V12 engines are now the preserve of high-end European supercars, but that wasn't always the case. Here's the story of the ...

George Teebay drove a 1925 Pierce-Arrow sedan to the ... 385 c.i. straight-eight engine with a three-speed manual transmission. A 462 c.i. V12 engine was also available. An unusual feature is ...

V12 engine rated at 175 horsepower, the Silver Arrow was fast enough to turn that speedo to 115 mph (185 kph). Despite a curb weight of 5,700 pounds (2,585 kg)! Pierce-Arrow rushed to have five ...

Both engines could cruise effortlessly at four ... flooding the ultra-luxury market just as it ceased to exist. By the time the Pierce-Arrow V12, Packard Twelve and Lincoln KB appeared in 1932 ...

In the 1930s, the firm began fitting V12 engines sourced from luxury carmaker Pierce-Arrow into its trucks and continued to do so (with in-house modifications) until the early 1970s. This flat-top ...