The Dodge Viper died a quick and ignominious death shortly after Fiat partnered with Chrysler, though even then there was talk that the car would be revived for 2012. With production at the car’s Conner Avenue assembly plant finally coming to an end earlier this year, all eyes have shifted towards the launch of the [...]

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The long, cold and snowy winter presented a perfect environment for the ultimate American-built sports car and icon of the Dodge brand’s performance car lineup to prepare for its imminent return. Using a 2010 chassis as a test subject, SRT engineers expanded the development scope for the next generation Dodge Viper to include stability control [...]

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Fret not, Viper faithful, for you have not been forsaken. In fact, Dodge released an image earlier this morning showing a development mule for the new 2013 Viper sports coupe being put through its paces by engineers. Yes, the prototype shown here sliding through snow banks is little more than a 2011 model, but Chrysler’s [...]

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The Dodge Viper ACR does it again. On Monday, April 11, Kuno Wittmer drove a production spec ACR to a new lap record at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah; in the process breaking the 2-minute mark for the very first time. Running on Miller’s 3.048 mile outer course; Wittmer crossed the finish line in [...]

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By GREG MIGLIORE on 4/15/2011 Dodge boss Ralph Gilles made an interesting comment at the Chicago auto show. Dressed in a black blazer and a “made in Detroit” T-shirt, he cracked, “My Dodge Viper is in training for the supercar Olympics. It’s gone for a couple of years.” That’s more than a glib comment. And Chrysler again confirmed [...]

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The Dodge Viper may be out of production and only the last few remain at a handful of Dodge Dealerships, but it’s still setting lap records wherever it shows its fangs. Last Monday, veteran road racer Kuno Wittmer took a production street legal Viper to the world class Miller Motorsports park in Tooele, Utah and [...]

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Driver Kuno Wittmer breaks the lap record at Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele Valley, Utah in a Dodge Viper ACR. Wittmer piloted a street legal 2010 Dodge Viper ACR to a record lap of 1:59.995 (91.444 MPH average) on Monday, April 11, 2011, breaking the 2-minute mark for the first time in a production car on [...]

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Wittmer breaks two-minute mark for first time in street-legal, production vehicle April 14, 2011 , Tooele, Utah - The Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR (American Club Racer) has made history at yet another storied road course. Renowned Dodge road racer Kuno Wittmer piloted a street legal 2010 Dodge Viper ACR to a record lap of 1:59.995 at Miller [...]

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