7178781 The modern racing car was born when Boillot\'s 7 1/2-litre Peugeot defeated Bruce Brown\'s Fiat, last of the monsters, with a 14-litre engine, in the 1912 Grand Prix (colour litho) by Crosby, Frederick Gordon (1885-1943) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The modern racing car was born when Boillot\'s 7 1/2-litre Peugeot defeated Bruce Brown\'s Fiat, last of the monsters, with a 14-litre engine, in the 1912 Grand Prix. Illustration for The Endless Quest for Speed, First Series (Autocar / Iliffe, c 1938).); 穢 Look and Learn.