Flat-plane V8 engines have attained mythical status among car enthusiasts. These engines put out prodigious amounts of horsepower and make a very distinctive sound as they climb toward the redline.

Turbos help, of course, as does cranking the boost up to 36 psi. The V8 also revs to 10,000 RPM, thanks to a flat-plane crankshaft. We stay in Europe for a little longer for the third engine on ...

General Motors has a habit of auctioning off the first unit of its most significant and most coveted cars and trucks, like every new Chevrolet Corvette model. The latest example came this past ...

Limited to only 36 units, the 2025 Shelby GT350R packs 830 supercharged ponies. It's the most potent GT350 produced so far.

In that application, the wet-sump cross-plane V8 was noted for its rich tones, if not outright performance. The F136’s application in Ferraris was very different though, adopting a flat-plane ...

Shelby American has unveiled the 2025 Shelby GT350.Unlike the 2015-2020 GT350—which was a Ford-Shelby collaboration and ...

Rick Hendrick, NASCAR Cup Series team owner and Chevrolet dealer bought the first 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 production at ...

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Shelby American has revived the GT350 for model year 2025. As opposed to Ford's flat-plane V8 thriller from a few years back, the newcomer from Shelby American uses the cross-plane V8 of the GT.