Most people hear “HEMI” and picture a Shaker hood, pistol-grip shifter, and a Mopar big-block trying to turn bias-ply tires into smoke. Chrysler leaned hard into that badge, and it earned the ...

Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler and RAM, caused quite a ruckus in 2024 when it announced it would discontinue the legendary HEMI engine in its RAM trucks. However, the blowback from this ...

Hemi engines have a well-deserved reputation for immense power. As development continues, max horsepower and torque levels ...

While the Mopar HEMI is undoubtedly the most well-known hemi V8 ever made, Chrysler wasn't the only automaker to build them — ...

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. Today’s muscle car aficionado is ...

The HEMI engine is named after the engine's hemispherical shaped piston heads. While Chrysler brands popularized and trademarked the name, HEMI-style engines were developed in the early 1900s. The ...

Introduced in 1955, the Chrysler 300 "letter series" combined luxury and performance in an unprecedented package. As luxurious as the New Yorker, the original C-300 featured a unique V8 engine that ...

After two decades of production, the third-generation 5.7 Hemi V-8 has amassed a solid reputation as Chrysler's bread-and-butter workhorse and high-performance platform. In that time, the company name ...

The Chrysler HEMI V8 engine has been found in the engine bay of a great number of Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Plymouth, and Chrysler cars. "Iconic" and "prolific" are terms that are too weak to describe the ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

Back in the days of carburetors and cigarette lighters being common in dashboards, a Gen-II Hemi didn't need a lot of spark plugs to prove a point. Eight cylinders, eight spark plugs — simple, loud, ...