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. The first V6 engine to reach production appeared soon after in 1908, by the Deutz Gasmotoren Fabrik in Germany for use as a generator for gasoline-electric railway engines.
The first V12 engine was produced the following year by Putney Motor Works in London, again for use in racing boats. The first V8 engine was produced in 1903, in the form of the Antoinette engine designed by Léon Levavasseur for racing boats and airplanes.
The first V engine, a two-cylinder V-twin, was designed by Wilhelm Maybach and used in the 1889 Daimler Stahlradwagen automobile. V6, V8 and V12 engines are the most common layout for automobile engines with 6, 8 or 12 cylinders respectively. V engines typically have a shorter length than equivalent inline engines, however the trade-off is a larger width. These cylinder banks are arranged at an angle to each other, so that the banks form a "V" shape when viewed from the front of the engine. It consists of two cylinder banks-usually with the same number of cylinders in each bank-connected to a common crankshaft. A V engine, sometimes called a Vee engine, is a common configuration for internal combustion engines.
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