The one engine that outsold them all. And it's been around for 70 years.

The first ever V8 engine wasn't American; it was a French design by Léon Levavasseur, and it wasn't used in sports cars or muscle cars, but in boats and planes. However, since its first use in 1904, ...

When it comes to V8 engines, it's only natural to think of American cars first. After all, American carmakers are responsible for some of the greatest V8 engines of all time, and when it comes to the ...

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

If there's one thing the American automotive industry is probably best known for, it's engines. Big ones, too, with plenty of classic, high-speed muscle cars from the 1960s sporting 400 cubic-inch V8s ...

Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Springsteen all define American culture. For car enthusiasts, though, it's always been the V8 engine and the muscle car. Yet ironically, the V8 was never originally ...

Cadillac’s V8 story is bigger than most people remember. Long before the brand became tied to Escalades, Blackwings, and electric luxury, Cadillac used the V8 as a symbol of refinement, status, and ...

During the 1960s and 1970s, Ford developed some of the most impressive muscle cars of the era, which were powered by V8 engines that became legendary. So good were those American performance engines ...

Shopping for your next classic? This left-field trio might give you some inspiration. The V8 engine may be an endangered species today, but for several decades these eight-cylinder powerplants were 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 ...