After 25 years in production, the Dodge Viper is coming to an end in 2017. Dodge once terminated Viper production in 2010, but then re-entered the market with an all-new SRT Viper in 2012. In a world of ever-stricter emissions regulations, the car with the biggest production motor, an 8.4-litre V10, was bound to be put down, but not without a bang. Dodge has announced 5 special variants of the Viper before pulling the plug on it.
Recent rumours have popped up that the 2016 Dodge Viper SRT could get a power upgrade and a cabriolet version.
Most arm-chair car enthusiasts who’ve never driven legendary American powerhouses such as the constantly-cloned Shelby Cobra or the overblown Vin Diesel-spec Dodge Charger have an idealised view of such cars and lament their demise. However, a car exists today that harks back to those brutal larger-than-life super-muscle cars. It’s built by Chrysler and it’s so out-of-sync with their usual offerings that they gave it a whole separate brand now — the SRT Viper. The Viper itself has a similarly-celebrated reputation, and we found out what it’s like on the streets of Dubai.
Street & Racing Technology, commonly known as SRT, the tuning arm within the Chrysler Group, has revealed the all-new 2013 limited-edition SRT Viper GTS Launch Edition.
Chrysler has officially pulled the wraps off the 2013 Viper, except that they’ve decided to drop the “Dodge” name and turn “SRT” into a separate brand. So the SRT Viper, as it will be known, is out, boasting 640 hp and 813 Nm of torque from a front-midship naturally-aspirated 8.4-litre V10.
The Dodge Viper, one of the legendary American supercars, has reminded the world that it is only off the production line, but not off the tracks and not off its menacing glory, with a new record on the renowned Nürburgring track.
Chrysler had a tough 2009, undergoing a bankruptcy, a takeover by Fiat, and a partial buyout by the U.S. government. Therefore, they have absolutely no new models for the 2010 model year. However, Chrysler has now introduced special editions of existing models in the States, to spruce things up.