You might know a lot about V6 and V8 engines, but you might not know that there are W engines as well. And they come in many ...

When the first V8 engine arrived, it wasn’t in a vehicle’s engine bay; it was born in the sky and on the water. Between 1904 and 1910, the first eight-cylinder configurations debuted in aircrafts and ...

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 ...

The V8 engine is a staple of American car culture. The loud sound, large power numbers and versatility have helped keep the big motors around for more than a century. Due to car companies moving ...

The latest incident of the valve train-related issue occurred in spectacular fashion in Sunday's Darwin Triple Crown finale ...

What's the difference between V6 and V8 engines, and is a V8 better than a V6? As the names suggest, both engines are V-style engines, with two banks of cylinders arranged in a V shape, and which is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The AMG GLE 63 S sprints from 0 to 100 kmph in 3.9 seconds. The larger AMG GLS 63 does the same in 4.2 seconds. Both come ...

A close-up of a Cobra V8 engine. - Ricky Deacon/Getty Images Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Springsteen all define American culture. For car enthusiasts, though, it's always been the V8 engine and ...

It's no secret that V8 engines get fairly abysmal fuel economy. And it's nothing new, either. Go back to almost any era of the automobile, and you'll see that V8 engines scored pretty low overall, ...