Ferrari Lampredi engine

The Ferrari Lampredi engine was a naturally aspirated, all-aluminium 60 degree V12 built between 1950 and 1959, with inline-4 and inline-6 racing variants derived from it. Aurelio Lampredi designed it so that Ferrari would not depend on the small V12s of Gioacchino Colombo alone, and variants of the design carried the company to a string of world championships in the 1950s. The Formula One unit grew from 3.3 litres in the 275 to 4.5 litres in the 375, the car in which Ferrari first beat Alfa Romeo at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The family reached almost 5 litres in the 375 Plus and 410 Superamerica. It was the one Ferrari V12 never given four camshafts, and it was abandoned as engine capacity rules changed, with the Dino V6 and V8 and the developed Colombo V12 taking its place.