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Ram’s decision to offer the 5.7-liter Hemi V8 in the 1500 pickup again was a strategic move that would have been considered ...
Ram's new CEO was right to bring the HEMI back. The truck maker clocked in over 10,000 orders during the first 24 hours from ...
The company that owns Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Fiat reported a 10% decrease in sales in 2025's second quarter.
The Hemi name is derived from the hemispherical shape of the combustion chamber that Chrysler introduced on a V8 in 1951, and ...
Dodge's Hemi engines are known to be performance tyrants. Why though? Here's a look at what makes them killers.
There are reasons why Dodge introduced the Hemi three times, and killed it three times. Here are the biggest pros and cons of Dodge's Hemi engine.
When the Chrysler Hemi engine was first introduced back in 1951, there was just one size. The original FirePower featured 331 cu. in. of displacement and could deliver 180 hp.
Based on the bones of Chrysler’s first-generation Hemi engine from 1951 to 1958, HOT ROD had a pretty good sense that the new version from 1964 was going to kick ass.
It started out as a FirePower engine back in the 50’s and for 35 years Chrysler has intermittently used the Hemi V-8 engine, short for hemispherical combustion chamber with dome-shaped ...
While the HEMI V8 design was the first of its kind for Chrysler, it was also the company's first V8 to use overhead valves, a departure from the customary flat head with valves in the engine block.
Dodge’s Hemi engine set its roots in absurdity. During the Second World War, the U.S. Government contracted Chrysler to develop a 2,000-horsepower airplane engine that could reliably produce ...
But by 1955, that had increased to 300 horsepower in the 392-cubic inch (6.4-liter) HEMI engine found in the Chrysler 300C. For the middle of the 1950s, this was ludicrously powerful.