The V8 could be the most versatile performance car engine configuration, powering everything from Ferrari supercars to Ford ...

It deployed classic TVR elements: a light body, a Rover V8 up front, rear-wheel drive, a manual transmission, and not much else. The safety feature was the car's brakes, since ABS, airbags ...

Before being retired in the early 2000s, the old Buick motor got to be as big as 305 ci with British sports car maker TVR.