Dodge Viper News

  • 2016 Dodge Viper ACR

    Even five years after its launch, the previous-generation Dodge Viper ACR is still one of the fastest production cars around a track, with only the all-wheel-drive Nissan GT-R NISMO and Porsche 918 Spyder managing to upset the car’s 7:12.13 Nürburgring lap time, set in 2011. Now there’s a new American Club Racer, based on the fifth-generation Viper, and in addition to packing more power and loads more downforce the car is also filled with serious tech upgrades. ALSO SEE: 2016 Dodge Viper ACR Street-Legal Racer Revealed: Video Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis outlines many of the...

  • 2016 Dodge Viper ACR
    2016 Dodge Viper ACR street-legal racer revealed

    The Dodge Viper American Club Racer has become the stuff of legend. The track-focused but street-legal machine was first launched in 1999 and by its second generation had already smashed the Nürburgring lap record for a production car with a time of 7:12.13, a feat surpassed only by the...

  • Dodge's online configurator for the Viper SRT GTC
    Build Your Ideal 1-Of-1 Dodge Viper SRT With New Configurator

    As part of its updates for its 2015 Viper SRT supercar, Dodge launched a new variant dubbed the “GTC” that buyers are able to customize in virtually any way they desire—and no two Viper SRT GTCs will be allowed to be alike for any single model year, not even when it comes to their...

  • Bravado Banshee real-life Grand Theft Auto car
    Viper-Based Bravado Banshee From Grand Theft Auto Up For Sale: Video

    In 2013, Rockstar Games commissioned West Coast Customs to build a real-life version of the Bravado Banshee from its blockbuster Grand Theft Auto franchise. And while you probably wouldn't have guessed the car would eventually wind up in the possession of a 56 year-old grandmother, that's exactly...

  • RSI Racing Solution’s twin-turbocharged 2014 Dodge Viper
    RSI Racing’s Twin-Turbo Dodge Viper Produces 1,000+ HP At The Wheels: Video

    With 645 horsepower available from an 8.4-liter V-10, the fifth-generation Dodge Viper is hardly lacking in performance. However, with Cadillac’s new CTS-V packing similar heat and Dodge’s own Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcats each coming with 707 hp, we’d understand if there...

  • Dodge Viper ACR Concept, 2014 SEMA
    2016 Dodge Viper ACR Gets Production Green Light: Report

    The 2014 SEMA show had many interesting entries, but for the track rats among us, few were as interesting as the 2016 Dodge Viper ACR Concept. Today, a report claims the car has received the green light for production. While it might seem an obvious move to make an ACR version of the current Viper...

  • 2015 Dodge Viper SRT GTC

    Having already addressed one of the Viper SRT’s key flaws, its overly optimistic pricing, Dodge has now alleviated another key issue hurting the car’s sales performance, the buying experience. Anyone dropping around 100 large on a car expects to be pampered, and they also expect to be able to personalize their car exactly how they want it. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari Demolishes Bugatti Veyron In Drag Race: Video That is why Dodge has now introduced an unprecedented level of exclusivity for Viper buyers, which includes a concierge-style service that gives them the opportunity to fully...

  • 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
    2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Wins Redemption Against Viper T/A: Video

    The street isn’t an appropriate place to race for a hundred different reasons, not least of which is the stupidity of doing 150-plus-mph in an open environment, without proper emergency support or safety gear. But hey, people are going to do it anyway, so we may as well enjoy the fruits of...

  • 2015 Dodge Viper
    Pricing Released For Full 2015 Dodge Viper SRT Lineup

    We've known for a bit that Dodge was dropping prices on the 2015 Viper. The automaker did just that for the base car, bringing the MSRP down by $15,000 to just under $85,000. This move bought a nice bit of life into Viper sales, as the car was previously not selling well. After the price cut, the...

  • Dodge Viper ACR Concept, 2014 SEMA
    Dodge Viper ACR Concept Headlines Mopar’s 2014 SEMA Fleet

    This year’s SEMA show is just a couple of weeks away but we’ve been given an early look at what’s destined to be one of the stars of the upcoming tuning fest. Revealed today is the Dodge Viper ACR Concept, which unashamedly previews the ultimate track-focused but street legal...

  • Viper production at Conner Avenue Assembly Plant
    Price Cut Doubles Viper Sales, Production To Resume In November

    Dodge was forced to idle production of its Viper SRT supercar back in April after low demand caused a massive 434-day supply of the cars on dealer lots. This caused the automaker to make a drastic decision last month to lob $15,000 off the car’s starting price, bringing the figure down to...

  • 2014 Dodge Viper GTS
    Is The Dodge Viper A Snake That Needs A Bit More Charm?: Video

    I have to assume that Dodge expected the world to kneel at the feet of the all-new Viper when it was launched in 2013. That hasn't happened, and sales have been rather sluggish. They've been so sluggish, in fact, that Dodge has decided to drop the price way down for the 2015 model year. The 2015...

