variants or V8
: an internal combustion engine having two banks of four cylinders each with the banks at an angle to each other
also : an automobile having such an engine compare v-6

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Instead, Lamborghini will stick with hybrid power for the next-generation Urus, which currently makes 789 brake horsepower from a V-8 and an electric motor. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 8 July 2025 The new investment is in addition to $888 million recently announced for the next-generation V-8 engine Tonawanda Propulsion plant near Buffalo, New York. Sandy Mazza, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Primm Valley did not provide information on what would happen to the Desperado or attractions inside the hotel such as the famed Bonnie & Clyde V-8 Ford, which the outlaws were riding in when they were fatally shot. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025 The ultra-high-performance model, which debuted in 2023 at the very tail end of the third-generation Challenger’s lifecycle, added a 3.0-liter supercharger to the original Demon variant’s 6.2-liter Hellcat V-8. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for V-8

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of V-8 was in 1930

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“V-8.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/V-8. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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