Dodge Viper
With a unique look and a thunderous 645-horsepower, 8.4L V10 engine, this sports car is among the most spectacular models in any category. What's more, it’s an uncompromising car that only offers a six-speed manual gearbox. The ACR version turns it up a notch with racing components. Despite all that, all signs are pointing to 2017 being the final year of the Viper, as Dodge must choose between profitability and prestige.
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Some tuners out there get a kick out of transforming certain cars into models from another era. The results are often intriguing yet rarely convincing, like this 2013 Dodge Challenger turned into a 1969 Charger Daytona . Want another example? In the mid-1990s, someone decided to take a third-generation 1976 …
NewsIs the Dodge Viper Coming Back? FCA Design Chief Hopes so
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles terminated the iconic Dodge Viper after the 2017 model year, but the company’s design chief Ralph Gilles is still frequently asked by fans if the car will ever make a comeback. "In my lifetime I surely hope so," he said while answering a caller's question in an …
NewsFinal Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Exits Plant; Watch and Bid on it!
FCA made it very clear last year when it launched the industry’s first and only purpose-built, street-legal production drag car (capable of sprinting from 0-100 km/h in just 2.3 seconds): production would be limited to 3,300 units and a single model year. Well, the end of the run came yesterday …
NewsThe Very Last Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and Dodge Viper Will Hit the Auction Block
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is teaming up with Barrett-Jackson for charity. And it’s quite a pair of cars that will be auctioned off this coming June. As a matter of fact, the automaker decided to sell the very last 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon built, and the last 2017 Dodge Viper …
NewsThere is a Supercharged Viper... But it isn't from Dodge
Currently, the most powerful vehicle in Dodge's lineup is the Hellcat duo. Boasting 707 horsepower, these big cars can embarrass supercars with a much larger price tag. However, this leaves the Viper in an awkward position: the coupe enters its last year of production, but its 645 horsepower are not …
NewsDodge Viper production to end with limited-edition packages
About 25 years ago, Chrysler created the Dodge Viper, a ferocious beast equipped with a monstrous, 400-horsepower, 8.0-litre V10 engine, developed with the help of Lamborghini. The Viper was a hard-to-drive, crude sports car, but it was blisteringly fast. The Viper gained refinement over time, and its output climbed too.
NewsThe Dodge Viper Will Slither Away
It was written in the stars. FCA hasn’t officially announced it yet, but production of the Dodge Viper is to be halted, according to a recent agreement between the UAW in the United States and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The tentative agreement should be ratified next week and the last Viper …
New Models2016 Viper ACR: Return Of The Racing Snake
When the original Viper ACR was launched in 2008, it was created with a unique purpose: to offer maximum performance while retaining the Viper’s street legality (there was also the ACR-X, a race-only version). With firmer suspension, significant weight reduction, a front splitter and a huge wing generating 545 kilos …
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