V8

Anyone who’s looked at sports cars and compared price and power amongst models will find that one of the best bangs for the buck is the Ford Mustang GT. For 2021, all Mustang GT cars used a 5.0-liter V8 engine producing 460 horsepower.

We’ve seen some crazy customized cars in our day, but this 2014 Subaru BRZ up for sale on Cars and Bids is one of the coolest. The car has had its four-cylinder boxer engine replaced with a 6.3-liter V8 engine from a C5 Corvette Z06.

Anyone out there who’s been holding out hope of buying a 2021 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 now knows how much that hope will cost them. As you might expect, the highly anticipated 470 horsepower 392 cubic-inch V8-powered Rubicon is the most expensive Wrangler offered.

From 2008 to 2014, Lexus made a V8-powered variant of its smallest sedan, known then as the IS F. With the redesign of the IS, the V8 went away, and you could only get an IS with a turbo 4 or a V6.

One of the only things that Ford Raptor fans have to complain about when it comes to the truck’s current version is that it lacks a V8. Ford replaced the V8 engine with an EcoBoost V6 several years ago that makes about 450 horsepower.

No one has ever accused the Jeep Wrangler of being cheap, particularly in higher-level trims like the Rubicon. It sounds as if the price premium for the heavily anticipated Rubicon 392 with its 470 horsepower V8 engine will be steep.

McLaren is showing off a new limited-edition vehicle known as the 620R. The supercar has the most powerful V8 engine in the McLaren Sports Series line. Its 3.8-liter twin-turbo V8 produces 612 horsepower and 457 lb-ft.

There’s an entire customization market focusing on cramming a V8 engine inside the iconic Jeep Wrangler. Jeep hasn’t officially put a V8 under the hood of its classic off-road vehicle since 1981, when the CJ featured a V8 that made a whopping 125 hp.

Thanks to their custom-tuned and custom-built engines, Hennessey Performance makes some seriously badass vehicles. Now, the Sealy, Texas tuner is showing off one of the most powerful V8 engines we’ve seen this side of a top fuel dragster.

Ever wondered what things looked like inside an engine when it’s running? This video gives you a glimpse into the inner workings of a hot rod’s V8 engine, thanks to a special clear valve cover. What’s interesting to note is just how clean the rockers and springs look at idle.

When first presented with the option of driving the Lexus LC 500 for a week, I damn near broke out in song. In recent years, Japanese luxury automaker Lexus has gone to great lengths in order to distance itself from the longstanding impression that it only makes boring automobiles.

Could there be a better way to close out 2018 than with a week-long review of Ford’s brilliantly revised Pony Car? Actually there is, and it’s called the Mustang GT Performance Package 2. When I first drove the new GT back in 2017, I was deeply impressed by the heavily revised Mustang. 

Bentley has announced a new version of its Bentayga SUV that retains all the luxe goodies of the original, other than the monster 6.0-liter 12-cylinder engine. The new flavor is called the Bentayga V8 and it packs in a 4.0-liter gas V8 engine under the hood.

All the leaves were brown, and yes, the sky was grey. But I’d be damned if I was walking that wintry day. Ford had gone through all this trouble to make sure that I had ample access to the heavily revised, and downright devilish Mustang GT in Malibu, California, and I sure as hell wasn’t about to pass up on seat time.

When James Bond orders his vodka martini shaken, not stirred, he’s actually ordering a watered-down drink. Why? Because shaking the mixture would chip the ice, and the smaller ice chips melt faster, watering down the drink.