Everything about this car hit us like a sunbeam to the eye or a lightning strike on a jet-black night. It was crawling through the fairgrounds at the Car Craft Summer Nationals, vibrating the ground ...

Fear. That's probably what Chrysler's 426 HEMI "Elephant" engine instilled into its competitors when it first appeared as a racing engine in 1964, and that fear was warranted. With a 1-2-3 finish, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1962, Dodge entered the midsize market with its first-ever B-body car. The lineup included the entry-level Dart and the range-topping Polara, both of which were downsized after a couple of years in ...

Dodge has long been synonymous with loud and throaty V-8s, but as a new age dawns over muscle cars, power has taken a new form that makes the brand's legendary Hemi V-8 a bit of a moot point. Just ...

The Dodge Charger gets its HEMI back, but only a limited number will be built and exclusively as an NHRA drag car for the Factory Stock Showdown. Dodge unveils Charger Hustle Stuff Drag Pak with a ...