The Oldsmobile Rocket V8 did more than make one model quick in a straight line. It forced Detroit’s engineers to rethink how much power, efficiency, and durability could be packaged into a compact, ...

Keen to show off the V8’s abilities, Audi entered its flagship sedan in DTM. Yes, it shared the same space as much smaller ...

Car companies signaled they were discontinuing V8 engines a few years ago. Now, they're making a big U-turn — and Detroit is ...

The ex-GM engine that debuted in Rover’s P5B went on to enjoy an extraordinary career. Here's a look back at the development ...

The first Chevrolet V8 engine to succeed commercially was the 1955 small block. But it wasn't Chevy's first V8. That came ...

They left the best till last.

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 ...

Volvo also developed a more powerful V8 for its S60 race car, which competed in Australia's V8 Supercars series. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

HEMI engines have a long history in NASCAR and in muscle cars, but how did the two of them meet? Here's what made this racing ...