Before the early 1970s and the pair of Gas Crises that gripped the nation, nearly every single automaker offered a slew of V8-powered automobiles. At the time, the humble eight-pot was, arguably, the ...

inefficient today to consider that GM was producing unique 455 Pontiacs, 455 Oldsmobiles, 455 Buicks, and 454 Chevrolets--four engines within 1 cubic inch of displacement--all at the same time.

The engines in today's American automobiles are typically from a family that is shared across different brands of their parent company. The Pentastar 3.6-liter V6 can be found in vehicles from Dodge, ...

During an era when a cast iron block was the main ingredient for building mass-produced internal combustion engines, General Motors' Buick division unleased an all-aluminum V8 that revolutionized the ...