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If you’re counting, the 2023 Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack Swinger is the fourth of seven special-edition Dodge “Last Call” models and it offers a nostalgic look back to the unique style of the Dodge brand’s “swinging” musclecar lineup of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The original Dodge Dart Swinger was part of the Dodge “Scat Pack,” packing big-time horsepower into a compact package at an affordable price. It offered the aesthetics of the era that included green-on-green interior/exterior color combinations, gold color accents, and plastic wood interior trim. The Charger Scat Pack Swinger reaches back to that past for inspiration, delivering a throwback exterior and interior appearance, whether you want it or not.
Only 1,000 2023 Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack Swingers will be produced, as a Widebody model. If you want the classic green-on-green Swinger you can choose from F8 Green and Sublime Green exterior color options, with a White Knuckle option also available. More important is the naturally aspirated 392 Hemi V-8 with a best-in-class 485 horsepower in the Scat Pack model tested by co-host Chris Teague.
Host Jack Nerad has a completely different road test this week. It’s a road test that doesn’t examine a particular car but, instead, an entire transportation infrastructure. On their recent road trip in Europe, Jack and his wife used only public transportation during their two weeks of traveling in Denmark, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland. With so many calling for fewer passenger cars and more public transportation in the United States, they did it as an experiment to see how it would work. We think you’ll find their conclusions illuminating.
One of the most important European auto shows is currently underway, and we’ll have reports on the most significant cars introduced there. Volkswagen is showing an all-electric GTI Concept, while MINI has unveiled the new-generation MINI Cooper, and it’s all-electric too.
Hyundai introduced its newest version of the Sonata midsize sedan with a digital press conference, and we’ll have details on that. Meanwhile, RAM is saying goodbye to its most powerful production truck ever. And it is marking the occasion with a special edition of the RAM 1500 TRX.
Instead of buying or leasing your next car, are you interested in subscribing to it? Car subscriptions haven’t been very successful in the U.S. up to now, but a company that is very successful in Europe is bringing its car subscription model here. Our special guest this week, Jan Hansen, will tell us all about it. He is in charge of U.S. operations for a company called FINN, and we welcome him to the show in the weekly interview segment.
All that and more coming up in this episode of America on the Road.
America on the Road is brought to you by Driving Today.com, Mercury Insurance, YourTestDriver.com, and EMLandsea.com , the publisher of Nerad’s latest book, Dance in the Dark, which is available HERE on Amazon.com
