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Mercedes-AMG's V8 engines are used in some of the most powerful cars on the planet. Here are ten of them, such as the AMG ...
The first mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette has bested the Porsche 911 to become our favourite premium sports car of 2025.
A new report says buyer apathy and the cost of meeting new emissions regulations are the powerful yet soulless engine's ...
The Mercedes-AMG GT XX Concept vehicle has a unique fake exhaust note that sounds like an eight-cylinder engine.
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That classic V8 sound gets its vibrato rumble from the very fact that it is uneven. These engines use a cross-plane crankshaft, which means that along the shaft's length, it features a crank throw ...
The Flat-Plane Crank Twist According to Autocar , that’s exactly what Mercedes will do. In fact, it says that there’s another reason that the new V8 is quiet beyond new filters.
To compensate for the high-pitched and more aggressive note of the flat-plane crank engine, an artificial sound generator simulating the burbling V8 sound may be added to the C 63 sedan.
If a cross-plane crank has its crank pins on two planes intersecting perpendicularly, then it would make sense that a flat-plane crank would be the opposite. With engines that use this ...
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 ...
Although the Italian manufacturer confirmed a displacement of 4.0 liters for the LB634, we don't know if said twin-turbo V8 is mechanically related to the cross-plane crankshaft 4.0 TFSI used by ...