The V8 engine as we've long known it is becoming a unicorn in the marketplace. This once-beating heart of virtually every automaker around has largely been scrapped in favor of smaller, typically ...

Throughout its illustrious history, Chevrolet has built many iconic V8 engines, of which these five became renowned not just for their power potential but also for their bombproof reliability. Follow ...

Its roots can be traced way back to the '50s.

â ¢Exterior view of compact new V8 engine shows location of accessories.Accessibility is good due to big engine compartment.â ¢HRM's Tech Ed, left, and Managing Ed give Chev V8 engine the eyeball.

Chevrolet first experimented with the V8 engine layout as early as 1917. However, it was the 265 cubic inch small block, introduced in 1955, that laid the foundation for some of the best V8 engines ...

When enthusiasts talk about Chevrolet V8's history, the conversation almost always starts in 1955 with the small block, which had some powerful iterations over the years. That's understandable. The ...