Exterior Color Peel Out · Black Interior with Leatherette Seats · 2-Door AWD · Tested Feb 26 to Mar 5, 2026
There are cars you drive, and there are cars that take you somewhere, not just down the road but back in time. Pulling up to the 2026 Dodge Charger Scat Pack Plus in Peel Out, an orange that demands to be seen, does exactly that. For anyone who grew up around classic American muscle, the sight of a wide-body Charger in the driveway hits differently. This is a car built for people who remember when performance meant something visceral, something unapologetically American, but who also want lane-keep assist and a heated steering wheel on Monday morning. Dodge has threaded that needle almost perfectly with the Scat Pack Plus.
Highlights
The number that stops the conversation is 550 horsepower and 531 lb-ft of torque from the 3.0L Twin-Turbo SIXPACK High-Output engine. For anyone who grew up with the HEMI, the idea of a six-cylinder Charger Scat Pack requires some warming up to. Once you drive it, that conversation ends quickly. This engine delivers more power than the old Scat Pack HEMI, with low-inertia, high-flow twin turbochargers that spool up fast and deliver a peak boost of 30 psi. The performance numbers speak for themselves: 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds and the quarter-mile in 12.2 seconds.
Standard AWD with the ability to switch to 100 percent rear-wheel drive at the push of a button is one of the defining features of this generation. You get the everyday confidence of all-wheel drive and the option to light up the rear tires when the road calls for it. That combination is genuinely rare at this price point.
The Scat Pack Plus adds meaningful upgrades over the base Scat Pack, including leather performance seats with ventilated fronts and heated second-row seats, a 16-inch color driver display, navigation, Attitude Adjustment Lighting, wireless phone charging, a power rear hatch, and a 360-degree surround-view camera system. The Plus trim is not just a badge. It is a substantively different vehicle.
Peel Out is limited availability and the right call. It photographs like a muscle car should and carries the heritage of the nameplate without apology.
Driver Experience
The Charger Scat Pack Plus is a big car, and that weight is part of what makes it feel so planted and secure. There is a confidence that comes from driving a vehicle with this kind of mass and power working together, the feeling that the car around you is substantial and serious. This is the modern version of the security you felt in classic American muscle, updated with technology that makes it genuinely manageable in everyday conditions.
Line Lock and Launch Control are standard, which tells you exactly what Dodge thinks their buyer wants to do with this car. The One-Touch Drive Mode Experience gives you Street, Sport, Snow, Valet, Custom, and Eco modes, and the difference between Street and Sport is immediately felt in throttle response and steering weight.
The mechanical limited-slip differential and Brembo high-performance brakes are standard on the Scat Pack Plus, and both matter. The Brembos provide the stopping power a 550-horsepower vehicle demands, and the limited-slip keeps power distribution controlled when you are pushing hard. Flip it into rear-wheel drive mode and the personality of the car transforms entirely. In RWD it connects directly to the muscle car tradition this vehicle was built to honor.
The active exhaust system is a conversation of its own. At startup, at wide-open throttle, and on deceleration, this car sounds the way a performance car should. It is not artificially enhanced or piped into the cabin through speakers. It is the real thing.
Interior
The Scat Pack Plus cabin is genuinely impressive for a two-door performance car. The leather-wrapped pistol-grip shifter is one of those touches that immediately tells you what kind of vehicle you are sitting in, and it is exactly right for the character of the Charger. The flat-top, flat-bottom heated steering wheel with paddle shifters reinforces that same message.
The 16-inch color driver display included with the Plus trim is a meaningful upgrade over the base 10.25-inch unit. Combined with the 12.3-inch Uconnect 5 touchscreen radio, the technology presentation in the cabin feels current and capable. Wireless Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, navigation, and wireless phone charging are all present. Attitude Adjustment Lighting wraps the cockpit in a 270-degree glow and reacts to engine startup and door opening with a choice of 64 colors, which is either something you will love or completely ignore.
