What car should I buy?

[lumberjim]

What's this now? It says hemi right on the deck lid! 2 plugs per cylinder....

It's an '06 5.7 ltr. I did notice that subsequent years removed the HEMI logo. .... have I been living a lie?!

What is the difference tween em?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Mopar (Jeep) is trading on the reputation of the hemis of old, starting with the 241 ci through 392 ci in the 50's, but particularly the 426 ci from '66 to '70. The 426 was the motor that swept NASCAR, until they outlawed it. The name hemi was slang for hemispherical combustion chamber head design (which allowed better air flow in and out, at high rpm), as opposed to the 383 ci through 440 ci big block Mopars which had a wedge head design.

Around Y2K they tried to build a new V-8 engine with hemi heads but couldn't make one pass emission standards and mileage demands. The only true hemi in the lineup was the 4 cylinder PT Cruiser.

Enter the marketing boys. Since hemi is a slang term having no legal definition, but conjures up the rump-de-rump of Mopar's hayday, we'll use it anyway. So what does Hemi mean? Nothing much, it's a marketing term for their V-8 motors.

By the way, the 426 ci ground pounding "elephant" motors they're alluding to... they only sold 11,000 total in the 60's.

[tw]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

It's an '06 5.7 ltr.

A 5.7 liter Chrysler engine was 60 hp/liter in the 2006 Chrysler 300 and Dodge Magnum. By the 1990s, that was an obsolete technology. A 5.7 liter engine in a 2006 Dodge Durango was less - only 59 Hp/liter.

Minimum for any gasoline car since 1992 was 70 Hp/liter. Another of so many reasons why no car needs a six or eight cylinder engine.

Higher performance engines also mean less pollution. Another problem with obsolete technology Hemis.

To make them noisier - so the naive wish it is a high performance muscle car - the 5.7 liter engine in the Dodge Charger was a pathetic 44 Hp/liter. More noise means it is burning more gas uselessly in the exhaust pipe - to enthrall the penis. Low performance (ie 44 Hp/liter) indicates a vehicle of less quality and shorter life expectancy. Crappy (noisier) engines also identify consumers easily brainwashed by myths and soundbytes. As if names such as Hemi, Mustang, or Camaro prove it is better.

A car built in the past 20 years with a V-8 is for consumers who are manipulated by soundbytes; will spend more for an inferior (obsolete technology) product. What was innovative in the 1960s was also obsolete technology by the 1980s. Hemi is a name from ancient history - when cars were being designed by engineers; not by bean counters.