Here's $Whatever, buy the perfect new car for Halloween

That's right, it's come to this: a theme week! And because Halloween is in five days, this shall be the "Catspaw" of our weekly series devoted to giving our editors some (fake) money and telling them to buy a car of some sort. 

In short, our editors must pick a new car that would make a perfect accessory for Halloween. Is it spooky in some way? Painted orange? Is it just a Jeep since almost all their cars are named after things you could also dress up as for Halloween? I mean, I guess you could dress up as a compass. But please not a Cherokee. 

Any who, I'm going with new cars here, because someone would assuredly find some old hearse or a black Flex which looks like a hearse or something crazily modified to look like the Munster mobile. 

OK, the rules.

Senior Editor James Riswick: I originally wanted to find a Tuscadero Pink Jeep Wrangler because what could be a more perfect Halloween vehicle in 2023 than a Barbie Jeep?!? Sadly, it turns out I really shot myself in the foot with that whole «must be new thing» cause they discontinued them after 2022. That's a load of crap right there, it's a brilliant color. Fortunately, Jeep still sells a Wrangler that is essentially wearing a Halloween costume. The Willys trim level in Sarge Green is a brand new Wrangler trying to look like an original, WWII-spec, Willys Army Jeep. That seems perfect for the task, though dressing up as George Patton seems less fun than Ryan Gosling. 

Managing Editor Greg Rasa: Riswick's rules say «new.» That is very limiting, and excludes this restored 1901 horse-drawn hearse I found for sale that is pretty creepy. But, loophole: The Dodge Charger Daytona EV is a car that's so new it's not even on sale yet. We just saw an example of Dodge's performance EV in chassis form last week, which includes indications that the car may come in ICE form as well as EV. Either way, the concepts look wicked. Going beyond the «Demon» and «Hellcat» names, which are already a staple of Halloween at Autoblog, «Banshee» sounds even more demented, and the Banshee badge on the fender reinforces that impression. In case you don't know specifically what a banshee is, other than having a general sense it's spooky, here's a