{"id":73422,"date":"2023-10-01T07:28:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=73422"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:19:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:19:24","slug":"did-the-2015-challenger-gt-awd-concept-pave-the-way-for-what-was-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/showcase\/2023\/10\/did-the-2015-challenger-gt-awd-concept-pave-the-way-for-what-was-to-come.html","title":{"rendered":"Did the 2015 Challenger GT AWD Concept Pave the Way for What Was to Come?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2015, Dodge unveiled the groundbreaking 2015 Dodge\nChallenger GT AWD Concept at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA)\nShow. This concept was a significant release for Dodge, featuring a\nfactory-installed widebody kit and combining HEMI<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> muscle power with an\nall-wheel-drive (AWD) system in the iconic Dodge Challenger coupe. The concept\nprovided a preview of the aesthetics for the forthcoming 2018 Dodge Challenger\nSRT<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Demon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Challenger GT AWD Concept was the first Challenger to\nsport a widebody kit, offering enhanced traction and transforming the Challenger&#8217;s\nappearance \u2013 a glimpse into the future of Dodge muscle. It also featured a\nstriking color scheme, with Header Orange accents on a Destroyer Grey body, a\ntheme that became heavily integrated in the following years and even today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GT showcased luxurious Katzkin leather seats with Header Orange stitching and medium taupe suede inserts and was powered by a 5.7-liter HEMI engine enhanced with the Mopar<sub>\u00ae<\/sub> Scat Pack 3 Performance Kit. A Mopar suspension kit and performance strut tower brace for race-inspired handling were some of the memorable finishing touches. <a href=\"https:\/\/moparinsiders.com\/the-one-challenger-dodge-should-have-brought-to-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Was the 2015 Dodge Challenger GT AWD a concept that you wanted to see produced? (opens in a new tab)\">Was the 2015 Dodge Challenger GT AWD a concept that you wanted to see produced?<\/a> Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, Dodge unveiled the groundbreaking 2015 Dodge Challenger GT AWD Concept at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show. This concept was a significant release for Dodge, featuring a factory-installed widebody kit and combining HEMI\u00ae muscle power with an all-wheel-drive (AWD) system in the iconic Dodge Challenger coupe. The concept provided a preview of the aesthetics for the forthcoming 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT\u00ae Demon. The Challenger GT AWD Concept was the first Challenger to sport a widebody kit, offering enhanced traction and transforming the Challenger&#8217;s appearance \u2013 a glimpse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":73427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[638],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showcase"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2015Challenger_Feature.jpg","social_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2015Challenger_Social.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73422"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73439,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73422\/revisions\/73439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}