Chrysler 5.7 Hemi - one of 10 Best Engines

[GoofyTimL]

Here's some breaking news...

10 Best Engines of 2009

The Ward’s 10 Best Engines for 2009 (engine and tested vehicle):

• Audi AG: 2.0L TFSI turbocharged DOHC I-4 (A4 Avant)
• BMW AG: 3.0L turbocharged DOHC I-6 (135i Coupe)
• BMW AG: 3.0L DOHC I-6 Turbodiesel (335d)
• Chrysler LLC: 5.7L Hemi OHV V-8 (Dodge Ram/Challenger R/T)
• Ford Motor Co.: 2.5L DOHC I-4 HEV (Escape Hybrid)
• General Motors Corp.: 3.6L DOHC V-6 (Cadillac CTS)
• Honda Motor Co. Ltd.: 3.5L SOHC V-6 (Accord Coupe)
• Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd.: 4.6L DOHC V-8 (Genesis)
• Toyota Motor Corp.: 3.5L DOHC V-6 (Lexus IS 350)
• Volkswagen AG: 2.0L SOHC I-4 Turbodiesel (Jetta TDI)

[Leadfootluke]

Not bad, but how does the Hyundai Genesis V8 get a place on that list? Shouldnt it be around for more than a year to gauge its reliability, etc?

[higshemi-less]

LOL! I just love the 9 others. Pretty impressive that the 5.7 can compete with the smaller engines. I believe the 5.7 has been on wards ten best list since it came out in 05.

[GoofyTimL]

Yep... pretty impressive to be a big V8 while all others are, ahem, substantially less... and we all know... size matters.

Excerpted...

Chrysler LLC’s venerable 5.7L Hemi V-8 returns to the rankings with added refinement, power and variable-valvetrain and induction technology. Its guttural roar and low-end grunt serves double duty this year in the all-new Dodge Challenger R/T and Ram pickup.
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This year, six Ward’s editors nominated 32 different engines for the Ward’s 10 Best Engines competition. The nominee list consists of the 2008 winners as well as all-new or significantly improved engines.

Over a nearly 2-month period, the editors evaluated and scored each engine against all others in a number of objective and subjective parameters. Each engine must be available in a regular-production U.S.-specification model on sale no later than first-quarter 2009, in a vehicle priced no more than $54,000, a price cap indexed to the average cost of a new vehicle.
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