Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. America's automotive history is dominated by the V8. It's what we're most famous for. You can probably hear Jeremy Clarkson saying ...

For the first few decades of the 20th century, V8 engines were finicky, expensive things reserved for low-production luxury cars. Fancy pants Cadillacs and LaSalles were powered by V8s, while more ...