Dodge has reversed plans to ditch the big 6.2-liter Hemi-V8 engine. Now it lives on.
The large 6.2-liter V8 engine from Stellantis, called Hemi, is not going anywhere. Dodge has regretted plans to put the engine in the grave.
This is what AutoBlog writes.
Originally, the plan was for the last surviving car with the engine, the Dodge Durango, to also be discontinued by December 31, 2024. But now Dodge is extending production.
This will happen, the brand says, 'at least into 2025'. Whether there will be more cars that will have the large engine between the front wheels is uncertain, however.
But in Hellcat trim, it produces 710 horsepower and 875 newton meters straight off the assembly line. The engine also propels the big Durango from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds. And it doesn't lose its breath, because an electronic limiter puts an end to the party at 275 km/h.
The decision to keep the Hemi engine alive comes just weeks after Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares was fired a year early.
Officially, it is said that Tavares left himself. But it is no secret that it is actually a firing. Among other things, because everyone except the director himself wanted to keep the huge engine. Read much more about it here .
Stellantis is not the only one who is busy regretting these days. Although the brand is the latest to announce that it will not only build electric cars in 2035.
Mercedes has also had to admit that you can't make a living by only building electric cars. Ford says the same. Just as Volkswagen has withdrawn its ambition. Volvo, which has otherwise stubbornly stuck to that goal, has also regretted it. And Polestar will not reject the idea of building cars with combustion engines again.
