These run-out Dodges are called ‘Scat Pack Swingers’

It’s hardly a secret that English words mean entirely different things, depending on which part of the world you’re speaking them. But as little as we care about arguments over what, exactly, constitutes a muffin and whether a trainer is a person or a pair of shoes, we’re still amazed by the name Dodge has given these limited-run Chargers and Challengers: ‘Scat Pack Swinger’.

Certainly a bold name, but then neither car is exactly of the ‘speak softly and carry a big stick’ school of thought. Not to say they’re wielding twigs or anything – some 485bhp of Hemi V8 isn’t going to hit without a thump, of course.

So, aside from that name, what do you get from a Challenger or Charger Scat Pack Swinger? Well, some iridescent green paint, late-Sixties-style graphics, big six-piston Brembo brakes and more gold-painted bits than an early Bond film. Including, as you’ll no doubt see, the 20-inch wide, 11-inch deep gold wheels. Mm. Subtle.

But then that never translated terribly well into American English, did it?