Home›Engines›Year›By Decade›1940sBrowse By1940sThis dimension groups engines by the year they were introduced. Engine history is often dated with real precision, as when Wikipedia notes that "in 1672, a small-scale steam-powered vehicle was created by Ferdinand Verbiest," decades before the automobile itself existed. Browsing by year places an engine within the wider timeline of transport technology.Facts1940sConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1712 CE 11940sFilter Results35 entriesEngine TypeAllAmerican V8 Engines (1)Racing and Formula One Engines (1)Turbojet and Turbofan Engines (2)ConfigurationAllFlat or Boxer (1)V-Configuration (1)Fuel or CycleAllJet Fuel / Turbine (2)ManufacturerAllAmerican Motors Corporation (1)BMW Group (1)Cadillac (1)D. Napier & Son (1)Daimler-Benz (4)Ducati (1)Ferrari (1)GE Aerospace (4)General Motors (7)Heinkel (3)Hudson Motor Car Company (1)Junkers (2)Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (1)Nash Motors (1)Oldsmobile (1)Porsche AG (1)Pratt & Whitney (2)Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (2)Rolls-Royce Limited (1)Rover Company (1)Toyota (1)CylindersAll8 (1)12 (1)Vehicle FittedAllOldsmobile Delta 88 (1)Oldsmobile Jetstar I (1)Oldsmobile Starfire (1)Oldsmobile Toronado (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 35Allison J331940sAllison J351940sAllison J711940sAllison T381940sBMW 0181940sCadillac 331 series V8 engine1940sDaimler-Benz DB 0071940sDaimler-Benz DB 6031940sDaimler-Benz DB 6051940sDetroit Diesel Series 1101940sDucati Cucciolo1940sFerrari Colombo engine1940sGeneral Electric I-A1940sGeneral Electric J311940sGeneral Electric J471940sGeneral Electric T311940sHeinkel HeS 0111940sHeinkel HeS 301940sHeinkel HeS 81940sHolden straight-six motor1940sHudson Invader marine engine1940sJunkers Jumo 0041940sJunkers Jumo 2131940sMercedes-Benz OM636 engine1940sMitsubishi Ha-431940sNapier Nomad1940sNash Rambler straight-six engine1940sOldsmobile V8 engine1940sPorsche Type 360 Cisitalia Grand Prix engine1940sPratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp1940sPratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major1940sRolls-Royce Dart1940sRolls-Royce Meteor1940sRolls-Royce Nene1940sToyota F engine1940sConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 951 connections.Sources1. Wikipedia: Enginetier 2WikipediaEngine, steam engine developmentQuote, Engine, steam engine developmentImproving on the design of the 1712 Newcomen steam engine, the Watt steam engine, developed sporadically from 1763 to 1775, was a great step in the development of the steam engine.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.