Viper returns as SRT
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Viper returns as SRT
'Dodge' Viper Returning to Detroit
Published December 13, 2011 | FoxNews.com
Someone at General Motors may want to call St. Patrick, because Detroit is about to be overrun by snakes.
Chrysler has confirmed that the next generation Viper will be built at the car’s traditional home, the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant. The factory was shut down in July 2010 when the model went on hiatus. By reopening it, 150 new jobs will be created.
During its 15 year production run, 20,070 of the Corvette killers were turned out by the specialty facility. The last one was a custom bronzed gold coupe with copper racing stripes built for D'Ann Rauh and her husband Wayne, owners of largest private collection of Vipers in the world, over 40 of them.
The next generation car is set to enter production in late 2012 and apparently be marketed under the newly-formed SRT brand this time around, rather than Dodge.
In July, SRT President and CEO Ralph Gilles told FoxNews.com that “the Viper is one of those products that is pretty much an SRT product from scratch,” adding that “it will have an umbilical cord back to Dodge, because that’s kind of where its roots are, but predominantly we positioned it as an SRT.”
Details on the highly-secret car are scarce, but it is expected to retain its signature V10 engine – still sold as a racing motor with the Viper name on the headers – and rear-drive layout, along with a traditional manual transmission.
Although Gilles promises the new Viper will be true to the car’s reputation for delivering raw performance, it may also offer such modern enhancements including traction control, cruise control and (gasp!) cupholders, in an effort to appeal to a wider audience.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...it/?test=faces
Published December 13, 2011 | FoxNews.com
Someone at General Motors may want to call St. Patrick, because Detroit is about to be overrun by snakes.
Chrysler has confirmed that the next generation Viper will be built at the car’s traditional home, the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant. The factory was shut down in July 2010 when the model went on hiatus. By reopening it, 150 new jobs will be created.
During its 15 year production run, 20,070 of the Corvette killers were turned out by the specialty facility. The last one was a custom bronzed gold coupe with copper racing stripes built for D'Ann Rauh and her husband Wayne, owners of largest private collection of Vipers in the world, over 40 of them.
The next generation car is set to enter production in late 2012 and apparently be marketed under the newly-formed SRT brand this time around, rather than Dodge.
In July, SRT President and CEO Ralph Gilles told FoxNews.com that “the Viper is one of those products that is pretty much an SRT product from scratch,” adding that “it will have an umbilical cord back to Dodge, because that’s kind of where its roots are, but predominantly we positioned it as an SRT.”
Details on the highly-secret car are scarce, but it is expected to retain its signature V10 engine – still sold as a racing motor with the Viper name on the headers – and rear-drive layout, along with a traditional manual transmission.
Although Gilles promises the new Viper will be true to the car’s reputation for delivering raw performance, it may also offer such modern enhancements including traction control, cruise control and (gasp!) cupholders, in an effort to appeal to a wider audience.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...it/?test=faces
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We have the new vettes comin up, the viper coming back. FORD! WHERE IS THE GT????
We could have a war on all three levels. Mutang, camaro, and challenger sixxers
Mustang gt, camaro ss, challenger 392
Gt500, zl1, whatever the challenger has
GT, zr1, viper srt-10
We could have a war on all three levels. Mutang, camaro, and challenger sixxers
Mustang gt, camaro ss, challenger 392
Gt500, zl1, whatever the challenger has
GT, zr1, viper srt-10
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GT successor?
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New Acura NSX is everything we said it would be
A new Acura NSX Concept is coming to the Detroit Auto Show next month and today Acura confirmed it'll be the Tony Stark car-esque AWD Hybrid we told you about two weeks ago. Sometimes we wish we were wrong.
Sources inside a Las Vegas dealer meeting earlier this month exclusively told us the new Acura NSX Concept would look like the vehicle from the upcoming Avengers movie (albeit in hardtop form) and feature an AWD hybrid drivetrain. If true, this would mean a radical departure from the car's previous life as a pure, light-weight, RWD sports car.
Sadly, it is true.
Acura today confirmed the car was coming to Detroit and told InsideLine basically everything we'd already told you, adding that it'll probably be the next-gen SH-AWD system with a "high-output V6 engine with a pair of electric motors and a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic."
Hybridness aside, the Avengers prototype was attractive as a drop-top and could finally curb Acura's habit of building ugly cars.
A new Acura NSX Concept is coming to the Detroit Auto Show next month and today Acura confirmed it'll be the Tony Stark car-esque AWD Hybrid we told you about two weeks ago. Sometimes we wish we were wrong.
Sources inside a Las Vegas dealer meeting earlier this month exclusively told us the new Acura NSX Concept would look like the vehicle from the upcoming Avengers movie (albeit in hardtop form) and feature an AWD hybrid drivetrain. If true, this would mean a radical departure from the car's previous life as a pure, light-weight, RWD sports car.
Sadly, it is true.
Acura today confirmed the car was coming to Detroit and told InsideLine basically everything we'd already told you, adding that it'll probably be the next-gen SH-AWD system with a "high-output V6 engine with a pair of electric motors and a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic."
Hybridness aside, the Avengers prototype was attractive as a drop-top and could finally curb Acura's habit of building ugly cars.
http://jalopnik.com/acura-nsx/
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At first I thought it was gimmicky but now if they treat it like the M division of the 70s and 80s then it could work. An SRT Viper as a halo car and the rest are tuned by SRT. SRT Abarth! Hahah!
So I can go with an SRT Viper. As long as traction control is off when purchased as is a pain to turn on. It still has to be a death trap.
So I can go with an SRT Viper. As long as traction control is off when purchased as is a pain to turn on. It still has to be a death trap.
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