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=== 1900β1914 === Among the first overhead camshaft engines were the 1902 [[Maudslay Motor Company|Maudslay]] SOHC engine built in the United Kingdom<ref name="Culshaw"/>{{refpage|page=210}}<ref name="Boddy"/>{{refpage|page=906}}<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title= Maudslay|last= Georgano|first= G. N.|author-link= G. N. Georgano|page= [https://archive.org/details/newencyclopediao0000unse_v2r4/page/407 407]|encyclopedia= The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885 to the Present|editor-last= Georgano|editor-first= G. N.|year= 1982|orig-year= 1968|publisher= E. P. Dutton|location= New York|edition= Third|isbn= 0525932542|lccn= 81-71857|ref= none|url= https://archive.org/details/newencyclopediao0000unse_v2r4/page/407}}</ref> and the 1903 [[Marr (automobile)|Marr Auto Car]] SOHC engine built in the United States.<ref name="Marr Auto Car Company">{{cite web |url=http://www.marrautocar.com/Marr_Auto_Car_Company/Welcome.html |website=www.marrautocar.com |title=Marr Auto Car Company |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411094907/http://marrautocar.com/Marr_Auto_Car_Company/Welcome.html |archive-date=11 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=Kimes>{{cite book|last1=Kimes|first1=Beverly Rae|title=Walter L Marr: Buick's Amazing Engineer|year=2007|publisher=Racemaker Press|isbn=978-0976668343|page=40}}</ref> The first DOHC engine was a Peugeot inline-four racing engine which powered the car that won the [[1912 French Grand Prix]]. Another Peugeot with a DOHC engine won the [[1913 French Grand Prix]], followed by the ''Mercedes-Benz 18/100 GP'' with an SOHC engine winning the [[1914 French Grand Prix]]. The [[Isotta Fraschini Tipo KM]]β built in Italy from 1910β1914β was one of the first production cars to use an SOHC engine.<ref>{{cite web |title=1913 Isotta Fraschini 100-120 hp Tipo KM 4 Four-Seat Torpedo Tourer - Auction Lot |url=http://www.motorbase.com/auctionlot/profile/2008/08/15/316-1913-isotta-fraschini-100-120-hp-tipo-km-4-four-seat-torpedo-tourer/ |website=www.motorbase.com |access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref>
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