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REPORT: 5.7-liter HEMI® V8 Production To Move To The U.S.

—with plans to revive the 5.7L HEMI V8 at Michigan’s Dundee Engine Plant, hinting at its return in the Ram 1500 and continuation in the Dodge
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according to one of our sources, Stellantis is preparing to restart 5.7-liter HEMI V8 production—this time at the Dundee Engine Plant in Michigan.
 
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If accurate, this is some GREAT news. My Charger came from Williams CJDR in Dundee, MI. I'd love to make a road trip and watch them build the engines if they would allow tours.

Don
 
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I'd sure like to know what he did to get banned?
IMO, he contributed much more here than many, including these damned perverts that we can't seem to keep banned.
I'm about sick of their disgusting crap.

Don
 
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Don Fox said:
I'd sure like to know what he did to get banned?
IMO, he contributed much more here than many, including these damned perverts that we can't seem to keep banned.
I'm about sick of their disgusting crap.

Don
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I don't dislike AHBguru. He has a different perspective than what most have and that's OK. It seemed like he was Euro probably from Germany. I have several coworkers and friends from there and the social pressures to think and act a certain way are extreme. Hopefully they can break away from that and become more open to expressing their true feelings on different subjects.

Either way I welcome everyone that enjoys the power of a hemi v8. ;-)
 
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I was pretty sure he was in the US. He seemed to know quite a bit of information about Dodge which was very helpful at times.
Again, these pervert folks should be permanently banned and removed totally. Their garbage posts are not family nor forum friendly.

Don
 
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I don't recall anything too negative, or negative at all, from him. Curious too, what happened to him.
 
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StuckOnDurango said:
A lot of "we've heard" and "could" in that article....:unsure:
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It is smart on Mother Mopars part not to announce anything in concrete until the last minute. If they were to announce it now, it would just make their problems even bigger. They have a lot of vehicles on lots and currently being built with less desirable engine options than a good old V-8. They are having a heck of a time selling them currently, if they were to admit they were bringing back the 5.7 HEMI I would guess there would be a lot of people that would just wait for that again. That would do nothing for their current sales but hurt them. I know if I were currently shopping for a truck and knew the 5.7 would return in 2026/2027. I would choose to wait and not purchase the Hurricane. I will take a simple old V-8 over these fancy new, complicated, troublesome, high strung boosted engines. I am no hater of turbo engines, raced/showed one for over 25 years. Long term, all around longevity, V-8 takes the cake in my books, or normally aspirated straight 6, both are hard to beat!
 
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Tin Foil Hat said:
I don't recall anything too negative, or negative at all, from him. Curious too, what happened to him.
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He and another member kept going at it after warnings in the
"stellantis is investing" thread, so they both got the boot.
 
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Don Fox said:
I was pretty sure he was in the US. He seemed to know quite a bit of information about Dodge which was very helpful at times.
Again, these pervert folks should be permanently banned and removed totally. Their garbage posts are not family nor forum friendly.

Don
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He's definitely still a staff author over at Allpar, and he's been there a good long while, it appears.

I couldn't find anything on either forum where he's adamantly opposed to the hemi itself, just the durability problems.

He's hardly alone in that category.
 
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shelbymopar89 said:
It is smart on Mother Mopars part not to announce anything in concrete until the last minute. If they were to announce it now, it would just make their problems even bigger. They have a lot of vehicles on lots and currently being built with less desirable engine options than a good old V-8. They are having a heck of a time selling them currently, if they were to admit they were bringing back the 5.7 HEMI I would guess there would be a lot of people that would just wait for that again. That would do nothing for their current sales but hurt them. I know if I were currently shopping for a truck and knew the 5.7 would return in 2026/2027. I would choose to wait and not purchase the Hurricane. I will take a simple old V-8 over these fancy new, complicated, troublesome, high strung boosted engines. I am no hater of turbo engines, raced/showed one for over 25 years. Long term, all around longevity, V-8 takes the cake in my books, or normally aspirated straight 6, both are hard to beat!
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Conversely, if nobody's buying them, there's no reason to bring them back.

One thought did occur to me, that the mysterious engine that could wind up in Dundee might be the 6.4 used in the heavy duty pickups.

I guess we're destined to find out, at some point.
 
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The plant has been down since the middle of August of 2023 for a retool on two new engines. There is room to put the Hemi in the plant but we would have to get rid of the battery frames and trays that we got awarded in this last contract. That stuff was only going to need like 20 people for that stuff so we would rather have the Hemi then that stuff. Hopefully they get all new equipment and line for it or bring the equipment that made it in Mexico up here. Because if they do the same thing they did with this retool we currently are on it will take over 2 years to get it up and running.
 
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It's a bit high-level-whining, as we say in German - we should be happy, that the HEMI is back at all, no matter, where it's made - and that MOPAR doesnt follow the death end road to nowhere with the BEV junk, which noone wants to have.

btw. - Porsche did understand, too and announced the same backlash a few days ago.
 
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kramer2999 said:
The plant has been down since the middle of August of 2023 for a retool on two new engines. There is room to put the Hemi in the plant but we would have to get rid of the battery frames and trays that we got awarded in this last contract. That stuff was only going to need like 20 people for that stuff so we would rather have the Hemi then that stuff. Hopefully they get all new equipment and line for it or bring the equipment that made it in Mexico up here. Because if they do the same thing they did with this retool we currently are on it will take over 2 years to get it up and running.
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They don't have anything showing internally for you guys, regarding the V8. As noted earlier, the only hemi they had left at Saltillo North was the HD 6.4, and I'm not qualified to speculate as to whether they'd feel it's worth the investment to move everything for that engine up to Dundee.
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Stellantis Media - Dundee Engine Plant

Dundee
media.stellantisnorthamerica.com media.stellantisnorthamerica.com
 
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I hope they move everything. The 25 Durango's are being built with leftover 5.7 inventory. The same with the Hellcat Durango. I guess they ran out of 485HP versions so the SRT Durango did not make the cut for 2025. To open up a new can of worms there are rumors the current Durango may solider on into the 2027 MY. If that comes true it will be one of Dodge's longest-running platforms.
 
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