It was considered a major breakthrough when Ford launched its Flathead V8 engine in 1932. Up until that point, V8 engines were expensive and limited to just luxury cars, but Henry Ford wanted one that ...

For the first few decades of the 20th century, V8 engines were finicky, expensive things reserved for low-production luxury cars. Fancy pants Cadillacs and LaSalles were powered by V8s, while more ...

You don’t need six figures to get behind a proper V8 anymore. The used market’s full of heavy-hitting muscle cars packing 400 hp or more, most of which cost less than a new $45000 Civic Type R. These ...