Before we give up the goodies, we need to explain what "hemi" means, because there's some nuance to the hemi code. If you are, say, a copy editor forHOT ROD, a "hemi" refers to a type of engine with a ...

The tail end of the golden era of muscle cars, which ran from the late '60s to early '70s, produced some of the most iconic muscle cars in history, but few are as revered as Plymouth's Hemi Cuda.

Chrysler may have trademarked HEMI, but the Detroit carmaker did not invent hemispherical engines, which appear in numerous cars from Europe and the U.S.