How many times do you hear road testers saying that the whole experience of a great car is ruined by a lack of linearity in ...

Chevy's double hump heads in its small-block V8 engines were powerful and capable, featuring closed-chamber designs that ...

General Motors once treated every division as its own little kingdom, each with a distinct V8 that gave Chevrolet, Pontiac, ...

For example, the first high-compression V8 built for road use came about in 1949. It was called the Rocket V8, produced by Oldsmobile, and it made just 135 horsepower. However, just about 15 years ...

A version of the V8-powered Esprit was also used in GT1-class racing, under the name of Esprit GT1. The Esprit GT1 bumped ...

The Cadillac Blackwing V8 engine had a short but illustrious history and sat beneath the hood of one of the highest horsepower Cadillacs ever made. It was conceived when the former head of Audi, Johan ...

V8 engines are the soul of auto passion, and displacement has always been the most sacred measurement of these powerplants. Indeed, some readers will probably recall the famous advertisements claiming ...

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 ...

New information has surfaced about GM’s sixth-generation small-block V8, which is expected to come in two sizes. Like Stellantis with its Hemi V8, General Motors has no intention of discontinuing the ...

However, Ford was thinking in another direction, deciding to focus on efficiency and balance. The result was the small-block V8, a compact, lightweight engine that proved you didn't need massive ...

In a 180-degree turn from the truck brand’s decision to discontinue the HEMI V8 in the Ram 1500, Ram is bringing the 5.7L V8 back to its best-selling truck’s options list for the 2026 model year. This ...