The lightest V8 engine in a production car, the 1960 Buick Aluminum 215 V8, weighed just 324 lbs. In search of efficiency, ...

Chevrolet first experimented with the V8 engine layout as early as 1917. However, it was the 265 cubic inch small block, ...

General Motors began 2025 facing a major issue: the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched a formal investigation into the company’s widely used 6.2-liter L87 V8 engine.

The V8 engine is becoming more of a rarity in the automotive industry, and it’s not because owners don’t adore them. Their sonorous roar and gutsy power are enticing, but the V8 is in its ...

Picture the scene... it's the early 90s and the sports utility vehicle (SUV) boom is very much underway. Most car companies had realized the writing was on the wall, and had already started ...

Once upon a time, the perfect sports sedan recipe was simple and readily available. You had a V8 engine up front, a manual gearbox and five seats in the middle, and drive sent to the rear axle.

If the Defender P400 S is in the Chevy Tahoe price range and the $153,625 OCTA treads into Mercedes G-class territory, the $112,775 Defender 110 V8 charges into the vacuum left by the departed ...

So welcome to the new Bentley Bentayga Speed: now a V8-powered luxury SUV with a ‘Sport’ mode. That’s right, ‘Sport’… in a big, two-and-a-half-tonne SUV. Bentley said this new mode ...

The V8 engine is among these staples, with a handful of such engines standing out as the most powerful ever made. Of course, they and all others wouldn't have become so known without the first ...