Add TopSpeed to your Google News feed. Second Generation (1964-1971): The 426 "Elephant Engine". When most of you gearheads ...

But ultimately, it was a displacement-restricting ruling that beat the Hemi. Wing cars would be limited to an engine size of 305 cubic inches, which took the Elephant out of the equation.

There's a reason that there's a massive cutout in the hood of every 1971 HEMI 'Cuda Convertible; there's an elephant in there ...

The reason I’m not particularly fond of 1971 is the extinction of the hemi. I don’t think I need to underscore the ‘426 Hemi V8’ that’s implied by the short version of ‘hemispherical.’ ...