A Hemi-Swapped Jeep Renegade Is Cooler Than a Trackhawk and You Know It

Of all the cars to V8 swap, the Jeep Renegade would likely land at the bottom of most people's lists. However, sometimes very creative and exciting builds come from unexpected places, and this Hemi-swapped Renegade is one such example.

Mike Martin already had a 2015 Jeep Renegade, with a custom-fabricated widebody kit and air ride suspension, but he wanted to make something genuinely special out of it. So he secured the powertrain, electronics, and interior from a wrecked Dodge Charger R/T donor car and got to work.

Dropping a 5.7-liter V8 into a front-wheel-drive, transverse-engine crossover that normally packs a 1.3-liter four-cylinder seems nearly impossible. However, Martin was determined to make it come together somehow. The Jeep's entire floor and both subframes had to be cut out, which left just the body. He then custom-fabricated a rear subframe and cut the front half of the Charger's floor and subframe out to fit in the Renegade.