Is V12 more powerful than V10?
Power delivery: v12 releases slightly more power from the extra cylinders, while v10 releases less power due to fewer cylinders. Smoothness: v12 engines run smoother due to the even firing intervals and engine balance. Designers of the period were concerned about vibrations arising from the odd number of cylinders (five) per bank in a v10 engine and therefore chose to avoid the layout entirely in favour of less complex v8s, or v12s, which were only marginally more complex than a v10 while having fewer vibration concerns and a similar .