First Look | New 2027 Dodge Charger Scat Pack in Purple Haze

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So here's the thing nobody saw coming at Carlisle this year: Dodge rolled out the 2027 Charger Scat Pack in a color they're calling Purple Haze, and honestly, the second it caught the sun I heard three different people near me just go "oh." That's it. Just "oh." Under the hood... well, not really a hood situation anymore, is it... you're looking at a twin-turbo inline-six pushing 550 horsepower, all-wheel drive standard but you can lock it into full rear-wheel-drive and go be a hooligan if that's your thing. And Ashton Munoz, who's been the product manager wrangling Charger, Challenger, Viper, and the 300 for something like a decade now, was out there doing a burnout in it for the crowd before he even got to the podium. He said he got goosebumps, seeing Demon 170s and 50th Anniversary Daytonas scattered across the show field, cars he had a hand in from idea to "can the plant actually build this thing."

But the real story for '27 isn't just the one purple car, it's that Dodge is basically handing you a build-your-own-adventure book. Two doors or four, gas or electric, standard output or the high-output stuff, and then a pile of customization on top: different seatbelt colors, caliper colors, the whole nine. Munoz was pretty blunt about it too, no shame at all: "come argue with me about the Daytona later," because yeah, the electric one still rips a 50-60 foot burnout off the line, tires screaming the whole way. And here's a detail I actually didn't know: this new wide-body is a full two inches wider than the outgoing Charger and Challenger, even before you add the flares. Twenty-by-eleven wheels, 305s all around, 325s out back on the battery car. Doesn't sound like much on paper, but stand next to one in person and it's a completely different animal. It's a lot of car. Maybe it's just me, but there's something about Dodge doubling down on stupid-loud paint and stupid-wide stances while everyone else chases beige crossovers that just feels right.