you? 😉😃