Editing V engine (section)

==History==
The first V engine, a two-cylinder V-twin, was designed by [[Wilhelm Maybach]] and used in the 1889 [[Daimler Stahlradwagen]] automobile.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larson |first1=Len |title=Dreams to Automobiles |date=2008 |isbn=978-1-4691-0104-0 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zSCLAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT181 |access-date=2 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

The first [[V8 engine|V8]] engine was produced in 1903, in the form of the [[Antoinette (manufacturer)|Antoinette]] engine designed by [[Léon Levavasseur]] for [[Boat racing|racing boats]] and [[airplane]]s.<ref name="itstillruns.com">{{cite web |title=Who Invented the V8 Engine? |url=https://itstillruns.com/who-invented-v-engine-4894231.html |website=www.itstillruns.com |access-date=1 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="uniquecarsandparts.com.au">{{cite web |title=The V8 Engine |url=https://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/history_v8_engine |website=www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref> The first [[V12 engine|V12]] engine was produced the following year by Putney Motor Works in [[London]], again for use in racing boats.<ref name="Ludvigsen" >{{cite book |title=The V12 Engine |last=Ludvigsen |first=Karl |publisher=Haynes |location=Sparkford, Yeovil | year=2005 |isbn=978-1-84425-004-2 |pages=14–19}}</ref> The first [[V6 engine]] to reach production appeared soon after in 1908, by the [[Deutz AG|Deutz Gasmotoren Fabrik]] in [[Germany]] for use as a generator for gasoline-electric [[Locomotive|railway engines]].<ref name="Matschoss">{{cite book|last=Matschoss|first=Conrad|title=Geschichte der Gasmotorenfabrik Deutz|publisher= Berlin|year=1921}}</ref> However, it was not until 1950 that the V6 engine was used in series production automobiles, with the first example being the [[Lancia V6 engine]].<ref name="Matschoss"/> This V6 engine used a 60-degree V angle and separate crankpins for each cylinder, to reduce the vibration issues experienced by earlier attempts at production V6 engines.