[POLL] Which of Detroit’s Big Three Carmakers Will Have the Last V8 Standing?

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[POLL] Which of Detroit's Big Three Carmakers Will Have the Last V8 Standing?

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The automotive sector and governments around the world have decided that the only possible way forward is electric mobility, regardless of trivial things like public demand or infrastructure readiness. This push for plug-ins comes hot on the heels of CAFÉ regulations that were already causing widespread downsizing and turbocharging in engine bays industry-wide. Ever-tightening fuel economy standards and a rush to sever all ties with internal combustion have put the legendary American V8 on the endangered species list, especially for performance applications.

Dodge and Co. have spent the last few months trotting out an array of Challenger, Charger, and 300 final editions before the modern line of Hemi V8s are sent out to pasture to be replaced by a promising but out-of-character blown inline-six and some uninspiring but torque-rich battery packs after the upcoming model year. Meanwhile, Ford and General Motors scramble to electrify their lineups while wisely keeping their renowned LT and Coyote lines on life support.

Dodge Challenger Photo Credit: Dodge


Even with the Camaro apparently headed for the sunset after the 2024 model year, General Motors has tied their V8 hopes to their hottest product on record, the C8 Corvette. For the foreseeable future, the engine sitting between the pilot and the rear axle in America’s Sports Car will be a classic pushrod or flat-plane DOHC V8, though most industry experts expect these motivational masterpieces to die on the vine when the ninth-gen ‘Vette debuts in the next decade.

2024 Ford Mustang Photo Credit: Ford


This past week, the EcoBoost people at the Blue Oval proved that they are still dedicated to their tried and true “Five point Oh” with the unveiling of the seventh-generation “S650” Mustang at the North American International Auto Show. The news that the expected AWD and Hybrid versions of the original pony car had been scrapped in favor of an original recipe approach of 5-liter bent-eight and manual transmission was music to enthusiast’s ears, but grumblings of a silent Mustang hitting the scene as soon as 2028 have been even more persistent than the mysterious resurrected Thunderbird rumors.

It’s now time to place your bets, Corvette Nation. Which of Detroit’s Big Three carmakers will be the home of the last performance V8 standing? Will the Corvette team milk the LT2, 6, and 7 as long as possible à la C3 and C4 life cycles? Is it going to be the four-year newer Mustang and a conceivable third-generation GT supercar/T-Bird revival to have the best chance at enduring the EV push with its V8 heart and soul intact? Or do you think that the Mopar folks have something loud and fire-breathing hidden up their respective sleeve for the post-Hemi era?

Which of Detroit's Big Three Carmakers Will Have the Last V8 Standing?

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8 COMMENTS

  1. At who’s request is the ICE dying? The public certainly doesn’t seem to have a voice in this decision, but rather politics, environmental wokesters, seem to be driving this. There’s a place for electric cars, but let the demand, and the technology, and affordability make the decisions about what it desired, needed, and the economic benefits reveal themselves by free market choice.

  2. Not affordable for middle class people. They will have to move to the city and take the bus. You will own nothing and will be happy. 2030 agenda is all about socialism and control.

  3. I think a better poll would be “Which of Detroit’s Big Three Carmakers Will Go Out of Business First Embracing the EV Boondoggle?”

  4. Hybrid vehicles can retain their V8 as the E-Ray but my guess their weight be north of 4400 LBS.

  6. The first paragraph of this article explains it all. We are at the mercy of the Woke pencil pushers. Some of those models of Corvettes that have been projected by GM Authority and others are not likely to materialize as they will be deemed as polluting luxuries we cannot environmentally afford. All future models will be at least hybrid with an increasing anxiousness to get rid of that ICE the battery and motor aids. My electric bill is nuts now and up 25% over last year due to rate increase. I set my thermo high and don’t have a plug in but soon it will be higher as my neighbors push the demand with their EV’s that they will dutifully buy. How long before some gas stations become EV charging stations? Not long.

  8. @ rtbassey. GM Should partner with solar power companies to offer a 1 to 2 KWatt off-grid charging system. There will be a big surplus of Lead as “new” ICE cars are phased-out in 2035. This Lead could be re-used for home energy storage. For cost efficiency this system and in-car charging remain DC. Some may argue “why not” have a more home compatible AC inverter system to spit out 240V? Well that will cost more $… For those in the clouds, rain & snow then add a 800 watt wind turbine. more $. Moral of the Story? Decentralize Electrical Power Generation.
    @ Sam… I have owned a FLEET of vehicle since the Aftermath of Katrina in summer 2005. Reason? did not want to COMPROMIZE on vehicle purpos. My primary car Became a second hand 1998 Corolla to go to and from work, my secondary vehicle a 2002 Chevy Avalache which I needed for home renos duties, camping trailer traveling. in 2010 I bought my first Vette a 2008 C6 ZO6 as my third registered & insured vehicle. You would be shocked how little I paid to insure my Z06 BTW. EVs will be my Son’s reality Eventually. I still hope I can score a second hand C8Z06 in LESS than 10 years. They will (always) be rare where I live in Canada…

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