The base XKR is adorned with a slick 5.0 liter V8 engine that produces 510 hp.
The 616-horsepower Spider has a 3.8-litre V8 engine and 7-speed dual-clutch transmission with rear-wheel drive.
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The car has a V8 engine, five-speed manual transmission and 102, 755 miles on the odometer.
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Under the Hood: The Altitude model is equipped with a 5.6 liter V8 engine and a six-speed transmission.
With a 415-hp V8 engine, the SS is the first rear wheel drive performance sports sedan in 17 years.
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The 3.8-liter, twin-turbo V8 engine shows through the rear lid of the car.
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The 928 was on sale from 1978 to 1995 and was the first mass-produced Porsche with a V8 engine.
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Vehicles with fuel-saving six-speed transmissions or cylinder deactivation systems let a big V8 engine run on just four cylinders on the highway.
Based on the A7, the four-door coupe pairs a 560-horsepower V8 engine from the S8 sedan with an AWD eight-speed automatic transmission.
The LT1 6.2 L V8 engine has 450 horses under the hood (20 more than the C6) and has 450 lb-ft of torque.
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The V8 engine gets 767 total horsepower using flywheel technology at the wheels and a six-speed racing transmission with paddle-shifters at the steering wheel.
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Like the standard G63 AMG it packs a wallop with its 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine that in U.S. specs develops a frightening 544-horsepower and 560 pound-feet of torque.
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And this is with a lighter V8 engine taking the place of the V10, as well as a concerted effort to reduce weight with, for example, a carbon-fiber roof panel.
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Driving the rear wheels via a sophisticated seven-speed automatic transmission, the two power sources make the S400 feel every bit as lively as the conventional S550 version with its 382-horsepower V8 engine.
Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz is bringing yet another mind-bending AMG model with an amazingly potent 6.3-liter V8 engine that is neither downsized nor turbocharged, as seems to be the norm lately, even for AMG.
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The 918 Spyder will be powered by a unique plug-in hybrid system that will include a high-revving, mid-mounted V8 engine with capacity of more than 4.0 liters and producing at least 500 horsepower.
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Packing a 5.0-liter aluminum alloy V8 engine that generates a blazing 510 horsepower and 461 pound-feet of launch-happy torque, it runs with other hopped-up premium SUVs like the BMW X5 M and the Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG.
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The 4.3-liter, four-cam, 32-valve V8 engine can race from zero to 60 mph in a respectable 5.9 seconds (the same as the V8 7-Series), throwing out 290 horsepower and 320 pound-feet of torque at 3, 400 rpm.
The additional front-wheel drive called for a newly designed front axle: unlike the series production vehicle with AMG V8 engine, which has a double wishbone axle, the SLS AMG E-CELL features an independent multi-link suspension with pushrod damper struts.
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Joe Bakaj, an engineer at Ford, says that even American buyers of the company's F-150 pickups, who would normally scoff at anything with less than a V8 engine, are switching to a new V6 version that performs at least as well but drinks less fuel.
The twin-turbo V6 replaces the naturally aspirated 4.8-liter V8 engine in the previous-generation Panamera S and Panamera 4S. The new bi-turbo engine is also used in the Executive version of the Panamera 4S. The engine's figures themselves are indicators of progress: increases of 20 hp and 15 lb-ft torque when compared to the outgoing V8 engine.
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On the other hand, the LS600h L has a hybrid powertrain that pairs a 5.0-liter V8 gasoline engine with an electric motor.
The Ford F-350 Diesel has a 400-hp 6.2-liter V8 turbodiesel engine.
It has a 616hp V8 twin turbo engine that works rear-driven wheels and a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission.
You can feel explosions of various magnitudes, sense a person walking behind you or wind rustling through trees, feel the sensation of wheels splashing through varying depths of water, discern between a V8 and a V6 engine.
Its petrol engine, a V8, is connected to the rear wheels via a seven-speed automated gearbox.
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The GTS's star attraction is its torque-rich 4.8-liter V8, the same dry-sump, alloy-block engine as in the all-wheel-drive Panamera 4S but let off the leash a bit, with a higher redline (7, 100-rpm fuel shut-off), lumpier cam-lift logic, more aggressive transmission software (quicker, harder shifts available from the dual-clutch PDK gearbox), and additional cold-air boxes with active shutters behind lower lateral bumper intakes.
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But industry buzz is around the success of a turbocharged, six-cylinder Ford engine that uses a fifth less fuel than older, larger V8 engines of similar power.
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