The Dodge, Ram, and Jeep lineups are poor in a single essential factor—Hemi V-8 engines. Sure, the 5.7- and 6.2-liter V-8s proceed to energy the current-generation Durango, and the Jeep Wrangler 392 exists with the 6.4, however the engine is lacking from different vital fashions like the brand new Charger and 1500. Nonetheless, a brand new report suggests Stellantis is gearing as much as produce extra Hemi V-8 engines.

Mopar Insiders, citing unnamed sources, says Stellantis will quickly begin constructing 5.7-, 6.4-, and supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V-8 engines at its Dundee Engine Plant in Michigan, southwest of Detroit. A report from December, after Carlos Tavares resigned earlier that month, alleged that many inside Stellantis didn’t need to kill the long-lasting engine.

It was apparently Tavares who drove to eliminate the Hemi, and now that he is gone, it sounds just like the engine is coming again in power. In accordance with the report, Stellantis will base the engines on the Gen III structure launched in 2003. There are additionally rumors that the automaker will add a good bigger displacement variant to its lineup.

Fears of accelerating emissions targets are waning now that US President Trump has ordered his administration to revoke incentives for electrical autos, rewrite gas economic system requirements, and decontrol different elements of the auto trade. Even when the trade continues to impress by alternative and increase hybrid choices, the considered a purely gas-powered Dodge coupe with a V-8 sounds engaging. 

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When Motor1 spoke with Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis earlier this 12 months, he informed us that he wasn’t ruling out the Hemi’s return to the truck model. Nonetheless, he mentioned it seemingly would not return instantly as a result of the Hemis weren’t designed to work with the brand new 1500’s electrical structure. However he added that solely means “you may’t do it instantly.”

Nonetheless, if Mopar Insiders‘ report is correct, Dundee may very well be constructing the 5.7-liter by August, preserving the engine alive because the trade faces an unsure future.

Motor1 has reached out to Stellantis for remark. We’ll replace this story if we hear again.