Jump to content

User:Sacxpert/List of V12 road cars

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of production cars powered by a V12 engine. This list is limited to unmodified road-legal cars which meet the eligibility criteria below. All entries must be verifiable from reliable sources.

Eligible cars

[edit]

This list is confined to vehicles produced since 1945.

For the purposes of this list, a production car is defined as a vehicle that is:

  1. constructed principally for retail sale to consumers, for their personal use, to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible)
  2. street-legal in its intended markets, having fulfilled the homologation tests or inspections required under either a) United States of America, b) European Union law, or (c) Japan) to be granted this status
  3. sold in more than one national market.

V-12 road cars

[edit]
Vehicle Year introduced Horsepower (at introduction) Bodystyle(s) Notes Sources
Toyota Century (G50) 1997 206 kW (276 hp; 280 PS) 4-door sedan First (and only) Japanese V12 road car. [1]
Mercedes-Benz S-Class 1991 304 kW (408 hp; 413 PS) 4-door sedan, 2-door sedan Sold in four generations as the 600SE (also 600SEL & 600SEC), S600, S63 AMG[2], & S65 AMG. Later versions were twin-turbocharged, and in their final form produced 463 kW (621 hp; 630 PS) in the Mercedes-Maybach S 650.[3] [4]


References

[edit]
  1. ^ "75 Years of TOYOTA | Technical Development | Engines". Toyota. 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
  2. ^ "Mercedes-Benz S 63 AMG (W220) specs & photos - 2001". autoevolution. 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  3. ^ "2020 Mercedes-Maybach S 650 Sedan". Mercedes-Benz USA. 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  4. ^ "Vintage Review: 1992 Mercedes-Benz 600SEL, 500SEL, and 400SE - Landing with a Thud". Curbside Classic. 2018. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
[edit]