Hemi V-8 Take Rates Soaring

Chrysler Group's vaunted Hemi engine is seeing greater take rates across the board than the OEM anticipated. Chrysler says penetration of the Hemi Magnum 5.7L OHV V-8 is north of 50% of total deliveries for the Dodge Durango SUV and light-duty Ram pickup. And advance orders of the LX platform large rear-wheel-drive cars the Chrysler 300C and Dodge Magnum are leaning heavily in favor of the Hemi, which

April 1, 2004

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Chrysler Group's vaunted Hemi engine is seeing greater take rates across the board than the OEM anticipated.

Chrysler says penetration of the Hemi Magnum 5.7L OHV V-8 is “north of 50%” of total deliveries for the Dodge Durango SUV and light-duty Ram pickup.

And advance orders of the LX platform large rear-wheel-drive cars — the Chrysler 300C and Dodge Magnum — are leaning heavily in favor of the Hemi, which in this iteration comes with a cylinder-deactivation system.

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