Chrysler's Slant-Six was created in 1960 with an odd tilt to let it fit under the hood of a Valiant car. It finally died in ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

For those of us with Chrysler Corporation products built after 1966, the small-block family consists of engines derived from the "LA" 273 package introduced in 1964. These came in 273-, 318-, 340-, ...

Hemis and 440s may get all the chicks, but the most dedicated troops in Chrysler's infantry through the decades have been the LA-series small-blocks. Their many derivatives have powered everything ...

When on the topic of Mopar engines, you'll hear all about the Hemi, max wedge, and 440. There is no shortage of people praising them out there. Make no mistake, the performance these mills deliver is ...

In the late 1950s, Chrysler decided to cease production on its FirePower V8 engines. These were massive, hemispherical engines that would be revived in the mid-1960s and be rebranded to what we now ...

When Chrysler invented antifreeze in 1937, it established the Mopar brand (a mashup of the words "motor" and "parts") to help sell its new product along with a larger line of car parts and accessories ...

Designing and building a new engine from scratch is a monstrously expensive and time-consuming undertaking for a vehicle manufacturer, and the industry has a long history of adding to and subtracting ...

MANHATTAN (CN) - The 2.7 liter engine used in Chrysler's Sebring and other models fails prematurely and Chrysler won't honor its warranty to fix or replace the engine, a class action claims in Federal ...