There are people who will tell you that the roar of a V8 engine is one of the most beautiful sounds of all time — a point that's hard to argue with. The deep and thunderous growl of a powerful V8 ...

There are all kinds of different internal-combustion engine configurations, from mass-produced inline-fours to V-twins used in motorcycles, quirky three- and five-cylinder designs to V4s, inline-sixes ...