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V-8

American  
[vee-eyt] / ˈviˈeɪt /

noun

V-8's plural
  1. V-eight.


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And software can make it feel as if the driver is controlling a V-8 engine.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Primm Valley, Whiskey Pete’s and Buffalo Bill’s all hosted at one time the famed Bonnie and Clyde V-8 Ford riddled with more than 100 bullets in 1934.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

Instead, those plants will build gas-powered trucks and V-8 engines.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

The company has two engine plants in Canada that build V-8 motors for F-series and Super Duty pickups assembled in the United States.

From Reuters Sep. 19, 2023

It was an old Ford Model A, nothing like the slick Ford Model 730 Deluxe V-8 sedan.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

The guy who won the unlimited fuel class drove a massive machine powered by four blown hemi V-8’s making in excess of 3,000 horsepower.

From Salon Feb. 6, 2019

Horsepower is up a bit to 425, from 414, while torque is 406 pound-feet, a sharp increase from the old V-8's 295 pound-feet.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2015

I've grumbled over BMW's recent designs, but the 645Ci quickly ingratiates itself with a pleasing silhouette and its 4.4-liter V-8's frisky 325 horses.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day the elder Ford was driven in one of his V-8's 35 mi. to Marquette to telephone Edsel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The last of four new Ford V-8's went out at 360 miles.

From Time Magazine Archive

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