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Driven: 2022 Dodge Challenger Scat Pack Widebody Is A Tribute To American Muscle

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Driven: 2022 Dodge Challenger Scat Pack Widebody Is A Tribute To American Muscle

Now seems a very important time to be handed the keys to a Dodge Challenger. It's all placebo, but there was a sense of finality when we climbed behind the wheel of our Chally 392 Widebody test car. The future of the Dodge muscle car is rather up in the air, and while there are mixed reports about the V8 living on, the only confirmed info we have is that the muscle car will be electric, at least in part.

On top of that, being handed a car with a naturally-aspirated 485-horsepower, 475-lb-ft of torque, 6.4-liter V8 in the year of our lord 2022 is a hard thing to believe.

After all, how can someone still make this? You'd think emissions regulations would have killed this 15-mpg monster, but here we sit. And do you know what? The world is better for it. This car is 110% Americana, distilled like a fine Kentucky whiskey into a single object capable of making you proud of a country you've no real reason to be proud of. We love the Challenger for it, and knowing this one will be one of if not the last cars to make us feel like red-blooded Americans, we're a bit sad.

Style: A Muscle Car Icon

Those wider wheels and blistered arches perfectly fit the persona of the Challenger, which channels retro muscle car style perfectly. Additionally, Dodge adds a front splitter, rear spoiler, and stiffer, shorter springs to the car, giving it epic stance. Our tester was equipped with the Hemi Orange Package - a $1,500 option bringing our car's as-tested price to $63,500.

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Author: CHASE BIERENKOVEN

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