Goodbye HEMI

[Scram1500]

Dodge Is Cancelling The Hemi V8

 

[Eighty]

Not that I don't believe this article, but I don't see any specific references here. Where did this journalist get the information?

 

[Scram1500]

Thats a good question, he said it's been "confirmed". Is it possible MSN would have a less than honest news article?

 

[Richard320]

This is about Dodge. Dodge makes passenger cars.

How does it apply to Ram Trucks?

 

[Scram1500]

This is about Dodge. Dodge makes passenger cars.

How does it apply to Ram Trucks?

I missed that part... Senility has arrived

 

[AngelPhoenix]

I missed that part... Senility has arrived

I mean, we can probably expect this to happen sooner rather than later. My guess is that they'd give it one last go in 2024 alongside the electric Ram, and then retire it.

 

[IvoryHemi]

Thats a good question, he said it's been "confirmed". Is it possible MSN would have a less than honest news article?

MSN pulled it from Motorious

Dodge Is Cancelling The Hemi V8

Once again, I hate to say I told you so…

www.motorious.com

Who is referring to info from

2024 Dodge Challenger’s new engine revealed

An unofficial but reliable source told us which car might be the first to get the new straight-six engine—and it won’t shock you if you’re read the headline. The first car to get the 3-liter in-line six-cylinder dubbed GME T6 is likely to be the next-generation Dodge Challenger, as well as any...

www.stellpower.com

What’s in the new GME T6 “Tornado”?

Last week, we broke the news that a new GME (Global Medium Engine) based turbo inline six would be debuting in the next Dodge Challenger, body code LB. Today, we’ll put some meat onto the bones of those stories, but keep in mind this is more of a review than breaking new ground. The engine...

www.stellpower.com

 

[piening2150]

This is about Dodge. Dodge makes passenger cars.

How does it apply to Ram Trucks?

Because we are all one big happy Stellantis family. They're not just going to replace V8s in one platform. The goal is to eliminate V8s all together. Our new French overlords will certainly accelerate that process. Maybe '23 you will only be able to get the ET Hemi in a Ram. At one point it was strongly rumored that SRT vehicles would be the only V8s left, but now it seems like SRT will slowly die off as well. Who knows. It won't happen right away, and Ram trucks will probably hold out the longest, but they've been talking about the GME T6 replacing all V8s for a long time.

 

[bigdodge]

lots of articles if you do a search

still nothing was said about the trucks

 

[silver billet]

The death of the hemi has been pronounced so many times now and every year it keeps coming back from the dead like a white walker.

 

[OldMarine]

at 63 years old, I believe I am from the last generation that grew up and went through high school before there were computers in homes, or the internet. I saw the computer revolution happen as in unfolded. I feel the same way about gas engines now....we are seeing the last days of the ICE, and the evolving vehicle revolution to all electric. I'll be dead but eventually it will be Hydrogen fuel-cell.

 

[Scram1500]

at 63 years old, I believe I am from the last generation that grew up and went through high school before there were computers in homes, or the internet. I saw the computer revolution happen as in unfolded. I feel the same way about gas engines now....we are seeing the last days of the ICE, and the evolving vehicle revolution to all electric. I'll be dead but eventually it will be Hydrogen fuel-cell.

Unfortunately it isn't evolving naturally or being driven by a free market. It's a case of square peg, round hole and a giant bureaucratic hammer

 

[AngelPhoenix]

It's a case of square peg, round hole and a giant bureaucratic hammer

Literally every government in all the histories

 

[aussie_ram]

These 22's we're all getting are going to be worth a fortune in 10 years!

 

[AdamChandler]

ICE engines will go away. Could take 40 years but they're going away. The trucks will get more hybrid, more turbos and more electrical. People will be able to buy a combustion engine from the big three for a long time but one day...they won't. So while the Hemi V8 Ram 1500 isn't dead in 2024, someone's job at Stellantis is to replace it and they're working on it right now as we talk about it.

 

[Buz]

There will inevitably be a forced induction 6 or 4 cylinder engine offering on the Ram 1500's before going all electric.
The consolation prize is that low RPM / high torque can be fun to play with.....just no more rumble.

 

[silver billet]

Well if it were my job at fca, I'd be stuffing a giant battery pack into this truck and making a 5.7/electric hybrid. It would be killer performance, and probably much better MPG too!

Then we can putter around with that for another 10+ years until electric grid catches up and we can actually use 100% electric trucks.

 

[JimD007]

I think Ford is betting wrong by putting turbos on everything. I think the car manufacturers who go electric first will also regret it. Turbo engines will not last as long as normally aspirated. Smarter consumers will buy NA. Battery packs will not last more than about 100K miles and are VERY expensive to replace. It is good for manufacturers to reduce the longevity of our vehicles but it is not good for us. I am pretty sure I will be able to get vehicles with normal aspiration and without electric propulsion for as long as God keeps me here. But I would guess my kids may have to use one or both technologies. But I still think it is best to be a late adopter. Let others be the ones that have the short lived vehicle while they "get the bugs out". If I had to use one of the later technologies it would be a hybrid. At least I would have a ICE.

 

[BluegrassMotorsport]

The danger in the shift to electric is it isn't being decided by the free market. No amount of R&D from automakers will be able to overcome massive infrastructure issues or buyer hesitancy. But unfortunately that won't stop certain groups from pushing the issue.

 

[djevox]

If this turns out to be true, I’m happy about it. It’s time to bring these trucks into the 21st-century(powertrain-wise). There is a replacement for displacement- it’s forced induction.