Before its demise, however, DeSoto earned a place in automotive history with its version of Chrysler's fabled hemi engine. The hemi gets its name from the domed shape of the combustion chambers ...

The second of these Hemi V8 engines was for the 1952 DeSoto FireDome, and it was quite a bit smaller than that first FirePower engine with just 276 cu. in. of displacement, which could generate ...