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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 2871654" data-attributes="member: 1132">All the manufacturers are going to turbos and dropping cylinders. Even makes like Porsche are dumping normally aspirated sixes for turbo fours. Volvo dropped the 4.4 liter, 311hp V8 in the XC90 and replaced it with twin charged (super and turbo) 2.0 liter four making 316hp. IIRC, the top of the line F-150 engine is now the ecoboost 6 cylinder, not the V8. It's all so they can meet CAFE fuel economy standards across the entire lineup. So for every Hellcat Challenger or Charger FCA sells, they have to sell that many more Fiat 500s and Dodge Darts. Porsche has the same problem with the Cayenne SUV. They introduced it to increase overall sales, but they quickly became the most popular model in the lineup. That hurts their CAFE totals, so now they have to go smaller and more efficient on the engines in the Boxster, Cayman and standard 911, along with making the smaller, more efficient Macan SUV.It won't be that many more years before the V8 will be an endangered species.</blockquote>