Dodge’s Domestic. Not Domesticated. campaign sent a Challenger up an ice-covered Alaskan mountain road and dared the snow belt to keep parking its muscle cars every winter. The star of the 30-second spot is the 2017 Challenger GT, the first all-wheel-drive muscle coupe sold in America, with a 305-horsepower Pentastar V6 and a front-axle disconnect that keeps it rear-drive until the roads turn slick. The ad’s Russia joke gets the laugh, but the engineering underneath is what makes the claim hold up. Read on to see how it works.
