Motor Sport Magazine

OUT WITH A BANG

MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE V12 engine is a dead man walking. For over 100 years and on both road and track we have marvelled to the sound of a dozen perfectly balanced cylinders and, when bonnets were lifted, thrilled to their sight too. To me there is no greater expression of what I love about engines than the sight of a Ferrari Testa Rossa V12, with its red cam covers sandwiching a regiment of twin-choke downdraught Webers.

But they’re finished. Despite the fact

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