Gilbert Smith is an automotive journalist with over five years of specialized research and writing experience. Before joining CarBuzz in 2024, he produced in-depth buyer’s guides and feature articles ...

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18, AKA the Vortec 8.1 — was the last of The General's big block V8s, a line of engines that traced its lineage clear back to the fire-breathing muscle cars of the '60s ...

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An endangered species due to increasingly stringent fuel economy and emission regulations, the Chevy small-block V8 rolled out in 1964 with a displacement of 265 cubic inches in the C1 Corvette. If ...

Of the many existing engine configurations, few hold the history, reverence, and flexibility of the mighty V8. It has been around for well over a century and is found in cars, trucks, buses, and ...

When you think GM, you think trucks and SUVs; you think power and size. Among GM's engine ranks, there's one that you'll find in many vehicles that need power to hurl their big sizes around but don't ...

Lacking Apple CarPlay and front trunk Not quite as sporty to drive as it looks Higher starting price than others in the class After much waiting and anticipation we've finally gotten our first ...

You can’t help but respect a working truck, no matter what flaws it may have—mechanical or aesthetic. That said, nobody could blame you for putting a couple of car lengths between your rig and this ...

Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest performance cars, but GM read the tea leaves and knew that this platform would not be able to get them where they would ...