As is the case with any industry, fashions come in and go in the automotive world. Some trends become things of the past because of changing tastes, like those gold badges on the backs of Toyota ...

Before Hudson was folded into American Motors, it had developed its own eight-cylinder engine. Yet for years, it stuck with its old-fashioned straight-6.

As for Chrysler, they went to great lengths to avoid the V8 fad at first, ensuring their much-beloved straight-eight engines lasted past the end of the war, even into the very early 1950s. This is the ...

Up to this point, the reintroduction of the Dodge Charger after a brief hiatus has been a disappointment for those who pledge allegiance to the eight-cylinder lifestyle. First came the all-electric ...

Discussing which engine is better between a straight-six and a V8 is something that feels like a plotline from The Fast and the Furious, if the franchise actually cared about cars. It’s “import versus ...