At first glance, this doesn’t seem to be the case. After all, you can still get a V12 in a production car from BMW, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce and Mercedes-Benz, and Bentley offers a W12 into the bargain.

But sadly the end is nigh for most of those engines in the next few years, and with all industry looking to the post-combustion world, it’s hard to see them devoting time and resources toward a new generation.

Which is a shame; six-cylinders are the most inherently smooth engines, and V12s double-down on the overall balance. Time then to celebrate the V12, while we still can: