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 ...

In 2003, Chrysler reintroduced the legendary Hemi engine to American car buyers after a decades-long hiatus. The first of the "third generation" Hemis was the 5.7-liter, gas-powered, 90-degree, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The Dodge Durango and the Hemi engine form a powerful pair, and Dodge will continue to produce the most powerful gas-engine SUV on the planet into the 2025 calendar year,” said Matt McAlear, Dodge ...

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 ...