Porsche celebrates 45 years of the V-8 with a love letter

This two-minute video covers the limited but important history of the V-8 at Porsche, a brand known mostly for flat-sixes.

Porsche launched its first V-8 45 years ago, and since it's Valentine's Day, the automaker decided to celebrate with a love letter.

The original Porsche V-8 debuted at the 1977 Geneva motor show in the 928, Porsche's first attempt at a more luxurious, upmarket model. The 90-degree engine displaced 4.5 liters and developed about 220 hp in its original U.S.-market form. The front-engine 928 was intended as a replacement for the rear-engine 911, but that didn't happen. When production ended in 1995, Porsche's V-8 also went on hiatus. The automaker wouldn't build another V-8 road car until its launched the Cayenne in 2003.In 2006, Porsche launched the RS Spyder race car for the American Le Mans Series. Using a 3.

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