Classic V8 engines like the Chrysler 426 Hemi and the Ford Flathead may have the historic profile, but there are all sorts of ...

You would be hard-pressed to find an engine that's been fitted to such a wide variety of vehicles as the Rover V8. But what's the story behind the most versatile engine ever?

2024 Land Rover Defender V8 review: Still wild at heart What happens when you cram a 518-hp supercharged V8 into a Defender? The wilderness gets a whole lot faster.

Take every single list of the greatest V8 engines ever put together, and you'll find at least two US-build units in the Top 3. However, European carmakers have also mass-produced some legendary V8s.

V8 engines are known for powering pickup trucks and muscle cars, but they also lurk under the hoods of everything from roadsters to work vans.

For about $115,000, Land Rover will stuff a supercharged V-8 in the Defender. The one with the turbocharged BMW V-8 costs even more.

The all-American V8 kicks out as much as 350 hp, but the V8 power isn't as mighty as it once was. These are the V6 motors that put the LS1 to shame.

Now for 2024, the Range Rover Sport SV (dropping the “R”) has a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 mild hybrid engine and 51 more hp for a better balance of competence on the asphalt or the dirt.

Traveling to one of the world’s oldest and most arcane motorsport events in one of Land Rover’s latest V-8 powered Defenders.

The Brits have a long history of V8 engine development, and not many are much bigger than 4.5 liters in displacement. Here ...