seriously wtf
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This isn't a v5, it's a vr5 which is basically an inline 5 with the cylinders offset to each side. An actual v5 would be cursed I think for balance reasons, but that's because a v type engine has each opposing set of pistons sharing the same crankshaft pin. A vr engine has each piston on its own crank pin and the v angle extremely small so that it's just a shorter inline engine with some weird head geometry. Bugatti and I think Bentley also use this design to make shorter v16s and v12s (basically connecting two vr8s or vr6s in a v shape).