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PORSCHE celebrated the 45th anniversary of the V8 engine on VALENTINE'S DAY

The German brand is best known for its six-cylinder boxers, but their V8, which was presented in the Porsche 928, has an interesting history.

Posted by: Marko Hanželic February 15, 2022, 7:55 p.m. 5.2 k views

Pri Porsche they decided to on Valentine's Day celebrate his 45th birthday, and on the occasion of the jubilee, they prepared a video celebrating both the V8 engine and the 928 model, which they have been producing for almost twenty years.

Interestingly, after the end of production of the model Porsche 928 the eight-cylinder in Zuffenhausen was not used for quite some time until the SUV was introduced Cayenne. Then the V8 got another race car RS Spyder American Le Mans Series (ALMS), well Panamera and the model Spyder 918.

Currently, the V8 is represented in the Porsche sales range by models Cayenne in Panamera, V Zuffenhausen however, they are already working frantically on the new race car of the series LMDh, which will debut with an eight - cylinder engine in the 2023 season.