V8 engines and Mercedes-Benz go together like peanut butter and jelly—less for utility, more for pleasure. Despite turbocharging and emissions regulations turning the heat up, you can still walk into ...

Power has grown to absurd numbers in modern automobiles. It comes from the whirring batteries of the 1,020-horsepower Tesla Model S Plaid and the scream of the 1,064-hp Corvette ZR1's flat-plane crank ...

These days, new cars are continually moving away from many of the most iconic internal combustion engines of the 21st century. Engines like the Audi and Lamborghini V10, third-gen Chrysler Hemi, ...

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 ...

A 1968 Chevrolet Corvette coupe with a numbers-matching drivetrain and more than three decades of ownership history is now being offered for sale, highlighting an early example of the model’s third ...

Chevy's small-block V8 is bound to pop up in conversations thanks to its omnipresence in American automotive culture. But it had a larger sibling that made a strong case for the phrase "There is no ...

Introduced in 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette struggled to survive until 1955 when the small-block V8 became an option. Sales picked up in 1956 and exceeded 10,000 units in 1960. The first-gen Corvette ...

The V8 diesel engine didn't have its greatest introduction, at least in the passenger car world. Developed for buyers seeking higher efficiency, Oldsmobile's V8 diesel-powered Cutlass proved to be a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...