This Viper has a date with the dragstrip. But an hour-and-a-half of highway separates the Motive offices and the 'strip out in the sticks, so I'm hoping to steal glimpses of this car's dark side on the ride out. I hop in the Viper and instinctively hunt for the traction-control-defeat switch. Except that, in the Viper, there is no traction control. Dodge left stability control and launch control on the shop floor, too. A well-modulated clutch pedal and driver finesse are the only things keeping the Viper on the narrow path between bogging down and burning out. With 600 horsepower it would be all too easy to henceforth reference venom and fangs and bites and all other things serpentine, but I won't. Because none of those words really capture the gestalt of the Viper.
This car is from another era. Its spiritual predecessors took part in the golden age of American motorsports, when road races were still held on public roads. When sports cars were driven to the venue, run hard, and then - with any luck - driven home. When American contenders with big V8s fought it out with leaner, more sophisticated European machines. It was a more dangerous time, but one when the connection between driver and vehicle was pure, unfettered by electronics.
I generally like green cars, but IMO, the Viper in this green is tasteless and ugly as sin.
There's not one conservative thing about the entire car, I think the color fits it perfectly.
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I don't think so, there's no one at McLaren who can weld that badly. Gordon Murray, designer of the McLaren F1, on if it would resemble the Ferrari F40.
I haven't been this enamored with the Viper since the ACR was discontinued. But this... this is special. The color, the wheels, the overall performance SCREAM Viper whereas the other SRT Vipers whispered it as though they were afraid to offend someone. This car brings the Viper back to everything it always should have been. Now all they need to do is bring back Viper Racing.
Oh, and for the record, this review reeks of a copycat of the Winding Road review of the same car (as in, same color, both did a video, both pretty much said the same stuff, etc).
So how does one go about getting a test car? Do you write them a letter like this;
Dear Dodge, We have arranged for Tire Rack to loan us the use of their test track and as many sets of tire as we need to make it around said test track. Can you please loan us a Dodge Viper to beat on for a day? Sincerely, Motive
PS: we also need a mechanic in case we break something and a company gas card (for obvious reasons).
Love the Motive logo you tastefully applied to the tail. You guys thinking of becoming car dealers?
I love the Viper, it stays true to the roots of the no-compromise legend it's design was drawn from : the Cobra. It's never pretended to be something it's not, just a big fat effin' motor with gobs of HP in a capable chassis. Oh, you're not comfortable? Tough, go drive something else - the compromises are few and far between here
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edit: nevermind. i saw them in the "specs" section. where these the times you guys recorded or are they just factory data.
The 0-xx times we recorded with our equipment. The 11.7-second pass was recorded at Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove. Which was good for exactly one run before the tech inspector started giving us grief because, according the IHRA rule book, a car with a clutch running faster than 11.99 needs a scattershield around the bellhousing.
Which was good for exactly one run before the tech inspector started giving us grief because, according the IHRA rule book, a car with a clultch running faster than 11.99 needs a scattershield around the bellhousing.
I haven't been this enamored with the Viper since the ACR was discontinued. But this... this is special. The color, the wheels, the overall performance SCREAM Viper whereas the other SRT Vipers whispered it as though they were afraid to offend someone. This car brings the Viper back to everything it always should have been. Now all they need to do is bring back Viper Racing.
Oh, and for the record, this review reeks of a copycat of the Winding Road review of the same car (as in, same color, both did a video, both pretty much said the same stuff, etc).
Yeah, it's such a copycat article... Right down to where Motive praised the lack of stability control, and Whining Road, well, whinned about the lack thereof.
Oh, and for the record, this review reeks of a copycat of the Winding Road review of the same car (as in, same color, both did a video, both pretty much said the same stuff, etc).
and if you had a viper to test, you wouldnt mention the lack of electronics on a modern car, and you sure as hell wouldnt take it to the track or shoot a video?
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Wow ever since the first gen Viper's I haven't been a fan of the styling but I'm diggin that. Wild ass color and all
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Indeed, that car is pretty much the automotive equivalent of having angry sex with Angelina Jolie while duck-hunting with rocket-launchers alongside Satan himself.
At first I didn't really love the color but after seeing some more shots of it I love it. Snot green just seems to fit the cars character.
I've never really warmed up to any of the previous 2nd gen viper offerings but I love this car. I remember when the first Viper GTS came out and I went goo goo over that...I think Dodge has finally found a worthy replacement. Mike
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