Aston Martin is showing a new version of its four-door Rapide, which uses a gas-chugging V12 engine.

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In its day, this 340hp with V12 engine was the top dog of sports-car racing (Carroll Shelby himself drove one).

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Ferrari's experimental 599 has the car's V12 engine coupled to a seven-speed automated gearbox which also contains an electric motor.

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The de rigueur luxury car of his era was a Packard Twelve, which was both graceful and powerful and packed a V12 engine.

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It was assembled featuring the classic V12 engine, a de Dion rear axle and right-hand drive, and it has pontoon-fender coachwork done by Scaglietti.

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Beneath its carbon fiber skin the 6.5-litre V12 engine and seven-speed single-clutch gearbox get the car to 60 miles per hour in a flat three seconds.

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