The Chevrolet 409 V8 had a significant, but brief moment in the history of American big-block, high-performance engines. While the 409 V8 may be best known as the title of a popular Beach Boys song ...

General Motors cruised through the 1960s with roughly half the share of the U.S. automobile market. Chevrolet led the pack for GM, regularly selling millions of cars each year. This 1962 Chevrolet Bel ...

The Impala isn't the first Chevy you think of when discussing classic high-performance rigs from the GM brand. But that's not to say that the iconic full-size car didn't have proper oomph. When ...

Having toasted the 70th birthday of the venerable Chevy small-block V-8 in 2025, General Motors engineers are about to ...

Although Chevrolet developed a V8 engine as early as 1917, the company really made its mark with the small block V8 in 1955. Just three years later the automaker introduced the powerful 348 ci engine ...