We have all heard the hype and seen the cool commercials with the beat-up Duster, the new Hemi-powered truck, and even a front engine dragster sporting a first-generation Hemi, but does the new Hemi ...
If you're looking for some late-model Hemi parts (5.7, 6.1 or 6.4), you need to check out Arrington Performance right away. They're having a huge 4th of July sale until June 27, 2013, and you guys are ...
The Dodge Charger and Challenger Hellcat have disrupted the American muscle car market more than any other car in the past decade. They offered some of the best horsepower-per-dollar figures of any ...
In May 1981, the Saltillo Engine Plant in Mexico started production of the LA 360 V8. Ever since, this facility was also tasked with assembling the 5.2- and 5.9-liter Magnum, as well as the 8.0-liter ...
Chrysler has produced the Gen-3 HEMI engine since 2003, and since that time, it has undergone some substantial changes. Beginning with the 5.7-liter HEMI, the Gen-3 HEMI platform soon included various ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The 5.7-liter Hemi was the first engine of Chrysler's modern Gen III V8 family, introduced in the 2003 Ram trucks. Since then, it has been ...
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 ...
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Why America Loved The Hemi V8

When the 2025 Ram 1500 debuted, it sparked a considerable degree of outrage. It didn’t go all-electric, or unibody, or even change that much. The styling’s still largely the same, and even the frame ...
Not that long ago, the Hemi V8 was looking like an endangered species. It was dropped from the Jeep Grand Cherokee and eschewed by the redesigned Dodge Charger. The 5.7-liter engine also became ...
“We got it wrong and we’re fixing it,” Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis says. What did Ram get wrong? The truck maker nixed the Hemi V-8 option from the redesigned 2025 Ram 1500, making the more powerful and fuel ...
Dodge unlocks V-6 engine retail orders on 2026 Dodge Durango GT; V-6 joins HEMI® V-8 engine as powertrain choices for the Durango GT Proven Pentastar V-6 engine for Durango GT delivers 295 horsepower ...
The leak comes to us in the form of an email from a Wisconsin employee of a dealership, who claims they were at a recent meeting where the return of the classic Hemi setup was announced, via ...