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===Eight-cylinder=== From the 1950s through the 1970s, each GM division had its own V8 engine family. Today, there are only two families of V8 engines in production for road vehicles: the [[General Motors LS-based small-block engine|Generation V small-block]] and its [[Chevrolet Gemini small-block engine|Gemini small-block]] derivative. [[Image:Rocket v8.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Oldsmobile Rocket V8 engine]][[Image:2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 LS7 engine.jpg|right|thumb|150px|GM LS V8 engine]] ==== Inline-8 ==== * 1931β1936 [[Buick Straight-8 engine|Buick Straight-8]] * 1932β1948 [[Oldsmobile Straight-8 engine|Oldsmobile Straight-8]] * 1932β1954 [[Pontiac straight-8 engine|Pontiac Silver Streak]] * 1934β1936 [[LaSalle (automobile)|LaSalle]] (Oldsmobile Straight-8 in a unique to LaSalle displacement assembled by LaSalle/Cadillac from Oldsmobile supplied components) * 1936β1953 [[Buick Straight-8 engine|Buick Fireball]] [[Image:Pontiac Straight-8.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Pontiac Silver Streak eight engine]] ==== V8 ==== * 1914β1935 [[Cadillac V8 engine#L-Head|Cadillac Type 51]] (also used in the [[LaSalle (automobile)|LaSalle]]) * 1915β1917 [[Oakland (automobile)|Oakland]] Model 50 * 1915β1923 [[Oldsmobile]] Model 40 * 1917β1918 [[Chevrolet Series D]] (acquired as part of Chevrolet's merger into GM) * 1929β1931 [[Viking (automobile)|Viking]] V8 * 1930β1932 [[Oakland (automobile)|Oakland]] V8 (used in [[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]] models during its final year) * 1935β1948 [[Cadillac V8 engine#Monobloc|Cadillac Series 60]] (also used in the LaSalle) * 1949β1980 [[Cadillac V8 engine#OHV|Cadillac OHV V8]] * 1949β1990 [[Oldsmobile V8 engine|Oldsmobile Rocket V8]] * 1953β1976 [[Buick V8 engine|Buick Fireball V8]] (also referred to as "Nailhead") & [[Buick V8 engine#Big-block|Buick Big-Block V8]] * 1955β2003 [[Chevrolet small-block engine|Chevrolet Small-Block V8]] "Generation I" (originally "Turbo-Fire") * 1955β1980 [[Pontiac V8 engine|Pontiac V8]] (also modified for GMC Truck models) * 1958β1965 [[Chevrolet big-block engine|Chevrolet W]] (also referred to as "Turbo-Thrust") * 1961β1980 [[Buick V8 engine#Small block|Buick small block V8]] (formed the basis of the 1961-1963 [[Oldsmobile V8 engine#Aluminum 215|Oldsmobile 215 aluminum V8]]) (now better known as the [[Rover V8 engine|Rover V8]] and also the Buick-based "Dauntless V8" on Jeeps or the [[Repco]] V8 [[Formula One]] engine based on the Oldsmobile version) * 1965β2009 [[Chevrolet big-block engine#Mark IV|Chevrolet Big-Block V8]] (originally "Turbo-Jet") * 1967β1972 [[GMC V8 engine|GMC Truck 60-degree V8]] (derived from the [[GMC V6 engine|GMC 60-degree V6]]) * 1967β1984 [[Cadillac V8 engine#World's largest|Cadillac New V8]] * 1969β1984 [[Holden V8 engine|Holden 253]] * 1969β2000 [[Holden V8 engine|Holden 308]] (stroke reduced in 1985, making it {{Convert|304|cid|l|1|abbr=unit}}; {{Convert|350|cid|l|1|abbr=unit}} version also produced from mid 1994 for use by HSV) * 1982β1995 [[Cadillac High Technology engine|Cadillac HT]] * 1990β1995 [[Chevrolet small-block engine (first and second generation)#LT5|Chevrolet LT5 DOHC V8]] (exclusive to the [[Chevrolet Corvette (C4)#ZR-1 (1990β1995)|Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1]]) * 1993β2010 [[Northstar engine series|Northstar V8]] (also used in the [[Oldsmobile Aurora]]) * 1992β1997 [[Chevrolet small-block engine (first and second generation)#Generation II|GM LT "Generation II" small-block V8]] * 1997β2020 [[General Motors LS-based small-block engine|GM LS small-block V8]] (referred to as Generation III or IV depending on type) * 2014βpresent [[General Motors LS-based small-block engine#Generation V (2013βpresent)|GM LT Generation V small-block V8]] (Also called Ecotec3 V8) * 2018β2020 [[Cadillac twin-turbo V8|Cadillac Blackwing twin-turbo V8]] * 2023βpresent [[Chevrolet Gemini small-block engine|Chevrolet Gemini DOHC V8]] [[Image:1931Cadillac370AcoupeV12-engine.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Cadillac Twelve engine]]
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