There is more than one type of V8 engine in the world, of course, but when people say they like V8s, I think we know what they're mostly talking about.
They don't usually mean high-revving, flatplane-cranked V8s like those you will find in many supercars or racing cars - the ones that sound like two four-cylinder engines welded together, which is not surprising, because that's essentially how their cylinders fire.
