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 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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
