Just like an elephant's size, the largest V-8 engine ever put into an American car is hard to appreciate until you see it up ...

These proper V8 Pontiac muscle cars are seriously cheap now, but they probably won't be for long.

A massive V8 is a trademark of almost every true muscle car. However, the modern automotive era has shifted away from large-displacement, gas-guzzling, naturally ...

Classic V8 engines have a very distinct sound that modern engines seem to have lost over the years. How did automakers achieve this sound?

The Mopar 440 saw its way into several cars in the late 1960s, as did its high-performance variants, like the 440 Magnum, 440 TNT, 440 Super Commando, and the most powerful of the bunch, the 440 Six ...

When V8 muscle cars were at rock bottom, one carmaker had a new idea.

A blue Chevrolet Chevelle SS parked in a parking lot on a cloudy afternoon day. - Tomeng/Getty Images For decades, American automakers produced some of the best, most legendary car engines ever made ...

Large, reliable and capable of high-horsepower outputs, several American V8s made the trip across the Atlantic and landed inside the engine bays of high-performance European sports cars for a lethal ...

Muscle cars are American-made vehicles defined by their powerful engines, large size, and focus on straight-line speed. Modern muscle cars are more powerful than ever, but they are also much more ...

Some muscle cars were built to be legends. The Chevrolet Chevelle wasn't. It started as a sensible, mid-size family car meant to steal sales from Ford, and within six years it was wearing the most ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

Some standout muscle cars from 1971 include the Dodge Charger R/T and Challenger R/T, Ford Mustang 429 Cobra Jet, and the ...