 Although no longer manufactured by Honda it is still commonly used in many Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese light vehicles.Honda, despite being known as an engine company, has never built a V8 for passenger vehicles.In the late 1990s, the company resisted considerable pressure from its American dealers for a V8 engine (which would have seen use in top-of-the-line Honda SUVs and Acuras), with American Honda reportedly sending one dealer a shipment of V8 beverages to silence them.