V-8 engines are now mostly associated with high-performance muscle cars and rugged full-size trucks, but they actually got their start in the luxury segment. In 1905, Rolls-Royce produced three cars ...

Detroit's battle cry reverberates with the rumble of eight cylinders — Camaros, Mustangs, Challengers, all burbling that unmistakable muscle-car thunder. The American V8 is an icon, and you'd be ...

US automakers are bringing back their gas-churning V8 engines as federal regulators relax climate rules.Brandon Bell/Getty Images The growl of a V8 engine — a deep, throaty roar that swells when a ...

Inline and V engines dominate modern combustion vehicle design. Each layout offers unique advantages in packaging, smoothness, cost, and performance. Here is how the two configurations differ and why ...

If you have gone car shopping lately, chances are that most of the cars offered to you are powered by turbocharged four-cylinder engines. This is the trend these days, but at one time, dealer lots ...

It wouldn't be a newsflash to declare the current status of the internal combustion engine as unpredictable. With regulations in a constant and extreme state of flux, the V8 in particular has drawn ...

Developed during the late 1960s to one-up Chrysler and its fearsome 426 HEMI in stock car racing, the Boss 429 didn't quite reach its goal. Nevertheless, it was a marvelous brute of a V8 that became a ...

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 ...