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MotorTrend
  • 10/8/2024
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00:00The V8, a power plant, a pop culture icon, an American institution, the perfect blend
00:10of speed, power, noise, vibration, heart, and soul, cast in fire and iron more than
00:20a century ago, now digitally designed and precision milled, the V8's meteoric rise
00:26and subsequent fall from grace has been well documented, but as we push forward into a
00:32future of alternative fuels, the V8 remains unbroken and unrelenting, a golden age, not
00:40just surviving, but thriving.
00:42I love V8 engines, but it's like a Frankenstein and when it comes to life, it's just magic.
00:48A V8 is kind of an irreverent, you can use the hand gesture of your imagination to say
00:55I am just going to buy whatever I want and it's very American.
01:00I mean, it represents the power of the people, right?
01:03People have been conditioned to love the V8.
01:07When you think of V8, you automatically think of American.
01:09It's that feeling of torque that you just get so addicted to.
01:12The performance, the sound, that overall visceral experience that you get.
01:16Inline six cylinders are kind of fun and cool and cute and four cylinders are cute, but
01:21V8's are what you are when you grow up.
01:25The V8 doesn't just move machines, it moves people, driving the heart of automotive history
01:31forward, mile after mile.
01:36This is the story of that engine and those people.
01:41What's your best impression of a V8 sound?
01:52I don't want to hurt myself.
01:53I have a lot of interviews today, so I need to really take care of my throat here.
01:59I don't really make a V8 sound effect.
02:03I don't eat beans that often, so there's not any reason to really.
02:09Not that high pitched.
02:11I love the start up, when you get that cold start and it kind of over revs and it settles
02:16in, right?
02:17It's kind of like a ... and then it's like ... or the old quadrature ... but then you're
02:35waiting for that next moment where the shift happens.
02:38When that shift happens, it gives you that pause and then there's more.
02:47And that's 9,000 RPM, right?
02:50So, what does your favorite V8 engine sound like?
02:54Give us your best impression.
02:56Okay.
02:57That's what it sounds like.