
Found this on Wikipedia. Hope it may be useful for anyone researching on the V12 powerplant.
List of Post-1945 V12 Production Road Cars (Alphabetical by make, sub-sorted by year of introduction):
- Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
- Aston Martin Vanquish
- Aston Martin DB AR1
- Aston Martin DB9
- Aston Martin DBS
- B Engineering Edonis
- BMW 750i/750iL/760i/760Li
- BMW 850i/Ci/CSi
- Bugatti EB110
- Daimler Double Six
- Ferrari 166
- Ferrari 195
- Ferrari 212
- Ferrari 340/342
- Ferrari 375/375 America
- Ferrari 250
- Ferrari 410 Superamerica
- Ferrari 400 Superamerica
- Ferrari 275
- Ferrari 330
- Ferrari 500 Superfast
- Ferrari 365 California Spider
- Ferrari 365 GT 2+2
- Ferrari 365 GTC/GTS
- Ferrari 365 GTB/4 & 365 GTS/4 (Daytona)
- Ferrari 365 GTC/4
- Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2
- Ferrari 400i/412i
- Ferrari Testarossa
- Ferrari 456
- Ferrari F50
- Ferrari 550 Maranello/Barchetta Pininfarina
- Ferrari 575M Maranello/Superamerica
- Ferrari Enzo
- Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
- Ferrari FXX
- Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
- Jaguar E-Type
- Jaguar XJ-S
- Jaguar XJ12 & XJ12C
- Jaguar XJR15
- Lamborghini 350GT
- Lamborghini 400GT
- Lamborghini Islero
- Lamborghini Miura
- Lamborghini Espada
- Lamborghini Jarama
- Lamborghini Countach
- Lamborghini Diablo
- Lamborghini Murcielago
- Lamborghini Reventon
- Lincoln Continental
- Lincoln-Zephyr
- Lister Storm
- Lotec Sirius
- Maserati MC12
- Maybach 57 and 62
- McLaren F1
- Mega Track
- Mercedes-Benz CL600/CL63 AMG (W215)/CL65 AMG
- Mercedes-Benz S600/S63 AMG (W220)/S65 AMG
- Mercedes-Benz SL600/SL65 AMG/SL73AMG (R129)
- Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR
- Pagani Zonda
- Panther De Ville
- Panther J72
- Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph
- Rolls-Royce Park Ward
- Rolls-Royce Phantom
- Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé
- Toyota Century
- Vector M12
See also: W12 engine
Sport-utilities:
- Audi Q7 (a turbodiesel engine)
- Lamborghini LM002 SUV
Concept cars:
- Aston Martin One-77
- Aston Martin Rapide
- BMW Nazca M12 (a concept by Pininfarina)
- BMW CS Concept
- Cadillac Cien
- Laraki Fulgura
- Isdera Isdera Commendatore 112i
- Lincoln Continental (2002 concept)
- Méga Monte Carlo
- Monte Carlo GTB
- Peugeot 907 (Peugeot’s first V12, 2004)
- TVR Cerbera Speed Twelve (never entered production)
- Volga V12 Coupe (a one-off custom rebody)
- Yamaha OX99-11
Brabus also sell the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and CLS with a V12.
A V12 engine is a V engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders, usually at a 60° angle to each other, but in some cases at a wider or narrower angle, with all 12 pistons driving a common crankshaft.[1]
Since each cylinder bank is essentially a straight-6, this configuration has perfect primary and secondary balance no matter which V angle is used and therefore needs no balance shafts. A V12 with two banks of six cylinders angled at 60°, 120°, or 180° from each other has even firing with power pulses delivered twice as often per revolution as, and is smoother than a straight-6 because there is always even positive net torque output with little variation. This allows for great refinement in a luxury car. In a racing car, the rotating parts can be made much lighter and thus more responsive, since there is no need to use counterweights on the crankshaft as is needed in a 90° V8 and less need for the inertial mass in a flywheel to smooth out the power delivery. In a large displacement, heavy-duty engine, a V12 can run slower than smaller engines, prolonging engine life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V12
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