So far this week, you’ve heard a HEMI® Hellcat engine on a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, a 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 on a Jeep® Wrangler, a 5.7-liter HEMI on a Chrysler 300S and, yesterday, a 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo on a Fiat 500 Abarth. The guttural sound of the single turbocharger on the 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo is
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Are you on track for a perfect score so far? Or, not quite? If you guessed that Wednesday’s engine was our iconic 5.7-liter HEMI V-8, you were correct. In Wednesday’s clip, the 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 powered a Chrysler 300S, paired with the TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission, enabling it to deliver 363 horsepower, 394 lb.-ft. of torque,
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Was Tuesday’s 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine – a mainstay in the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, Ram Truck lineup – easier or harder than Monday’s HEMI® Hellcat? The one you heard powered a Jeep Wrangler. Since its Spring 2009 unveiling, more than 5 million Pentastar engines have powered our cars, SUVs and trucks on the roadways. Redesigned
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Did you guess correctly on Monday? That engine was definitely the roar of the 6.2-liter HEMI® Hellcat V-8 engine. That one happened to be powering a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. But whether it’s powering a Challenger or a Charger, the 707-horsepower  engine, with 650 lb.-ft of torque helps drivers achieve a 22 mpg in highway-cycle
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Many auto enthusiasts recognize their favorite vehicle just by glancing at the grille (assuming there’s no badge), or the headlamp, or even just the taillight when the vehicle is braking a quarter mile ahead. But what about how it sounds? Each day this week, we’ll offer the roar and the purr of a different engine
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