Gadgetory

test the launch control mode real quick while nobody's looking activate launch control press the break and quickly apply full throttle and release the brake to line oh man now the dust challenge has always been big on power and big on Retro list but historically it's not been very big on tech so I didn't have very high expectations when there's 2015 scat pack edition showed up behind the wheel and check now part of what makes the scat pack special is right here under the engine bay now what we're working with is a six point four liter version of dodges Hemi v8 now that's the biggest naturally aspirated version of this engine that we've seen so far now what you're gonna get out of this is about 485 horsepower and 475 pound-feet of torque that is nothing to snub your nose at and if you look down really close in the engine bay you'll see that the block has been painted orange just so that everybody knows that you've got a very special engine now this engine is made it with an 8-speed automatic transmission now you can get it with a six-speed manual but there's something about a muscle car that makes me alright with a good automatic and this is a really good automatic and it's gonna put power out at the rear wheels exactly like a good sports car should fuel economy is gonna be estimated at 14 in the city 23 on the highway and about 17 combined but let's be honest if you're looking at something with this much power you don't really care some of the other changes for the scat pack outside of the engine bay are gonna be right down here in the wheel wheels we've got 20 inch wheels and inside of that we've got brembo 4-piston brakes at all four corners and just behind that we've also got a Bilstein suspension with a unique geometry for the scat pack that's gonna help stick a little bit better in the turn and then of course we've also got the scat pet graphic then supervee badging here in the challengers cabin we've got these really nice sport seats that are heated and cooled we've got adaptive cruise control we've got ford collision warnings right and I thought this was a big dumb muscle car we're getting a lot of features here in the dashboard that you're gonna see in a really nice GT car that's gonna make this a very comfortable vehicle for long range road trips as well as being a very safe vehicle for when you drive around town now here in the center of the desk where we've got Chrysler's 8 and 1/2 inch you connect system now what that's gonna do is gonna give you access to a very good navigation system that's very easy to use with good voice control it's powered by a Garmin even though you won't see a Garmin logo anywhere on there we've also got over here you connect apps they're gonna allow you to do things like stream pin to a radio to the dashboard or if you've got passengers you can transform the dashboard into a Wi-Fi hotspot so they can browse their tab and whatnot on the web you've also got a lot of media sources including Bluetooth audio streaming an SD card slot USB port it's a very modern dashboard now down here at the base of the desk where we've got a button that says super Track Pack and what that's going to do is bring us to a special part of the infotainment interface that's gonna allow us to customize the vehicles performance for starters we've got launch control right here so if we wanted to do a very quick run we're gonna let the computer help us out with that I've got a sportin mode and we can customize whether we want the steering to feel sporty whether we want the engine and transmission to be in its Porteous setting whether the paddle shifters work or not you can basically customize with the normal mode and how the sport and mode are different from each other so you can actually set this vehicle up the way that you like and over here in the center of the dash sport we've got a bunch of features in the instrument cluster that are going to allow you to monitor the vehicles performance and your performance that the driver we've also got meters that allow you to monitor the 0 to 60 the 0 to 100 times the quarter and eighth of a mile time and braking distance and you can even start a timer so you can check your reaction time on the run so hit OK you get a 5 4 3 2 1 and then go now you're gonna want to be careful in the Challenger scat pack lest you get yourself into a lot of trouble as far as because this thing it's bright F green and very loud but it's also because the accelerator pedal is kind of a hair-trigger one of the first things you're gonna want to get used to is having a very light right foot otherwise you're gonna burn out every time you want to pull away from a stop sign or a traffic light Wow I'll admit that is a whole lot of fun and it's definitely a good way to attract a lot of attention from the police that you don't necessarily want now that I said once you get going in this vehicle it is very powerful that's kind of the whole key to success here at the point now the scat pack upgrades are gonna give you a little bit better handling but this car never really loses it sort of GT car feel you see as the Mustang a Camaro become more and more sports cars with their subsequent generation the Challenger seems like the last muscle car standing okay let's price this 2015 Dodge Challenger scat tech in sub lime green has tested we're at about forty seven eight eighty but we've got a lot of options including the you connect access pack a power sunroof appearance packages and more now if you're not a big fan of a lot of tech you're just personally like the big powerful muscle car you can skip a lot of that you can act tech and whatnot and get the thing for as low as about $37,000