My Week with the 2020 Dodge Charger Scat Pack Widebody

I spend a week with the Widebody version of the 2020 Dodge Charger Scat Pack to see what it's like to live with. The short answer is it's a lot of fun of course, but it's not all perfect. Nevertheless, Dodge is the only company offering a V8 sedan for a reasonable price these days, so if you want to buy a new 4-door V8, this is really your only choice unless you want to spend double the money. This one's as-tested price is $58,710 with lots of unnecessary and expensive options, but you can easily get one of these under 50k well-equipped. What do you think of the Charger Scat Pack Widebody? Thanks to Dodge for providing this car to review!

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[Old-n-slo-locked-n-leaned]

The wide body package is an absolute bargain for what you get. It’s the best $6K you can spend. Fender flares, 305s on 11” wide wheels, adaptive suspension, SRT modes and performance pages, 6 piston Brembo brakes on 15” rotors. The WB package transforms the car.

[jayy]

Everybody hates dodge’s until they step in to the driver seat and get lit

[scottandrews]

Please remember that the Widebody package contains MORE than just tires. It also has the flared fenders, Brembo 6 piston front, 4 piston rear brakes with much larger rotors, different wheels (Devil's Rim from Hellcat or Carbon Black), the competition suspension, and the adaptive Bilstein dampening shocks. So, you do get a lot more for your $6k than just tires :)

[_LEONKING_]

The power delivery on these is amazing, dyno sheets show that they are at peak torque during the whole RPM range and the horses kick in on the top end so you're always on the power no matter what gear.

[victorwilburn]

I own a Scat Pack WB. Special ordered mine and got it in January. IF you think the exhaust "drones", NOT the car for you. For me its..music ALL of the time. Stomp it, it is LOUD, but cruising around, the soundtrack is classic muscle car and is very quiet on the highway with the cruise ON. Really don't get the "jumpy" throttle comments which "testers" cited regularly. I drive mine in a custom drive mode with the transmission set in "track mode" ALL of the time with zero issues, whether that is putting sedately through parking lots, traffic, whatever. Just a question of what your..used to I guess. Tremendous value in today's car market. Many overlook it because of the HC. Fine by me, if you KNOW, it's amazing fun..ALL time. Tip, car sounds ever better with aftermarket headers an the factory exhaust. Every single time I drive mine, I enjoy it and it's my escape pod from everything life throws out to stress you. Legit muscle car with NONE of the vices of the "old days". Tires are junk, but easily fixable with a set of Michelin Pilot Sports. Phenomenal car for the person who just enjoys..driving. Dodge KNOWS who they built this car for and WE LOVE IT! Thank you Dodge!!!!

[gigatron]

Love the sound of that 6.4. One of the best sounding engines of this era. MPG is about right. Shes a heavy thirsty girl.

[coreygarland]

Great review! I picked up my WB 392 Charger in August and I'm absolutely in love with it. Car handles way better than it should, and is a blast to drive. You can't help but laugh and smile every time you get on it!

[MH-kceu]

Scatpack Charger is my dream car, I don’t care if it’s wide or narrow body I love them all!

[marqj]

The widebody package is worth it in my opinion also because of just the look of it. I see narrow body Chargers everyday, but widebodies are much more rarer at least where I live. I've only seen 2 or 3 others around here including mine.

[mybagger]

I’ve got this car, now for about 90 days.

I drive very spirited. I have gotten about 16 mpg combined.

Taking a long highway trip with my wife in a few weeks. With her telling me “slow down!” I’ll be able to see if I can get over 20 for the highway stretch.

Love the car. Got f8 green. It just begs you to go fast, but is very competent at all speeds.

Oh, and the Harman Kardon sound system sounds great.

[o.rivera]

After watching this video I made my decision and I'm fully committed to getting the charger widebody scatpack

[steelcowboy]

I have a 2020 Scatpack non wide body; about 8000 miles; absolutely love this car; I’ve owned a lot of cars; German and Japanese sports sedans; and this car might be the best. With the rebate; I only paid 40k; for that price it’s an absolute steal for the performance.

Exhaust sounds great. (Added a Focal subwoofer to stock alpine system and it now is a fantastic sounding system; so I can drown out drown lol)

Drive modes makes car have many different personalities, family sedan to sports car.

I get 21mpg daily driving which includes both highway and in town, every day. On one summer trip 5 hours away; setting cruise on speed limits and using eco mode; I got 28 mpg highway.

All in all, great car!!!!

Only complaints: I wish it had full leather seats (not offered) and the dash design looks very dated. Alcantara is just a slightly better version is the suede seats economy cars had from the 80s and 90s. Lol. I assume the next generation (rumored to be 2022-2023) will be more modern.

Conclusion, to me, this car rivals the best German sports sedans on the market for 20k less

While I like the looks of the wide body; it’s simply not worth the cost; I could have bought either one and I’m not at all disappointed I didn’t spent the extra money

[shawnskiba]

Great review, Matt. You have a very entertaining channel. Glad you are as good natured as you are. God bless

[bheras]

That exhaust note is music to my ears!

[JuanLopez-zgld]

Just purchased this exact one ! I am expecting the delivery soon 🥳🙏🏼

[tabin]

I see muscle, I give thumbs up without even watching.

[RexiRexx]

You know that Soap opera effect in some tv shows and some YouTube videos...I personally see it everytime I encounter a mopar on the street. Like the way it turns and accelerate are just so damn smooth!!

[magx]

Best car I've ever owned. My previous best was a BMW 335i with 480 hp. Even though the Charger SP WB has lower power to weight ratio, it feels stronger. And the Charger has Adaptive Cruise, which makes it a fantastic daily.

[brianscanlan]

That body is literally the definition of beautiful

[hemihead]

Always love your reviews, thanks. My 18 Challenger ScatPack gets about 20-ish mpgs with mixed driving, and about 17-ish if just in town - freeway is mid 20's...but yeah, if you are always romping on it it will get in the low teens. And it runs high 11 seconds on the 1/4mi in DAs <1000', with consistent <4 second 0-60 times even on most streets. The 392 is a great engine, and probably the last of of the big CI NA engines. Running a drag radial like a NT555r changes the whole disposition of the car for the better, very highly recommended. Totally different ride than a Mustang or anything else on the market now. Fun car. 💪💪👍👍