History The FirePower was Chrysler's first V8 engine. Introduced in the Fall of 1950 for the 1951, the FirePower had hemi spherical combustion chambers, leading some to refer to this engine as the ...

A luxury GT from Chrysler would have most likely been one of the best cars of the mid- to late-2000s. But it never came because Chrysler couldn't make it work. A perfect storm of financial realities ...

At this point the name "Hemi" is almost synonymous with V8s, but Chrysler's original Hemi engine had a different name—FirePower. The hemispherical combustion chamber was originally developed for World ...

At the moment, the Chrysler car company seems lost and merging with some French automaker isn't going to solve anything. But a quick look through the history books reveals missed opportunities, such ...

In what was surely one of the great understatements of the auto-show preseason, Chrysler design honcho Trevor Creed pointed out that, between the $50,000 Crossfire SRT-6 and the ...

Alex Kaufmann August 22, 2006 Comment Now! With the recent price increase of the Corvette Z06 by GM recently, Chrysler was forced to position its 2008 Dodge Viper upwards as well. This move creates a ...

Chrysler fans were ecstatic when the ME Four-Twelve concept debuted. The American company was finally going to get a supercar with class. Sure, the Dodge Viper is technically a Chrysler vehicle, but ...

The Chrysler group will decide the fate of its Corvette fighter in the second quarter of 2006, says CEO Tom LaSorda. The sleek, two-passenger Chrysler Firepower concept was a star at the 2005 Detroit ...

Ralph Hanson December 19, 2006 Comment Now! Despite previous reports that Chrysler was seriously looking at a production version of the Firepower concept it showed at the 2005 Detroit show, it won’t ...

Some of the most attractive prizes awarded at the National Championship drags held in Great Bend, Kansas last fall were the new engines awarded to the owners of cars of several different engine types ...