{"id":375383,"date":"2026-08-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=375383"},"modified":"2026-08-19T00:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:00:06","slug":"v8s-are-still-on-sale-in-2025-5-carmakers-keeping-them-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/v8s-are-still-on-sale-in-2025-5-carmakers-keeping-them-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"V8s are still on sale in 2025: 5 carmakers keeping them alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford, Ferrari, GMC, Mercedes-Benz, and Cadillac all still sell V8-powered vehicles in <strong>2025<\/strong>. That alone tells you the V8 isn&#8217;t gone yet. It&#8217;s hanging on in a handful of models, even as the rest of the industry keeps moving toward smaller turbocharged engines, hybrids, and EVs.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tighter emissions and fuel-economy rules have pushed a lot of brands toward turbo six-cylinders, hybrids, and fully electric drivetrains. So these days, V8s mostly show up in <strong>full-size trucks<\/strong> , flagship SUVs, and halo performance cars, not the mainstream vehicles they used to dominate.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford has kept a V8 in production continuously since the Flathead showed up in <strong>1932<\/strong>, and the company says it&#8217;ll keep building V8s for as long as regulations let it. You can still see that commitment in the Ford Mustang and in Ford&#8217;s full-size trucks.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Motors is on a similar track. GMC and Chevrolet still depend on V8s for trucks and performance models, while Cadillac keeps the formula alive in the <strong>2025 Cadillac Escalade<\/strong> and the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the numbers show where things are headed. Registration data say V8 registrations in half-ton pickups fell from <strong>64.6%<\/strong> in 2020 to 38% in 2024, while six-cylinders pulled ahead for the first time in decades.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the luxury end, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and even BMW are proof that the formula still has a place, and hybrids such as the Ferrari SF90 Stradale may help extend its life a little longer. You can still walk into a dealership and buy a V8 today, but you&#8217;ll mostly find it in <strong>trucks, luxury flagships<\/strong>, and high-performance cars.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford, Ferrari, GMC, Mercedes-Benz, and Cadillac all still sell V8-powered vehicles in 2025. That alone tells you the V8 isn&#8217;t gone yet. It&#8217;s hanging on in a handful of models, even as the rest of the industry keeps moving toward smaller turbocharged engines, hybrids, and EVs. Tighter emissions and fuel-economy rules have pushed a lot &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/v8s-are-still-on-sale-in-2025-5-carmakers-keeping-them-alive\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;V8s are still on sale in 2025: 5 carmakers keeping them alive&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9322,"featured_media":375382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-375383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375384,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375383\/revisions\/375384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375383"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=375383"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=375383"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=375383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}