Kinda Defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/30/autos/hemi_hybrid/index.htm?postversion=2007043016NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Chrysler Group announced Monday that the gas/electric hybrid Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen SUVs to be released in 2008 will be powered by the company's 5.7-liter Hemi V8 engine.
The SUVs will use a "two-mode" hybrid system developed by Chrysler in conjunction with General Motors (Charts, Fortune 500) and Germany's BMW. The first vehicle to be sold using the system will be GM's GMC Yukon Hybrid slated to go on sale this fall.
Chrysler, the U.S. arm of DaimlerChrysler (Charts), calls the 5.7 liter Hemi, also used in the company's Chrysler 300C and Dodge Charger R/T sedans, its most fuel-efficient V8 engine. The Hemi engine shuts off four of its eight cylinders during highway cruising when their extra power is not needed.