2017 Dodge Challenger: the T/A returns, and all-wheel drive arrives

This record's own dek describes 2017 as the year of thirteen models, a 1971-inspired T/A family, and the first all-wheel-drive Challenger, the V-6 GT. This record's own overview states that the 2017 fact sheet listed thirteen Challenger models, with the new T/A, T/A Plus and T/A 392 drawing on the 1970 Trans-Am car and gaining standard active exhaust on HEMI models, priced at $37,390, $40,140 and $43,995 respectively, all before $1,095 destination.^1,2

From January 2017 Dodge added the Challenger GT, which it called the first all-wheel-drive American muscle coupe, per this record's own overview: a 305-hp V-6 with an eight-speed automatic and an active transfer case, priced at $33,395 before destination. This record's own overview also states that no 2017 model-year production figure was found, with FCA's reported 64,537 calendar-year 2017 US Challenger sales reused as the best available substitute.^3,4

This record's own production section documents the Mopar '17 Challenger as an announced run of 160 cars, split into two colors of 80 each, Pitch Black over Contusion Blue and Pitch Black over Billet Silver, with serialized 80th Anniversary badges numbered 1 to 80 per color; this record's own note states plainly that these are the announced plan and its stated color split, not a built count, since no completed-build figure was ever published for the Mopar '17, the T/A family, or the limited Green Go paint.⁵

Four engines are documented: the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 at 305 hp and 268 lb-ft on the SXT, SXT Plus and GT AWD, the 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 with active exhaust at 375 hp on R/T and T/A variants, the 6.4-liter (392) HEMI V-8 at 485 hp and 475 lb-ft on the R/T Scat Pack, 392 HEMI Scat Pack Shaker, T/A 392 and SRT 392, and the supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI V-8 at 707 hp on the SRT Hellcat. Two transmissions are documented, the TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic, the only transmission offered on the V-6 and GT AWD, and a six-speed manual on R/T and V-8 models.^1,2

This record documents an extensive options list: the T/A family's Mopar cold-air induction and Brembo brakes on the T/A 392, the GT AWD's active transfer case with front-axle disconnect and a $995 GT Interior package with Nappa leather and Alcantara seats, and the Mopar '17 package's hand-painted upper body, Shaker Hood package, silver strut-tower braces and four-piston Brembos. Thirteen exterior colors are documented, including four new for the year, Yellow Jacket, Green Go, Destroyer Grey and Octane Red, alongside five interior colors and a Mopar '17-specific interior description; this record's own specifications section is empty for the year.^3,5

This record's own performance section carries a single manufacturer claim, an 11.2-second quarter mile on street tires for the SRT Hellcat, and its identification section is empty, a documented gap rather than an assumption that no VIN or plant data was ever published. Its conflicts and unpublished leads sections are likewise both empty, leaving production, prices, engines, transmissions, the options list, paint, interiors and performance as the whole of this record's sourced coverage for 2017.¹