Definitely not your father's Valiant

Rumor was the first Aston Martin V12 was two Ford Duratec V6 engines spliced together, this was when Ford owned AM in the '90s. While they did share some components, the blocks and heads were very different, so the rumor wasn’t true.

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Lancia also did a v8 version of the v4 in 1922 for their Trikappa luxury car. Must not have made many, this is one of the few engine pics: