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The Drive
08-08-2025
- Automotive
- The Drive
The 2026 Dodge Charger Scat Pack Ditches the V8 for a 550-HP Inline-Six and AWD
The latest car news, reviews, and features. Dodge is bringing back one of its most famous monikers with the new 2026 Charger Scat Pack. Available in the four-door Charger and two-door Daytona, the Scat Pack models will offer standard all-wheel drive and a SixPack inline-six engine under the hood. Starting price will be $56,990 including a $1,995 destination charge, and banks will open on Aug. 13. The 3.0-liter high-output motor dubbed 'Hurricane' in the Ram RHO and Jeep Grand Wagoneer will produce 550 horsepower and 531 lb.-ft. of torque on 91-octane fuel, with Dodge targeting a 3.9-second zero-to-60 time, a 12.2-second quarter-mile, and 177-mph top speed. The inline-six boasts twin 54-mm Garrett GT2054 turbochargers and is tuned to deliver 88% of peak torque at 2,500 rpm and 90% from 3,000 to 6,000 rpm for optimum power delivery. Peak boost huffs at 30 psi. Helping put that power to the ground is an 880RE TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission with a multi-disc wet clutch system. One of the more peculiar aspects of the new Scat Pack is that they'll all be all-wheel drive, opening a new chapter for muscle cars as a whole—and making them a bit of an oddity for long-time purists. Gone are the days of V8-powered American muscle; now we have inline sixes and all-wheel drive. Welcome to 2025. That said, the drivetrain can send 100% of the power to the rear tires at the push of a button, and even features a line-lock function to facilitate drag racing launches and, of course, burnouts. Likewise, the computer can decide when to disengage the front axle in order to improve fuel economy. A performance-tuned active exhaust system can electronically operate valves to tailor the exhaust sound, volume, and overall character to the driving mode selected. Active noise cancellation is along for the ride and is 'engineered to minimize unwanted sound frequencies in the cabin while allowing in visceral external exhaust notes.' So, in other words, the Scat Pack will blast its exhaust note to the outside world without annoying those inside the cabin. There will be five distinct and self-explanatory driving modes, including Eco Mode (lol), Wet/Snow mode, Sport Mode, Comfort Mode, and Custom Mode. The 2026 Dodge Charger Sixpack in two- and four-door forms. Handling and braking power are also upgraded for the Scat Pack, with standard front 15-inch and rear 14-inch ventilated discs, and Brembo six-piston floating calipers. The suspension has also been tweaked to focus on handling, with a multi-link setup with forged aluminum links up front, and a fully independent four-link in the rear. It wouldn't be a Scat Pack without aggro styling. Dodge gave its new variant a widebody exterior design with a unique hood, front fascia/grille, and exhaust, as well as distinctive white LED lighting and red 'ring of fire' LED rear taillamps. Eight colors will be available when models begin arriving at dealerships in the second half of the year: Green Machine, After Dark, Bludicrous, Diamond Black, Peel Out, Redeye, Triple Nickel, and White Knuckle. Lastly, a new-to-the-lineup Dodge Charger R/T with 420 hp will arrive at dealerships in the first half of 2026 with a starting price of $51,990, not including destination. Got a tip? Email me at tips@
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Glen Powell's Super Bowl Ram Volcano Jump Actually Looks Possible
For last night's big Super Bowl ad, Stellantis brought out famed red Ram driver and general favorite Jalopnik movie star Glen Powell to drive a jump a volcano in a Ram RHO. After recalling the last time I did the math on a Ram jump, it made me wonder — could this jump actually be possible? As it turns out, yes it is. Mostly. First, we need some info on the volcano. The ad doesn't give us measurements for how wide the gap is, but it does give us a yardstick to measure with: The Ram itself. A Ram RHO is 233.7 inches long, and we can use its takeoff and landing spots to determine the distance of the jump — or, at least, an estimated landing spot that's straight across the volcano from the takeoff. With these spots marked, we can then start measuring. I filled the jump distance with a rectangle, then filled that rectangle with copies of the Ram taken from a frame where it's perfectly flat in the air. That gives us a jump distance of an even nine Rams, or 175 feet 3 inches. 