the 500 was a serious race car for the road, and the engine enjoyed a monstrously high redline, typical of its origins as a bike engine. Sitting 1,450 RPM higher than that of the V8 in a Porsche ...

The Hyundai Motor Group hasn't made a V8 since 2021 when the Tau engine was discontinued ... We were in a dearth of cool top-end Le Mans race car designs following Audi's dominating diesel ...