The V8 petrol engine is an eight cylinder, water cooled unit having two banks of four cylinders positioned at 90 degrees to each other. The engine comprises five main castings: two cylinder heads, cylinder block, timing cover and the oil sump, all of which are manufactured from aluminum alloy. (Scheme 1)
North American Specification (NAS) market vehicles from 2003 model year receive a 4.6L version of the V8 engine to replace the previous 4.0L version.