175 feet is a lot more reasonable than the last Ram jump we calculated, especially with the ramp angle here. The walls of the volcano appear to be at about a 50 degree angle, but it's tough to tell given the angle of the camera — it's looking down on the volcano's rim, meaning the angle would actually be steeper from a pure side-on shot. Watching the footage frame by frame, though, the truck does appear to level off slightly right before takeoff. Since neither of these seem particularly calculable, I'm going to say that they balance out and stick with the 50 degree number. From there, we just need to plug the specs of the volcano and the truck into the handy dandy car jump calculator from last time. We do have to make some estimations — where the center of mass is within the Ram being the big one — but we can input our best guess. The calculator will account for aerodynamic drag, and we'll use air density at sea level just to make things easy. If you want to determine a new air density that accounts for both the altitude of an unknown volcano and the convected heat from the lava, be my guest. The result, at a well-within-electronic-speed-limiters 60 miles per hour? A full 179.55-foot jump, more than enough to clear our 175-foot gap. But while the data shows the jump is possible, it certainly wouldn't look like it does in the commercial. The maximum vertical height of Powell's jump would be a mere 54 feet above the lip of the volcano, lower than how high he appears to go in the clip. The angle of the truck at landing, too, would be far from matching the downward slope of the volcano's far side. Theoretically, according to the math, Glen Powell's Super Bowl Ram RHO volcano jump is possible. Of course, this assumes that he could actually maintain 60 miles per hour on a steep climb made of loose dirt and rocks — a tall ask for a bone-stock pickup truck. Still, mathematically, it's possible. Maybe Powell could even pull it off himself. He's certainly no stranger to getting airborne. For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stellantis Is The Only Automaker Bothering To Make A Super Bowl Ad This Year
On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles in a Super Bowl rematch that is two years in the making. It's really the Super Bowl poster child of the 'nothing ever happens' mantra. It seems automakers feel similarly, and that's why only one of them – Stellantis – decided to make ads this year. That's right, the Super Bowl, known partially for its iconic commercials, will only get a handful of car ads from one company. Everyone else, in solidarity with my New York Jets, seems to be sitting out this year. Still, we're getting one ad from Ram and another from Jeep. There isn't too much known about the latter just yet, so let's discuss the former. The 60-second spot is called 'Goldilocks and the Three Trucks,' and it stars (aside from a trio of Ram trucks) my personal hero Glen Powell, putting his own spin on the classic fairy tale for his real-life niece and nephew. In the ad, Powell, dressed as a 'rugged woodsy dude' barbecues a dragon in a giant smoker being pulled by a Ram 2500 Rebel, carves a wood sculpture of himself using the Ramcharger's onboard power and launches a Ram RHO over a volcano. This is all happening as Van Halen's 'Panama' blasts in the background. It's all very Ram. It's slated to air during the two-minute warning before halftime on Sunday, according to the Detroit Free Press. That is prime real estate that probably cost Ram a lot of money. 30-second spots are reportedly going for as much as $8 million, NBC 6 reports. Powell and the Ram brand aren't strangers, of course. They first teamed up for 'Twisters' last summer. Shortly after, the actor was featured in another Ram ad campaign. The commercial was directed by David Leitch, according to Freep. He's best known as the director of 'Deadpool 2,' 'John Wick,' 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,' 'Bullet Train' and 'The Fall Guy.' The man has action movie credits, that's for sure. While this ad does seem like a lot of fun, it is pretty wild that it's just one of two car campaigns coming to the Super Bowl this year. I suppose, like most Americans, automakers cannot bear to see the people of Kansas City or the people of Philadelphia be happy. I get it, and my girlfriend is a huge Eagles fan. For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
