The hemispherical (HEMI) engine has been an automotive staple since its first generation starting in 1951. Used in classic trucks and legendary muscle cars up until 1971, the HEMI was revived in the ...
Stellantis is currently on a path of redemption – they have a new CEO, finally, and all the brands in its portfolio are trying to make a comeback, especially the American ones. For example, if ...
The 5.7 Hemi V8 once defined the modern Dodge Charger’s accessible muscle, but the next generation is leaving that middle ground behind. You are now choosing between high output six‑cylinder turbos, ...
Image Credit: Ammar shaker - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia. When Tim Kuniskis, head of Dodge and the SRT performance division, spoke to automotive press at the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, muscle-car ...
"Hey," you're thinking, "one's got hemispherical combustion chambers, and the other doesn't. Case closed!" Congratulations, yes, that's the biggest difference. But maybe you're wondering why ...
Dodge has long been synonymous with loud and throaty V-8s, but as a new age dawns over muscle cars, power has taken a new form that makes the brand's legendary Hemi V-8 a bit of a moot point. Just ...
The HEMI engine returned to Dodge trucks in 2003 introducing the third generation of the legendary engine design with a 5.7-liter displacement. Later iterations of the 5.7 HEMI used in Dodge Chargers ...
As of 2025, the Hemi V-8 has been eliminated from most of the Stellantis products it was previously used in, but the Dodge Durango has been a serious holdout, holding fast to the 5.7-liter version of ...
Kuniskis is known as the Hemi guy for his years of promoting street-legal Dodges with rumbling engines and eye-popping power numbers. When the executive was put in charge of Ram, the V-8s were still ...
Today's Nice Price or No Dice Magnum takes its chassis from Mercedes, its brakes from Brembo, and its Hemi engine from Mount Olympus. Let's see if the price tag makes it more than just the sum of its ...