Why Dodge’s “Scat Pack” Sounds So Wild – And What It Really Means

You’ve heard it rumble, seen the badge, maybe even flexed one at a stoplight – but ever wonder where Dodge’s “Scat Pack” name actually comes from? Turns out, it’s not just muscle car slang. This deep-dive from Jalopnik peels back the decades to the late ’60s, when Dodge’s marketing team cooked up the Scat Pack as a muscle-bound club for gearheads. Borrowing slang from jazz culture (“scat,” as in speed), and riffing off Sinatra’s “Rat Pack”, it became an identity for Dodge’s quickest beasts – Charger, Dart, Coronet R/T – all united by go-fast guts and bumblebee stripes. A must-read for anyone flying the Mopar_® flag.

Source: Jason Marker | Jalopnik.com

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