When the first V8 engine arrived, it wasn’t in a vehicle’s engine bay; it was born in the sky and on the water. Between 1904 and 1910, the first eight-cylinder configurations debuted in aircrafts and ...

When most gearheads hear the word ‘Godzilla,’ the first thing they think about is the Nissan Skyline GT-R, a car that has earned that nickname thanks to its monstrous performance, advanced technology, ...

You might know a lot about V6 and V8 engines, but you might not know that there are W engines as well. And they come in many ...

From simple design to proven performance, here’s why the naturally-aspirated V8 engine continues to earn a reputation for reliability. Naturally-aspirated V8s are simple, reliable engines with fewer ...

Discussing which engine is better between a straight-six and a V8 is something that feels like a plotline from The Fast and the Furious, if the franchise actually cared about cars. It’s “import versus ...

Fire up a fourth-gen Ford Mustang GT and you'll hear one of two distinctly different V8 soundtracks, depending on when it rolled off the assembly line. From 1994 through 1995, that rumble came from ...

The V8 engine is a staple of American car culture. The loud sound, large power numbers and versatility have helped keep the big motors around for more than a century. Due to car companies moving ...

The first-ever Lexus and first-ever Genesis were both powered by V8 engines specially built for high-stakes jobs: powering all-new flagship sedans that would launch brand new luxury nameplates into a ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

Much of the Dodge's modern success can be attributed to thundering Hemi V8s under the hood of the Challenger, Charger, and other models. Likewise, much of the reason for its floundering sales today is ...

It's no secret that V8 engines get fairly abysmal fuel economy. And it's nothing new, either. Go back to almost any era of the automobile, and you'll see that V8 engines scored pretty low overall, ...