2021 Dodge Challenger to Get More Wide-Booty Bodies

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

The next Dodge Challenger will have a bit more junk in the trunk, at least in terms of available wide-body options.

The wide-body option will be available on the R/T Scat Pack Shaker and T/A 392 versions of the next Challenger. Currently it’s only available on the R/T Scat Pack and SRT Hellcat/Hellcat Redeye models.

As a refresher, the wide-body setup adds 3.5 inches of width to the car, allowing for 20-inch by 11-inch wheels that wear 305/35 Pirelli tires. Other changes include adaptive dampers.

Current wide-body cars run slightly quicker times at the drag strip than their narrower brethren.

Other changes for the overall Challenger lineup include 20-inch wheels as standard for V6 models with all-wheel drive, new instrument badging for Hellcats, and new accents for the Hellcat Redeye and Super Stock. A memory feature for the driver’s seating position is now available across the board.

The R/T Scat Pack Shaker with widebody will start at $47,690 while the T/A 392 widebody will cost $49,090 to start. Neither price includes destination.

Orders for the former are now open, with deliveries set for early next year. For the latter, orders should open by the end of this year, with cars arriving in the spring of next year.

[Image: FCA]

Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • Corey Lewis Corey Lewis on Oct 27, 2020

    Yep drag out the Bush Administration platform longer and longer, product planning be damned.

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    • Super555 Super555 on Nov 02, 2020

      @ajla Are you a wizard? Great post +1

  • Schurkey Schurkey on Oct 28, 2020

    A few years back, I treated myself to a Challenger 5.7 Hemi rental car for several days when vacationing on the West Coast. Man, I loved that car. I wanted to drive it home. Teased myself by going to the dealership, and spent time on the Mopar web site "building" my proposed car. In the real world, if the French are involved...no way in hell am I buying one. I don't even tease myself about that any more. Things were bad enough with the Italians in charge. The French will destroy anything of value at Mopar. It's a cryin' shame.

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    • MiataReallyIsTheAnswer MiataReallyIsTheAnswer on Oct 28, 2020

      It's easy to find excuses NOT to buy something, but if you want one there are plenty of babied examples going back 10+ years now. Buy someone else's baby and it's like getting a new car. They are great cars actually, I had one and it was not just fun and fast but also very well built.

  • Jarred Fitzgerald Jarred Fitzgerald on Oct 28, 2020

    The next Dodge Challenger looks amazing! Well, if I were to have one, it would only be appropriate for me to shop awesome chrome wheels for it. I've been lurking in 4WheelOnline, and quite frankly, their selections of R/T wheels are great.

  • PrincipalDan PrincipalDan on Oct 28, 2020

    https://www.motorbiscuit.com/dodge-charger-challenger-to-stay-in-production-for-years-to-come/ Supposedly there has been a production commitment until 2024! At this rate it will still be in production when I'm looking for another ride in 2025. I also find it hilarious that the Charger/Challenger will outlast the current Camaro which has only been in production on it's current platform since 2016. (And is rumored to be dead by 2023.)

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    • Mopar4wd Mopar4wd on Oct 29, 2020

      @ajla It's like the PT cruiser, make fun all you want but if you can get away with that volume on old engineering you win.

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