The Cadillac Blackwing V8 engine had a short but illustrious history and sat beneath the hood of one of the highest ...

V-8 engines are now mostly associated with high-performance muscle cars and rugged full-size trucks, but they actually got their start in the luxury segment. In 1905, Rolls-Royce produced three cars ...

Even though Cadillac only briefly offered V16 vehicles for a few years in the 1930s, this remained a defining moment for the brand for many decades. It was available as the top-of-the-line power plant ...

"Would I relish the opportunity to put [the Blackwing] in something else? Yes," Vivian told MotorTrend in a phone interview. Which Cadillac product, then, might be the next recipient of this ...

Cadillac isn't releasing many technical details yet on its new LMDh car, dubbed the Project GTP Hypercar at this stage, though it did confirm it will be powered by a 5.5-liter DOHC V-8. Naturally, you ...

Even by the standards of the late 1960s, nobody really needed a V8 engine with 500 cubic inches (8.2-liters) of displacement, 600 lbs (272.1 kg) of dry weight (without the accesories), and 400-plus ...

It should be clear that GM knows how to innovate and engineer excellent products when it wants to. Cadillac’s 4.2-liter twin-turbo Blackwing V8 is recent proof of that. Yet, as related in an extensive ...

1. The neat Cad installation under discussion by Eddie Miura and Tom Ikkanda is facilitated by using a Cragar bell housing, as shown above. Housing makes possible the coupling of the big OHV Cad ...

In August 2021, GM debuted a new 1.5L turbocharged four-cylinder engine in China, with a modular design and various power outputs, as the latest member of the eighth generation of Ecotec engines. A ...

It doesn’t sell a sports car, but its technology is finding success where luxury brands like Benz and BMW have thrived. By Paul Stenquist The racetrack has long been a proving ground for luxury ...