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=== Prototype cars === [[File:1932_Peerless.jpg|thumb|right|1932 [[Peerless Motor Company|Peerless]] Sixteen prototype]] The [[Peerless Motor Company]] developed a V16 engine in the early 1930s, yet just a single prototype was built before all automobile production ceased and the company converted its factory into a brewery following [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution|the end of Prohibition in the United States]].<ref>Georgano, G. N., ed. (1971). Encyclopedia of American Automobiles (2nd ed.). London: Rainbird Reference Books. pp. 153β154. {{ISBN|0-525-097929}}.</ref> In the late 1980s, the [[BMW Goldfish V16]] {{convert|6.7|L|cuin|0|abbr=on}} engine was developed, based on BMW's then-new V12 engine. Prototypes were fitted to a long-wheelbase 7 Series and then in the early 1990s to a [[Bentley Mulsanne (1980β1992)|Bentley Mulsanne]]. The 2003 [[Cadillac Sixteen]] concept car was unveiled with a {{convert|13.6|L|cuin|0|abbr=on}} V16 engine, which was based on the General Motors LS V8 engines.<ref>{{cite web |title=First Drive: Cadillac Sixteen |url=https://www.motortrend.com/news/112_0308_cadillac_sixteen/ |website=www.motortrend.com |date=4 August 2003 |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> The following year, the [[Rolls-Royce 100EX]] concept car was unveiled with a {{convert|9.0|L|cuin|0|abbr=on}} V16 engine. The car featured in the film ''[[Johnny English Reborn]]'' is powered by this V16 engine. The 2017 [[Devel Sixteen|Devel Sixteen Prototype]] used a quad-turbo {{convert|12.3|L|cuin|0|abbr=on}} V16 engine.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Jeff |title=5,000-HP Devel Sixteen Could Debut In Dubai With Working Engine |url=https://www.motor1.com/news/186075/devel-sixteen-hypercar-debut-dubai/ |website=www.motor1.com |access-date=3 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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