Jeep plans to put a Hemi V-8 into more of its vehicles and will continue offering the big engine in its top-end Wrangler 392 going forward after that trim was initially expected to come to an end by last year, brand CEO Bob Broderdorf said Thursday.

Jeep's plan to bring back the brawny engines to its SUV lineup mirrors Stellantis NV sibling Ram -- which recently announced the Hemi's revival in its light-duty pickups -- and comes as President Donald Trump and a GOP-controlled Congress slash emission and fuel economy standards that had forced the engine's slow demise in the first place.

Broderdorf said at a Detroit media gathering that "new projects are already underway" to bring the Hemi back in other Jeeps, though he wouldn't specify which ones. He said it's part of a larger strategy to

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