Seems like the author didn't get it right starting off, in the first paragraph!
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The V8 engine, a symbol of power and prestige for more than a century, is looking more and more like an endangered species.
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He must've been asleep in the 90's, that's when V8's plunged. Fast forward to 2000 and up, Nissan and Toyota have full size V8 pickups, like someone mentioned, dodge put a their new V8 in almost everything they could. Mercedes loves their 5.4L sohc and put that in almost everything. A slew of exotics use V8's now.
The only real change now is that there are more V8's getting turbos and s/c put on by the factory.