Stellantis’ Model Year 2026 will return to mount the V8 Hemi engine updated with a Mild-Hybrid 48 Volt system. It will be joined in the proposal to the most powerful 6 -cylinder 420 and 540 horsepower engine
Acclaimed transversely by customers and enthusiasts, the return to the scene of the V8 Hemi 5.7 liter engine will materialize on the Model Year 2026 of RAM 1,500. The fifth generation of the US pick-up had temporarily retired the V8 aspirated in favor of the new Hurricane engine (Hurricane), a six-cylinder in the biturbo line declined in the 420 and 540 horsepower versions. Many, but evidently not noisy enough to turn on the passion of customers, especially the US, fond of sound as to the characteristics of the V8. Requests accepted by Stellantis: the orders for the RAM 1500 equipped with Hemi will begin in Europe Starting from July, to a price which will be defined in the next few days. The first deliveries are scheduled for next winter.
V8 Hemi Mild Hybrid engine: features
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The V8 Hemi Updated 5.7 liters deliver 395 horses And 555 Nm of torqueto ensure performance and efficiency offered by the fuel saving systems, which include the variable favament of the camshaft and the deactivation of the cylinders. The hybrid system hestorque It replaces the traditional alternator with an electrogenic group equipped with a belt engine. Powered by a battery pack from 48 Voltoffers an advantage in terms of torque equal to 176 Nm, to be added to faster gear changes, as to the greater efficiency from the energy regeneration system during braking. “Ram will continue to offer the most powerful and efficient Hurricane Straight Six Turbo, but we have heard strong and clear by consumers: there is no substitute for the iconic Hemi V8. At the end of each month, we count sales to customers, not to statisticals or ideologists. The data the data: we raise our flag and let the Hemi again re -be reworked” he said Tim Kuniskis, CEO of the RAM brand.