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The HEMI® engine has a long list
of historical milestones, and today marked a new achievement for the
storied engine: the one-millionth modern HEMI was produced.
“The modern HEMI engine is one of our best examples of Disciplined
Pizzazz,” said Eric Ridenour, Executive Vice President – Product
Development, Chrysler Group. “We combined the best of our
engineering heritage with modern design to develop an engine that
puts smiles on the customers’ faces – one million customers’ faces.”
The HEMI engine first debuted in a 1951 Chrysler. The most renowned
of all HEMI engines was the
426, built from 1964 through 1971. These engines powered the
Dodge and Plymouth muscle cars that made Woodward Avenue and Van
Nuys Boulevard famous. There were only 6,671 of these engines
produced.
First introduced in the 2003 Dodge Ram 2500, the modern Chrysler
Group HEMI V-8 engine is elegantly simple. It achieves power, fuel
economy and emissions goals with a design that is uncomplicated and
cost effective. The versatile HEMI V-8 engine is now available in
the Chrysler 300, Jeep® Commander, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge
Charger, Dodge Durango, Dodge Magnum, Dodge Ram 1500 and Dodge Ram
2500/3500.
The HEMI engine also powers the
Chrysler 300C SRT8,
Dodge Charger SRT8,
Dodge Magnum SRT8 and Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. At the heart of
these SRT8 models is a
6.1-liter HEMI engine, which generates more horsepower than the
5.7-liter version with more cubic inches, higher compression
ratio, faster engine speed and better engine breathing through
special cylinder heads and manifolds. The
6.1-liter HEMI engine features strengthened components including
a reinforced engine block, forged steel crankshaft and high-strength
connecting rods.
Chrysler Group’s innovative Multi-Displacement System (MDS) is
standard equipment with all
5.7-liter HEMI engines in the 2006 Chrysler 300, Jeep Commander,
Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge Charger, Dodge Durango, Dodge Magnum and
Dodge Ram 1500. Improving fuel economy by as much as 20 percent, MDS
seamlessly alternates between smooth, high fuel economy
four-cylinder mode when less power is needed, and V-8 mode when more
power from the
5.7-liter HEMI engine is in demand. Chrysler Group vehicles
equipped with MDS through the end of the 2007 model year will save
more than 60-million gallons of fuel each year.
Chrysler Group was the first to offer modern, large-volume vehicles
in North America with cylinder deactivation — the HEMI-powered 2005
Chrysler 300C and
Dodge Magnum R/T went on sale in the spring of 2004. Chrysler
Group was also the first to offer cylinder deactivation in an SUV
with the introduction of the 2005 HEMI-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Chrysler Group is now the first to offer MDS in a pickup truck — the
2006 Dodge Ram 1500. MDS is a fuel-saving technology that is here
today — customers get the power and capability of the HEMI V-8 that
they desire with the fuel economy of a less powerful engine. |
