{"id":35702,"date":"2026-02-12T09:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=35702"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:59:47","slug":"payne-dodge-charger-sixpack-is-a-hot-hatch-for-all-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/payne-dodge-charger-sixpack-is-a-hot-hatch-for-all-seasons","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Dodge Charger Sixpack is a hot hatch for all seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Detroit<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 In the midst of another Michigan snowstorm, I slid my 2026 550-horsepower Dodge Charger onto Woodard Avenue, toggled WET\/SNOW mode and churned toward Huntington Place for the Detroit Auto Show, the adaptive-cruise control system helping maintain distance to traffic ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Payne, have you gone mad? Driving a Charger muscle car in the snow?<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Reset everything you know about the Charger. The 2025 Detroit News Vehicle of the Year picked up 2026 North American Car of the Year to open the Detroit Auto Show, and earned its praise as I flogged it all over town during show week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/10\/PDTN\/88603800007-dodge-charger-si-xpack-award.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The 2026 Dodge Charger SIXpack has racked up awards including North American Car of the Year (pictured) and The Detroit News Vehicle of the Year.\" width=\"565\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>The 2026 Dodge Charger SIXpack has racked up awards including North American Car of the Year (pictured) and The Detroit News Vehicle of the Year.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/02\/11\/review-dodge-charger-sixpack-is-a-hot-hatch-for-all-seasons\/88584788007\/\">Read Complete article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit\u00a0\u2014 In the midst of another Michigan snowstorm, I slid my 2026 550-horsepower Dodge Charger onto Woodard Avenue, toggled WET\/SNOW mode and churned toward Huntington Place for the Detroit Auto Show, the adaptive-cruise control system helping maintain distance to traffic ahead. Payne, have you gone mad? Driving a Charger muscle car in the snow? Reset [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35707,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35702\/revisions\/35707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}