The Chevrolet 409 V8 had a significant, but brief moment in the history of American big-block, high-performance engines. While the 409 V8 may be best known as the title of a popular Beach Boys song ...

Having toasted the 70th birthday of the venerable Chevy small-block V-8 in 2025, General Motors engineers are about to introduce the sixth generation of this engine. President Mark Reuss provided ...

Although Chevrolet developed a V8 engine as early as 1917, the company really made its mark with the small block V8 in 1955. Just three years later the automaker introduced the powerful 348 ci engine ...

As one of the 15,019 409-powered Chevrolets produced for 1962, Gary Anderson's immaculately restored Super Sport Impala convertible is an exceptional example of the '60s Super Stock street car breed.