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.

We know the GLE 53 and its coupe-styled brother are going plug-in hybrid, but regarding the 63, hearsay suggests a flat-plane ...

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Many turbocharged V8 engines hit hard, but none does so with the finesse or intensity of the Ferrari F154. It might lack the serrated edge and piercing noise of the best flat-plane Ferrari V8s ...

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While the Small Block Chevy may be the most tunable and the Chrysler HEMI the most powerful, Ford’s Flathead V8 engine has been around for nearly a century and is the grandfather of every V8 ...

For the first few decades of the 20th century, V8 engines were finicky ... that in 1932 with the introduction of the 221 cubic inch flathead V8. Almost immediately upon its introduction, gearheads ...

It’s going to be based on the current 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 architecture, but the flat-plane crank should give ... expect a higher-revving engine with a higher-pitched tone due to this new ...

Perhaps Mercedes would let the two co-exist for a while, with a V8 C 63 and the plug-in four-cylinder C 63 S E Performance? Maybe Mercedes is working on a plug-in version of the flat-plane V8 that ...

It’s going to be based on the current 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 architecture, but the flat-plane crank should give ... expect a higher-revving engine with a higher-pitched tone due to this new ...

Homework is the key, and we reckon the V8 offers the ideal blend of availability ... their wish (although it has to be said, the flat-plane-crank engine was sonically disappointing).