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Report: Building the 2013 Dodge Viper was a struggle, to debut at 2012 Detroit Auto Show

Report: Building the 2013 Dodge Viper was a struggle, to debut at 2012 Detroit Auto Show

The next-geneartion Dodge Viper is ready to hit the roads next year – but developing the new 2013 mode year Viper SRT wasn’t that easy for the folks over at Chrysler Group LLC. What was the biggest issue? Suppliers. According to Ralph Gilles, who heads Chrysler’s design organization and SRT group, many suppliers said “thanks, [...]

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Video: Doing donuts in a naked Dodge Viper

Video: Doing donuts in a naked Dodge Viper

We’re sure doing donuts in a V10 Dodge Viper is a lot of fun but what’s more fun than that? Doing donuts in a naked, body-less V10 Dodge Viper. That’s what the guys at AB Wargia in Vanersborg, Sweden did while keeping all the important parts of the car in tact so they can burn [...]

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Viper powered Saab 9-3 SportCombi pushes 600-hp

Viper powered Saab 9-3 SportCombi pushes 600-hp

It almost doesn’t get any more ridiculous than this Saab. In fact, this new creation might be the key to saving the struggling Swedish make! Ok, that may be pushing it. But this one-off creation was made by a die-hard fan who originally totaled his Viper and decided to salvage the powertrain by throwing it [...]

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Dodge picking brains of Porsche owners as it builds next Viper

Dodge picking brains of Porsche owners as it builds next Viper

We’ve always had a special place in our heart for the Dodge Viper. Without any stability control or driver assist technologies the car was a true V10 brute supercar that you had to tame in your own way. However, the next-generation model, which is already confirmed to have stability control, is being designed and engineered [...]

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Video: Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR shatters Corvette ZR1′s record at Miller Motorsports Park

Video: Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR shatters Corvette ZR1′s record at Miller Motorsports Park

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 [...]

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2013 Dodge Viper due late 2012, will have stability control

2013 Dodge Viper due late 2012, will have stability control

Development on the next Dodge Viper, which is inspired by a naked woman on a beach, is well underway. Last we heard anything about the next-generation Viper, Dodge brand CEO Ralph Gilles said that next model will continue to evolve, but that we shouldn’t expect any drastic changes. Well, one drastic change will be the [...]

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Dodge Viper alive and well, development moving forward

Dodge Viper alive and well, development moving forward

Dodge’s supercar, the Viper is all but dead says brand CEO Ralph Gilles. The car was discontinued last year after its 18-year run as a favorite among enthusiasts who were drawn heavily to its 600-hp V10 engine. Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne revealed a concept last fall of a new Viper during a dealer meeting, which [...]

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Gilles: Next Dodge Viper is inspired by ‘a naked woman on a beach’

Gilles: Next Dodge Viper is inspired by ‘a naked woman on a beach’

Yes, that is exactly what Ralph Gilles, the head Chrysler’s design said. Gilles started off by saying that the new Dodge Viper supercar is going to be ‘drop-dead beautiful’ and is meant to steal shoppers away from Porsche and General Motors’ Corvette. The look of the new Viper was inspired by “a naked woman on [...]

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2013 Dodge Viper won’t have any Ferrari or Alfa, Fiat will just provide expertise

2013 Dodge Viper won’t have any Ferrari or Alfa, Fiat will just provide expertise

Chrysler Group LLC is preparing the next-generation Dodge Viper, which is due back into the lineup in the summer of 2012 as a 2013 model year. Production of the all-American supercar ended last summer after 18 years but Ralph Gilles, head of the Dodge brand, has confirmed the Chrysler board has given the new Viper [...]

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More about the Dodge Viper powered 2006 Chrysler 300 Touring

More about the Dodge Viper powered 2006 Chrysler 300 Touring

A couple of days ago, a short video of a Chrysler 300 powered by a Dodge Viper V10 engine showed up on Dodge’s YouTube channel. Well, Red Letter Dodge (Dodge’s company blog) has released more details of the vehicle. Turns out the car isn’t a 2010 SEMA project – rather it is a creation of [...]

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