Like the manual transmission the number of V8 engines is rapidly shrinking, to the point it may disappear some day. So lets have a look at what V8s are available today in the home of the brave V8, the USA.


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First off it's the non luxury cars (lets say sub~$60k). The good 'ol pony car trio are still representing V8s just fine. The Dodge Charger and low volume Chevy SS are keeping the V8 sedan alive and well, no more Chrysler 300 V8 though . Interesting Hyundai and Kia are now representing the V8 better than a lot of other companies.


Ford Mustang - $32k - 435hp

Dodge Challenger - $32k - 375hp+

Dodge Charger - $33k - 370hp+

Chevrolet Camaro - $34k - 426hp+

Chevrolet SS (Super Sport) - $46k - 415hp

Chrysler 300 $45k

Hyundai Genesis - $51k - 420hp

Chevrolet Corvette - $53k - 455hp+

Kia K900 - $54k - 420hp

Hyundai Equus - $62k - 429hp

For entry level sports sedan/coupes Lexus, Mercedes and Audi still offer NA V8s. It seems likely that all of them will move to turbo V6s next generation, or possibly turbo V8s. BMW and Cadillac are going the route of turbo 6s and if Infiniti ever gets into the game they will too.

Lexus RC F - $62k - 467hp

Mercedes C63 AMG - $63k - 451hp

Cadillac CTS-V coupe - $71k - 556hp

Audi RS5 - $71k - 450hp










Midsize luxury cars used to be champions of V8s. Today however, the crowd is getting thinned. Mercedes seems to be phasing out the 550 models (no 550 sedans), leaving only the AMG with eight cylinders. You wont find a V8 in a Cadillac CTS or Lexus GS, but both will have one in their upcoming performance models (CTS-V and GS-F).



Mercedes E550 coupe/63 AMG - $60k - 402hp

Infiniti Q70 - $63k - 420hp

Audi S6 - $71k - 450hp

BMW 550/M5 - $73k - 443hp

Jaguar XF/XFR - $73k - 470hp

Mercedes CLS - $73k

Audi S7/RS7- $84k

BMW 650/M6 - $97k










Full size luxury is an eight cylinder stronghold, and likely will be for years to come.



Lexus LS460 - $73k

Audi A8/S8 - $90k

Mercedes S - $94k

BMW 750 - $95k

Jaguar XJ/XJR - $97k

Porsche Panamera - $114k

Maserati Quattroporte - $144






The number of V8 sports and supercars actually seems to be growing, possibly at the cost of V10 and V12 cars.

Aston Martin Vantage

Audi R8

Bentley Continental/Flying Spur

Bentley Mulsanne

Ferrari California

Ferrari 458

Jaguar F Type

Maserait Gran Turismo

McLaren 650S

McLaren P1

Mercedes SLK 55 AMG

Mercedes SL

Mercedes AMG GT

Porsche 918


How about engines with more than eight cylinders? It's a pretty small pool. For deca-cylinder vehicles there's the iconic Viper and the VAG cousins. I'm thinking it's only a matter of time before the R8 replaces the V10 with a turbo eight.


Dodge Viper

Audi R8

Lamborghini Huracan


There's still a handful of twelve cylinder cars roaming the land.

Aston Martin V12 Vantage

Aston Martin DB9

Aston Martin Vanquish

Audi A8

BMW 760

Ferrari FF

Ferrari F12

Ferrari LaFerrari

Bentley Continental/Flying Spur

Lamborghini Aventador

Mercedes S

Mercedes SL

Aston Martin Rapide


This list is cars only, no trucks/suvs/cuvs, because I think that's more interesting. I've left off boutique manufacturers, the kind of car makers who sell less than 20 units per year in the states. Notable examples: Morgan, Nobel, Koenigsegg, Pagani, Bugatti, Hennessey, etc. So what did I miss? what's inaccurate?