Internal combustion engine with variable valve gear

An internal combustion engine with a variable valve gear, wherein each cylinder is provided with a first intake valve and a second intake valve, and a first intake cam for driving the first intake valve and a second intake cam for driving the second intake valve are coaxially pivotally supported on an intake camshaft, and the intake camshaft is configured so that a first intake camshaft to which the first intake cam is fixed and a second intake camshaft to which the second intake cam is fixed are located coaxially, the internal combustion engine comprising:

• a first cam phase change mechanism which varies respective phases of the first and second intake cams relative to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine;
• and
• a second cam phase change mechanism which varies a phase of the second intake cam relative to the first intake cam,
• the second cam phase change mechanism being set to have a variable-phase angular range wider than that of the first cam phase change mechanism,
• the second cam phase change mechanism varying a phase of the second intake camshaft relative to the first intake camshaft, and
• the first cam phase change mechanism varying the phase of the second cam phase change mechanism relative to the crankshaft.