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From the March/April 2024 issue of Car and Driver. While the roar of Ferrari V-8s lives on in the SF90 and Roma, we pour out espresso shots for those that powered the likes of the 458s, 488s, and F8s and their glorious eight-cylinder soundtracks. And though it’s unlikely any V-6 will ever win a Grammy, Ferrari’s new 120- degree 3.0-liter V-6, code-named F163, might get a nomination.The turbos mounted in the F163’s valley mark a departure from the V-8’s outboard compressors. The hot-V configurati…
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From the moment we laid eyes on the Maserati MC20’s striking curves, we couldn’t help but imagine a more aggressive version. After some seat time, thoughts of a street-legal track machine competing with the downforce behemoths from Chevrolet and Porsche raced through our heads. Maserati clearly had similar thoughts but instead skipped the road-ready version and went right to track-only mode. After all, before the latest iterations of Corvette Z06 and Porsche 911 GT3 RS came to be, the C8.R and 9…
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Darker days may be on the horizon for combustion engines, but before they’re forced into retirement, they’re going out with—ahem—a bang. In this golden era of combustion, there are many engines that will be forever venerated, such as Chevrolet’s naturally aspirated 670-hp 5.5-liter V-8, Porsche’s screaming 4.0-liter flat-six, and basically any modern twin-turbocharged V-8. But have we reached peak snowmobile? “We might be there,” says Ski-Doo media relations manager Steve Cowing. “But we though…
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