Italian sports cars are infamous for their seductive lines, passionate designs, high-revving engines and enormous price tags. It sounds like a desirable yet expensive package. However, those machines have a dark side. They are of questionable reliability with sky-high maintenance costs and infamous records of sudden breakdowns.
So, what is the solution? Just take the elegant Italian body and install a good old American V8. They can go for millions of miles and provide a healthy dose of power and torque. Ever since the late ‘50s, Italian manufacturers have built cars with V8 engines from American brands. The list of those interesting machines is quite long, so here are the most interesting ones.
