Recently, we wrote about the largest contemporary engines ever sold in the United States, with Dodge’s 8.4-liter Viper V10 topping the list. Well, 8.4 liters is downright puny compared to what Fiat cooked up in 1911: a truly colossal 28.4-liter (1,730 cubic inches) four-cylinder engine in an attempt to best Carl Benz’s ‘Blitzen Benz’ land speed record of 126 MPH. Depending on the source, the S76’s supersize four-cylinder — adapted from an airplane engine — was said to produce
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