The Customer Preferred Package 22B adds ventilated front seats, heated second-row seats, a 10-way power passenger seat, a surround-view camera system, head-up display, power hatch, and more. At $4,995 it is the one package on the Monroney worth buying without question on the Scat Pack Plus.
The rear seat in a two-door Charger is not designed for adults on long trips, and there is no point pretending otherwise. The 60/40 split-folding rear seat and rear hatch cargo cover make the liftback design practical for gear hauling when passengers are not the priority.
Exterior
The wide-body stance is authentic and earned. The performance hood with the SIXPACK bezel, the redesigned fascia with larger lower inlets, the dual rear exhaust with black tips from the Blacktop Package, and the 20-inch x 11.0-inch luster aluminum wheels all communicate that this is not a styling exercise. The proportions are correct. The long roofline, the muscular rear end, and the gloss black roof tie together into a silhouette that reads as modern without losing the DNA of the original Charger.
Peel Out over the blacktop package exterior details is a combination that makes every other car in a parking lot irrelevant. The lit Fratzog emblems front and rear are a subtle identity marker that Charger owners will recognize immediately and casual observers will notice without understanding why.
The exterior design features body-color, flush-mounted door handles and black multi-function mirrors that keep the lines clean. This is a car that will look right in ten years, which is not guaranteed in the performance segment where design trends move fast.
Engine / Powertrain
The 3.0L Twin-Turbo SIXPACK High-Output engine produces 550 horsepower and 531 lb-ft of torque, paired with an 8-speed Automatic 880RE Transmission and a 3.45 rear axle ratio with a 230MM rear axle. The AWD system includes an active transfer case with front axle disconnect for RWD mode. The 17.5-gallon fuel tank and 230-amp alternator round out the powertrain specifications from the Monroney.
The transition from HEMI V8 to turbocharged inline-six is the story Dodge had to tell with this generation, and the SIXPACK HO answers the displacement question with numbers. More horsepower. More torque. Faster 0 to 60. The character is different and that is honest. The turbo six does not have the low-frequency rumble and idle note of the old 392, but what it delivers in performance output and usability across a wider range of conditions is genuinely compelling.
The active exhaust is standard and it does meaningful work making the SIXPACK sound like a Charger should. At full throttle the intake and exhaust note together create an experience that does not feel like a compromise.
Safety
The Scat Pack Plus arrives with a comprehensive standard safety suite including Full-Speed Forward-Collision Warning Plus, Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop and Go, an Active Driving Assist System, and Brembo High-Performance Brakes.
The Customer Preferred Package 22B adds a Surround-View Camera System and the Blacktop Package options include additional exterior visibility features. The standard 1 Day at Dodge//SRT High Performance Driving School included with the Scat Pack Plus is worth noting, because at 550 horsepower with RWD capability, knowing how to use this vehicle properly is part of owning it responsibly.
This vehicle had not received government overall safety ratings at time of publication. Buyers should verify current NHTSA ratings at safercar.gov.
Conclusion
The 2026 Dodge Charger Scat Pack Plus is the kind of car that makes you work through your feelings about what a muscle car is supposed to be in 2026. The HEMI is gone. The SIXPACK HO is faster, more powerful, and more technically capable. The wide-body stance, the Peel Out paint, the pistol-grip shifter, the active exhaust, the Brembo brakes, and the RWD button all connect directly to the tradition this vehicle is built to honor.
For buyers who want 550 horsepower, AWD capability, two-door drama, a real American nameplate, and a car that turns heads for the right reasons, the Charger Scat Pack Plus makes a strong argument. The nostalgia is real. The performance backs it up completely.
MSRP
2026 Dodge Charger Scat Pack Plus base price: $54,995
Peel Out Exterior Paint: $795
Customer Preferred Package 22B: $4,995
Blacktop Package: $1,095
20-Inch x 11.0-Inch Wheel and Tire Package: $1,095
Full Glass Roof: $995
Alpine 18-Speaker High-Performance Audio with Subwoofer: $1,495
Destination Charge: $1,995
As Tested: $67,460
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Review by Greg Hall · Tested Feb 26 to Mar 5, 2026 · Exterior Color: Peel Out
