Chrysler may have trademarked HEMI, but the Detroit carmaker did not invent hemispherical engines, which appear in numerous ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Hemi name is so tightly welded to Chrysler that it is easy to forget the combustion chamber shape itself is not proprietary hardware. While the company turned the hemispherical head into a ...

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 ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

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 ...

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 ...