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They included Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles, as well as such forgotten makes as the Abbott, Briscoe, Cole, King, Peerless, Monarch, Standard, and others. The V-8s powered the luxurious tourers and chauffeured limousines of the rich.
Then in 1932 Ford brought out the first low-priced car with a V-8 engine, a feat made possible by innovations in foundry techniques that permitted casting the entire engine block and crankcase as a single unit.
By 1953, most new American cars boasted V-8 engines and the powerful, gas-gulping, Detroit products, sought after by motorists here and abroad, became an international symbol of success.
Now, as soaring costs of petroleum and materials force motorists and manufacturers to turn again to four— and six-cylinder cars, the V-8’s last stop may be in automotive museums.
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