Read more: How To Clean Your Car's Engine Bay: A Step-By-Step Guide DeSoto played a big role in the development of the early ...

but an early Hemi is a feisty ball of muscle. During the seven-year run, it set the stage for Hemis to stand as performance juggernauts. This generation hosted the first American engine to produce ...

Hemispherical ("hemi") engines have been around since the early years of the 20th Century, although they didn't become common in the auto industry until Chrysler started dropping its 331 cubic ...