Cars with biggest engines

Top 40 cars with largest engines. Updated June 2025.

Bigger is almost always better when it comes to performance car engines. Larger displacement implies more torque and usually more cylinders with higher peak power.

Due to emissions concerns and taxes based on engine displacement, car manufacturers have benn "downsizing" engine capacity across all segments - what used to small 4 cylinder engine now becomes even smaller 3, and what used to be a V6 will likely be replaced by turbo 4.

For supercars taxes and emissions are less relevant, and large 8, 10 or even 12 cylinder engines with displacement over 5000 cc are common.

This list ranks cars based on displacement (cubic capacity) and only includes cars designed and manufactured since 1990. This age limit filters out classic cars which would otherwise crowd this list, leaving little room for contemporary models that most people can buy today.

By far the most frequent name on this list is "Viper" - in 1991 Dodge designed a sports car with unusually large, truck-derived V10 engine, which still today is one of the largest ever used in passenger car.

# make & model Liters▼ Image
1. 2017 Kirkham Cobra 860 14.1 Photo of 2017 Kirkham Cobra 860
2. 2006 Isdera Autobahnkurier 116i 9.9 Photo of 2006 Isdera Autobahnkurier 116i
3. 2000 Mosler TwinStar Eldorado 9.1 Photo of 2000 Mosler TwinStar Eldorado
4. 2015 SRT Viper GTS 8.4 Photo of 2015 SRT Viper GTS
5. 2016 Dodge Viper ACR 8.4 Photo of 2016 Dodge Viper ACR
6. 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 8.4 Photo of 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10
7. 2017 VLF Force 1 V10 8.4 Photo of 2017 VLF Force 1 V10
8. 2013 SRT Viper GTS 8.4 Photo of 2013 SRT Viper GTS
9. 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR 8.4 Photo of 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR
10. 2013 SRT Viper TA 8.4 Photo of 2013 SRT Viper TA
11. 2017 SRT Viper ACR Extreme Targa 8.4 Photo of 2017 SRT Viper ACR Extreme Targa
12. 2015 Dodge Viper T/A 8.4 Photo of 2015 Dodge Viper T/A
13. 2013 GTA Motors Spano 8.4 Photo of 2013 GTA Motors Spano
14. 2013 SRT Viper 8.4 Photo of 2013 SRT Viper
15. 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Roadster 8.4 Photo of 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Roadster
16. 2015 GTA Motors Spano 8.4 Photo of 2015 GTA Motors Spano
17. 2014 SRT Viper Targa 8.4 Photo of 2014 SRT Viper Targa
18. 2015 Dodge Viper GTC 8.4 Photo of 2015 Dodge Viper GTC
19. 2025 Bugatti Tourbillon 8.4 Photo of 2025 Bugatti Tourbillon
20. 2003 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Roadster 8.3 Photo of 2003 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Roadster
21. 2005 Dodge Viper SRT-10 8.3 Photo of 2005 Dodge Viper SRT-10
22. 2010 GTA Motors Spano 8.3 Photo of 2010 GTA Motors Spano
23. 2013 HTT Locus Plethore LC-1300 8.3 Photo of 2013 HTT Locus Plethore LC-1300
24. 1997 Dodge Viper GTS/CS Coupe 8.2 Photo of 1997 Dodge Viper GTS/CS Coupe
25. 1997 Dodge Viper GTS/CS Roadster 8.2 Photo of 1997 Dodge Viper GTS/CS Roadster
26. 2008 Chevrolet Corvette C6.RS Pratt & Miller 8.2 Photo of 2008 Chevrolet Corvette C6.RS Pratt & Miller
27. 2012 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse 8.0 Photo of 2012 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse
28. 2018 Bugatti Chiron Sport 8.0 Photo of 2018 Bugatti Chiron Sport
29. 1992 Dodge Viper RT/10 8.0 Photo of 1992 Dodge Viper RT/10
30. 2023 Bugatti Chiron Profilée 8.0 Photo of 2023 Bugatti Chiron Profilée
31. 2019 Bugatti Centodieci 8.0 Photo of 2019 Bugatti Centodieci
32. 1998 Bitter GT1 8.0 Photo of 1998 Bitter GT1
33. 2008 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport 8.0 Photo of 2008 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport
34. 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport 8.0 Photo of 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport
35. 2018 Bugatti Divo 8.0 Photo of 2018 Bugatti Divo
36. 2020 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ 8.0 Photo of 2020 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+
37. 2003 Bristol Fighter 8.0 Photo of 2003 Bristol Fighter
38. 1997 Dodge Viper GTS 8.0 Photo of 1997 Dodge Viper GTS
39. 1996 Dodge Viper RT/10 8.0 Photo of 1996 Dodge Viper RT/10
40. 1999 Dodge Viper ACR 8.0 Photo of 1999 Dodge Viper ACR

Sources

All data sourced from manufacturer's official figures.

List authored by Christian Zelcs. Last updated on 06/06/2025, last addition - Kirkham Cobra 860.