Do any Hondas have a V8?
Not in production road cars. Honda has never offered a V8 engine in a street-legal Honda or Acura model. The company has, however, built V8 engines for its racing programs, notably in IndyCar and Formula One, but those engines power race cars only.
To understand the question, it helps to separate showroom-grade powertrains from purpose-built race engines. Honda’s modern road cars have relied on four- and six-cylinder configurations, with a growing emphasis on turbocharged four-cylinders and hybrids. By contrast, Honda’s V8s have appeared in racing contexts, where performance and reliability are tuned for competition rather than everyday use.
Production road cars: no V8
In the street-legal lineup, Honda and Acura have not offered a V8 engine in any production model. Their largest recent gasoline powerplants are typically V6s or four-cylinder units, with a strong emphasis on efficiency and hybrid technology.
Racing and concept V8s: Honda's V8s in competition
Honda has built V8 engines for racing contexts, but those are not used in production cars. The company supplied and developed V8 power units for IndyCar and CART-era competition, and it produced V8 engines for its Formula One program during the 2006–2013 era. These engines powered race cars, not consumer Hondas.
Key racing V8 applications from Honda include:
- IndyCar/CART era: V8 racing engines powering Honda-powered teams.
- Formula One era: V8 engines used by Honda’s F1 program during 2006–2013 (not used in road cars).
In summary, Honda has built V8 engines, but only for racing, not for production cars. The company continues to focus its road cars on smaller four- or six-cylinder engines and hybrid systems.
Summary
Bottom line: No, ordinary Hondas do not have a V8. Honda has produced V8 engines for racing platforms, but there are no V8-powered production Hondas on sale today. For V8 performance from Honda, one must look to race programs rather than showroom models.
