Scat pack or RT?

RT for me hands down. Best DD I ever owned. I owned a Scat and was never happy with it. The RT isnt trying to be fast although it is quick. The Scat is trying to be fast and its not and over priced imo. And unless u get the SRT package it doesnt brake well.

I felt the RT was quicker just not faster. To me the Scat sounded like a truck trying to make it up a hill smh. Just wasnt for me. Didnt handle well, made little power and didnt brake well for the money. Id go RT all day long.

Plus I ran 87 octane with it vs. 93 octane the 392 recommends I guess one could get away with 91 tho. I see no point in 93 octane in a DD. They both do the same time on the street when u floor them.

I drove the RT for 16 years as Police. When I got into the Scat is was NOT any faster. It really wasnt! Watch these videos and decide for urself...... They both are neck and neck.

R/T vs. Scat Pack? That's a tough one. And right up front I'll offer that it really is only a question you can answer.

Some years ago -- circa 2012 -- I rented a Dodge sedan (or maybe it was a Chrysler sedan) to use to drive my parents around -- and it had a 5.7l engine. The car and engine made a very favorable impression upon me. And then Dec. 2017 decided to buy a new car and decided I wanted a Dodge Challenger. Long story short I ended up with a Scat Pack.

Might mention while I like high performance cars I don't race or engage in any silly street racing or other shenanigans that some owners are wont to engage in. A powerful car is a very good road car and with a big engine is not working very hard to move the car down the road. While the Scat Pack came with 485hp and I forget how much torque on the street leaving stop lights just a small amount of hp and torque was required. The engine was in no way being stressed at all.

Where was I? Oh yeah, why did I end up with the Scat Pack?

Well in short I felt the Scat Pack was the Goldilocks car. Just right. But it was not going to be my daily driver. I was commuting 60 miles a day and this in CA with high gas prices. For my daily driver I bought a MINI JCW. It delivered 30mpg vs. around 16mpg for the Scat Pack. Yeah, with the approx. $33,000 the JCW cost me (I paid $40,000 for the Scat Pack) I could have kept that Scat Pack in fuel for a long long time. But I like having two cars and the JCW was much better suited to commuting and errand running in CA traffic. And a fun car in its own right.

Might mention insurance wasn't a problem for me with the Scat Pack and the JCW.

But the R/T with a 5.7l engine I think is pretty near being a Goldilocks car too, and in some ways more than so than the Scat Pack. Less expensive. Lower running costs. Yet good power. For an owner that wants to have one car to serve/satisfy all his car needs/wants the scales tip in favor of the R/T.

IMHO.

If you have no money worries and you're flush with the dough to purchase, insure, maintain, and feed it the required fuel spec, Scat's the way to go. If you have any worries money-wise or have problems coming to a purchase decision, play it safe and go with the regular 5.7 car...especially if it's a daily, high usage vehicle. Heck, if you live in a heavily congested traffic environment, even a 2wd GT would be great choice for some folks, although I'm sure you know you won't get any retro-muscle audio vibes with the GT or SXT models. Going down the road in any Challenger will turn heads, it all depends upon what your own unique financial situation is and where you want your money to flow to when it comes right down to it. Picking whatever makes the most sense to you, not us, is the bottom line I'd think. Good luck and have fun!