After Chrysler dominated the 1964 Daytona 500, Ford knew it needed a Hemi engine, too. But the two designs never got a chance ...

The 426 Street HEMI is an all-time classic muscle car engine, and that extends to many of the Mopar cars it powered as well.

The Elephant sounds like an odd name for an engine, but it's one that's well deserved in this case. Even better, it inspired the "Hellephant" variant.

In 1955, Chrysler introduced the C-300, a flagship hardtop model featuring a high-performance V8 engine. It kick-started the 300 letter series, which ended with the 300L in 1965. In 1962, Chrysler ...

After more than two decades of flogging muscle motors on the dyno, Nick Panaritis thought he’d seen it all. But when a 472-cubic-inch Hemi arrived at his garage with a history as troubled as a street ...

While the original Chrysler 426 cubic inch HEMI rampaged through drag strips and NASCAR tracks during the 1960s, obliterating the competition, the engine itself had its own share of problems. It was ...

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 ...

This story is about a very special 1970 Hemi Cuda with only 10,000 miles on the odometer, a rare Mopar nearly untouched by time. This Hemi Cuda was purchased by Tom Strum brand new from Hopewell ...

It was December of 1962 when Lynn Townsend set the wheels in motion by authorizing the build of a new engine for the sole purpose of being a race-ready engine that could go to the 1964 Daytona 500—and ...

Mopar — a portmanteau of MOtor and PARts — had humble beginnings as a brand introduced by Chrysler Corporation in 1937 to sell antifreeze. However, today it's best associated with decades of providing ...

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 ...