With 50-plus years of development behind them, big displacement engines like General Motors’ 8.1-liter Vortec V8 and Dodge’s 8.0-liter Magnum V10 were two of the largest engines ever placed in consumer-grade vehicles. Their fate was sealed in much the same way as the muscle car era big block, with fuel economy and emissions concerns reducing their potency to levels achievable by smaller displacement versions. This time it appears they’re gone for good, as the mid-2000s saw the last of
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