There is no substitute.

[Perry, Chris]

I read that it is indeed two VR6's joined together.  The two "middle" rows
of cylinders are only 15 degrees apart (kind of staggered) and share the
same intake manifold so it is essentially a W with a thick middle section.

x    xx   x
 x   xx  x
   x xx x
      xx

Bad ASCII art interpretation

Chris Perry






> I heard (the older W12 anyway) it was three banks ("W") of 4, so it 
> would be more like three 2.0l 4 cylinders.  Two VR6's would be 
> something else, like an "X12", with 4 banks of three.  Or, if all 4 
> banks of cylinders were narrow angle like the VR6, then it would be 
> just a really complicated cluster of cylinders.  I can't even picture 
> that tho'.
> 
> Unless you are talking joined inline, which would make them "V"'s 
> and not "W"'s, wouldn't it?
> 
> Later,
> 
> Ken