The Dual-Engined Volkswagen That Never Was

Competition brings out the best in people, like Volkswagen engineers from the early 1980s tired of the Audi Quattro hogging the spotlight. Their answer? The Bimotor Scirocco: two 1.7-liter engines, 360 hp and a 0-60 ride in 4 seconds.

VW eventually produced just two working models of the twin-engine hatchback, one with custom race engines, the other with a more production-ready setup offering 282 hp. Each engine had its own transmission and drove its closest axle independently;VW came up with a simple systemallowing the driver to vary the power split between the two engines. {BlakeZRong via Tumblr}

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