V8

British

noun

a car or internal-combustion engine having eight cylinders arranged in the form of a V

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Compared to Aus V8 supercars, this new era of F1 is pathetic.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Besides Russia and Saudi Arabia, the V8 group within OPEC+ includes Kuwait, Oman, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, all of which were targeted by Iranian attacks for a second day on Sunday.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

But the big news is what’s old: the continuing availability of Ford’s high-output 7.3-liter V8, a naturally aspirated, pushrod actuated, gas-guzzling anachronism nicknamed Godzilla.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

In the seesawing tedium of daily traffic, slow and fast, the e-motor silently and seamlessly supports the big V8 in those few hundred milliseconds it takes to spool up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Vice Principal Marten chased us out of the parking lot, but he couldn’t catch Audrey’s V8.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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