Chrysler Group’s Street and Racing Technology (SRT) confirmed today that the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife in just 7:12.13 – recapturing the title as the top three fastest cars to circle the famed track. “With no 2011 model-year Dodge Viper cars being produced, SRT joined forces with the Viper Club of America and the [...]
Most recently, Lexus made headlines in the automotive industry after the company’s LFA Nurburgring Package lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:14.64. Well, the Dodge Viper is back and has apparently reclaimed its lap speed record for a production car at the Nurburgring… unofficially. According to preliminary results from the Viper Club of America, the Dodge [...]
The Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR has a very impressive track record. . In November 2009, SRT vehicle dynamics engineer Chris Winkler lapped the Laguna Seca raceway in 1:33.92, beating the previous record by 1.1 seconds. Before that in August 2008, Dutch driver Tom Coronel set a 7:22.1 production car record at the 12.9-mile Nurburgring Nordschleife. The [...]
Where would you expect to find a Dodge dealer that has sold more Vipers than any other dealer since 1999? Whatever your answer may be, we doubt it’s going to be Blair, Nebraska, a little town with a population of a little more than 7,500 people. Apparently, Woodhouse Dodge in Blair is the highest-volume Viper [...]
The 2010 Dodge Viper has just gotten more exclusive until the supercar’s replacement arrives in 2012. Chrysler announced that it is building a total of 50 special-edition Viper units for dealers that sold a sufficient volume of the car. Shown in the image above are the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Roadster, developed specifically with Woodhouse [...]
Chrysler will celebrate the final year of production of the current-generation Dodge Viper with a limited production run of 50 units of the 2010 SRT10 “Final Edition.” The 2010 Dodge SRT10 Final Edition Viper is available in coupe, roadster and ACR (American Club Racer) model configurations. The Final Edition Viper exterior features a Graphite Clear [...]
Chrysler has kicked off production of the new 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR-X. The first unit rolled off the assembly line at the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit on Monday. “The 2010 model year is going to be unique for the Dodge Viper in many ways both on and off the track, so to [...]
Key Competitors: Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Nissan GT-R, Porsche 911 GT2 and Lexus LFA. Power: 8.4L V10 – with 600-hp / 560 lb-ft of torque. Performance: 0-60 mph in less than 4 seconds; top speed over 200 mph. Availability: On sale now – only 500 units of the Viper left. Pricing: TBA. Fresh off from its 1:33.915 [...]
Yesterday, Dodge casually broke the track production car lap record at Laguna SECA. We reported a time of 1:33.944 yesterday but the official time (completed by Chris Winkler, an SRT vehicle dynamics engineer) was actually 1:33.915 as recorded by Motech in-vehicle data recorder. Chrysler has now released the official video of the lap to show you [...]
The 2010 Viper SRT10 ACR has been hanging out at Laguna SECA all day with Dodge president and CEO Ralph Gilles and driver Chris Winkler. The group has just wrapped up the exciting day by breaking the Laguna Seca track production car lap record with a new time of 1:33.944. But before we get into all that [...]
