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The cowboy’s sad farewell to his faithful horse, “Goodbye, old Paint,” may soon be applied by American motorists to their trusty V-8s.
The familiar engine with its two slanting rows of cylinders can’t cure its drinking habit. Higher gasoline prices and the government’s emphasis on fuel conservation have brought the gas-guzzling power plant to the end of the trail.
General Motors plans to produce no more V-8s after 1983. In that year, only the Corvette will have an eightcylinder engine, the corporation recently informed the National Highway Safety Administration in Washington, D.C.
Popularity Came Late The V-8 has been around for 70 years, the National Geographic Society points out. But the big engine didn’t become popular until the 1930s, and demand reached a peak during the last two decades.
The first automobiles of the 1890s were one-cylinder affairs that were eclipsed within a few years by cars with more powerful multicylinder engines.
In 1902, Locomobile set the pattern for future autos by producing the first American car to feature a water-cooled, four cylinder engine placed in front of the driver.
Five years later, Edward R.
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