It wasn’t that long ago, under different management, that Stellantis was ready to sunset the iconic Hemi V8, which launched in 1951 under the “FirePower” name and went on to motorsports fame and muscle car glory. When battery-electric vehicles were all the rage several years ago, it appeared the Hemi was running out of gas, with one of the automaker’s most treasured nameplates – the Charger – going without V8 power for the first time in decades.
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