Report: Hemi V-8 production begins in August

Rumor has it that Stellantis will continue its plans to restart the 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 engine, and other Hemi engine variants. According to MoparInsiders.com, the Dundee Engine Plant will start production in August. Hemi V-8 production is for 2026 Ram 1500 trucks This news coincides with recent reports suggesting the Hemi lineup of engines will make its return in the 1500 trucks after a one-year hiatus. The latest news states production will begin in August for the 5.7-liter V-8 as well as the 6.4-liter Apache V-8 found in SRT models and the 6.2-liter supercharged Hellcat V-8 engines. Note the 6.4-liter […] (read full article...)

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Imagine how well a hard knocks version of Stellantis and RAM over the last year or two would sell.

Any word on if this is going to be a significantly upgraded modernized version or the same 5.7 hemi from the 2024's?

I just can't wrap my head around this story and find it so interesting from so many different levels.

I'm waiting for the spin job from RAM that this was going to be their plan all along.

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It will be interesting to see what this means long term for the Hurricane engine. The vocal part off the community seems to feel that the V-8 is the only option, but what about the average buyer. Will RAM be able to sell enough Hurricane equipped trucks to keep it in the line, does the Hurricane become Jeep only, or does it go away altogether. I don't anticipate any changes in the short term, but in the long term does keeping both engines in the lineup make sense?

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That will be the big question. Does it just come back as it was with no improvements? I would imagine if they could turn it back on that fast. Unless of course this was planned for years, and they needed a break in production to retool the plant for a new design. I doubt they could have kept that secret though. Somebody would have leaked.

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Sounds like Ram is giving the customers what they want.

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Sounds like Ram is giving the customers what they want.

I'm very interested in the first quarter sales results coming next week.

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I'm very interested in the first quarter sales results coming next week.

Same!

For the V8 coming back story, seems almost too good to be true. Out of nowhere they announce they are bringing back the V8, with no real manufacturing available to do it and a brand new truck that just came out.

It could also backfire with people holding on buying the hurricane engine for the V8 and declining their sales even further. Stellantis is not in a good place right now, with many brands offering only one model of car to sale, they better not messed this up.

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