  • 2014 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R at the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta

    Having just won the 2014 IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship titles for both driver and team in the GTLM class with its SRT Motorsports works team, Chrysler has announced that it is ending its efforts in the competition. This means the Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R racing program concluded this past Saturday at the season-ending Petit Le Mans event. MUST SEE: Miniature W-18 Engine Build Is Mesmerizing: Video The move is part of Chrysler’s decision to reposition SRT as a performance sub-brand of Dodge, with all focus now on the Dodge brand’s product lineup. That doesn’t...

  • 1992 Dodge Viper pre-production unit with VIN #4 - Image via KING
    Students Save Prototype Dodge Viper From Crusher

    Remember those 93 Dodge Viper prototypes that were gifted to a various schools' automotive technology programs, only to be destined for the crusher after Chrysler decided their useful life was over? One of them, donated to South Puget Sound Community College, was the very rare and potentially...

  • 2015 Dodge Viper SRT
    Dodge Viper’s Next Update May See More Power And Convertible Option: Report

    It's no secret that the Dodge Viper SRT isn't exactly selling like gangbusters, but there’s relief in sight. The 2015 model year sees a series of updates for the all-American supercar, but most importantly the new model year brings a massive $15,000 price reduction. Whether this is enough to...

  • 2015 Dodge Viper SRT
    2015 Dodge Viper SRT Starting Price Dropped By $15,000: Official

    Dodge has just announced a round of updates for its 2015 Viper SRT but the updates alone aren’t likely to see the sales performance of the all-American supercar change for the better. Yes, the latest Viper hasn’t exactly been racing off dealer lots, with more than 600 examples said to...

  • 2015 Dodge Viper SRT
    2015 Dodge Viper SRT Gets GT And TA 2.0 Variants Plus More Power

    The Dodge Viper SRT supercar muscles into the 2015 model year with a few changes, including some additional horsepower. New variants have also been added to the lineup, with a new Viper GT squeezing in between the base Viper and upmarket Viper GTS, and a new-and-improved Viper Time Attack arriving...

  • 2014 SRT Viper Time Attack Anodized Carbon Special Edition Package
    Dodge Viper To Get A Minor Power Bump For 2015

    It's no secret that the Dodge Viper isn't exactly selling like gangbusters. Chrysler has even had to halt production on the car in order to keep existing stock moving along. Still, there's a new model year on the horizon, and it will see some changes in the Viper. No, the Viper won't be getting the...

  • 2015 Dodge Challenger  -  First Drive, Portland OR, July 2014

    The 707-horsepower, 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 in the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat seems a natural to go under the hood of a vehicle that could better handle all that power up to 200 mph and above. And to casual enthusiasts, it would make sense that car might be the Viper. But as SRT powertrain director Chris Cowland told us this past week, that’s simply not going to happen -- not ever, within the current generation of the Viper. MUST SEE: 5,000-HP, 348-MPH Devel Sixteen Spotted In The Wild: Video There are several critical reasons, really, and they all come back to the dimensions...

  • Dodge Viper GT3-R makes fastest lap at UTCC 2014
    Watch This Viper GT3-R Make The Fastest Lap Around VIR At UTCC 2014: Video

    The Grassroots Motorsports Ultimate Track Car Challenge is an event any gearhead or track dog can love: it pits an amazing assortment of cars against the clock for honor and glory. MUST SEE: 5,000-HP, 348-MPH Devel Sixteen Spotted In The Wild: Video Held on the full course of Virginia International...

  • Prefix Medusa - Dodge Viper SRT Convertible
    Company Offers Dodge Viper SRT Convertible Conversion

    Engineering firm Prefix has previewed the look of a Dodge Viper SRT convertible with its own conversion, named Medusa. While we're not sure we'd have picked a mythological character so ugly her gaze turned people to stone as the name for our car, it's clear the Medusa Viper is a lot more appealing...

  • 2014 Dodge SRT Viper
    Dodge Viper Production To Restart After Temporary Shutdown

    Dodge will restart production of its Viper on July 21 after a temporary shutdown was instigated at the car’s Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit to better align inventories with sales. Production had resumed briefly late last month, but Dodge has confirmed to Autoblog that full production...

  • Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R race cars adopt Le Mans-winning livery
    Racing Vipers To Wear Le Mans-Winning Dodge Livery Again

    The SRT Viper is no more, returning instead to its Dodge Viper SRT appellation. To match this move, the racing Vipers will shed their rather plain blue-on-silver livery of recent years and don the white stripes over red livery of the last Le Mans-winning Vipers. ALSO SEE: Tracy Morgan's Crashed...

  • 2014 SRT Viper Time Attack Anodized Carbon Special Edition Package
    SRT Viper TA Gets Anodized Carbon Special Edition Treatment: Live From New York

    Late last year, SRT rolled out a special edition version of its Viper called the Anodized Carbon Special Edition Package. Based on the Viper GTS, the special edition featured a unique metallic matte exterior along with a number of premium features in the cabin, and only 50 examples were slated to...

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