V8: The Engine of America - Sneak Peek Trailer

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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.