The HEMI engine has been in the news a lot, with RAM announcing that, in response to popular demand, it's bringing back the 5.7 liter HEMI V8 to the RAM 1500 pickup. This comes following a short, but ...

Chrysler is known for building Hemi engines, and it even trademarked the HEMI (all caps) name to signify to buyers that its vehicles have a unique powertrain. However, one of the interesting facts ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fantastic sound. The smell of burnt rubber. Ridiculous power. Chrysler's HEMI V8 family had all of these traits since the first 331-cid (5.4-liter) FirePower unit entered production in 1951. The ...

Dodge sold over 50,000 Chargers during the 1971 model year, but only 63 units were ordered with the 426-cubic-inch Hemi V8.

Hemi engines aren't perfect. Sorry. Half-grapefruit-shaped combustion chambers sure do let designers increase valve sizes, and in the larger displacement Hemis, these valves could probably pass golf ...

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 ...

After a single model year without a V8 option, HEMI muscle has returned to the 2026 Ram 1500 line in the United States market. Although the 345-cube mill came out more than two decades ago, it is ...