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V-8

American  
[vee-ayt] / ˈviˈeɪt /

noun

  • V-8's
    plural
  1. V-eight.


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The probe covers model years 2021 to 2026 of the Cadillac Escalade and Chevrolet Silverado equipped with GM’s L87 V-8 engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Filosa also studied data showing that some 40% of truck buyers simply wrote off Ram—whether they wanted a bigger engine or not—because the brand didn’t offer a V-8 engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

About 40% of Ram 1500 buyers today pay a premium for the V-8 engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Above all, Americans, it seems, just won’t give up their V-8 engines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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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