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Wednesday, Nov 4
Upside Down, The Viper Logo Looks Like Daffy Duck [LOLCars]
Perhaps the hidden reason the Dodge Viper is being killed is because the tail logo on the latest redesign looks like a duck when turned upside down, and we all know about the Italian's irrational...
Tuesday, Aug 4
The Dodge Viper ACR's Wing Is Really Strong [Novelties]
The hollow composite wing on the Dodge Viper ACR is made of only four layers of carbon fiber top and bottom, but, as this press photo demonstrates, it ain't no Pep Boys special. [Composite World]
Friday, Jul 10
The Dodge Viper Is Alive! [Carpocalypse]
We were the first to report the Dodge Viper was dead before Chrysler actually killed it. Now, like a zombie from a time before fuel economy, it's back. That's right, Chrysler's telling us today the...
Tuesday, Jun 16
Dodge Viper Factory First To Reopen After Chrysler Bankruptcy [Carpocalypse]
Good news. Chrysler's emerged from bankruptcy and even before being fully embraced by Fiat's bountiful Italian bosom, they've already reopened their first plant — the 115-employee Conner...
Wednesday, May 6
Corvette Is Safe From Carpocalypse [Corvette]
While the Dodge Viper may be dead, and despite some fools saying otherwise, GM CEO Fritz Henderson says the Corvette is here to stay. They're even developing the next-generation C7 according to...
Tuesday, May 5
Chrysler To Kill Jeep Wrangler?
MI These lines include Jeep Wrangler, Dodge Viper and Dodge Ram and Dakota truck lines."The example of the Jeep Wrangler is instructive, a potential buyer would face significant additional investment costs in the range of $550 million to $1 billion. ...
Friday, May 1
Delivery Driver Wrecks Mario Andretti's Rare Lamborghini Countach
MI Turns out this car was street racing an 06 Dodge Viper GTS and they both somehow lost control. What makes it even worse is that the lamborghini was previously owned AND SIGNED by Mario Andretti himself! It was a mint condition 1989 25th Anniversary ...
Saturday, Mar 21
Audi R15 TDI Wins 12 Hours Of Sebring [12 Hours Of Sebring]
16. (13) Dirk Werner, Germany; Richard Lietz, Austria; Wolf Henzler, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (8, GT2), 274. 17. (19) Joel Feinberg, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Chris Hall, Daytona, FL; Ritchie Holt, Davie, FL; Dodge Viper Comp Coupe (9, GT2), 251, Clutch.
Tuesday, Feb 10
Dodge Viper Reimagined For 1967 [Concept Cars]
The design of the Viper Concept 1967 came from the idea of how the car would had been if it had appeared in the 60's to compete with the Corvette of the time." We see a lot of Corvette in his design, but also a lot of the current Viper styling cues such as the modest double bubble roof, angular headl...
Dodge Viper Reimagined For 1967 [Concept Cars]
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Thursday, Jan 22
2009 Dodge Viper ACR Power Numbers A Wee Bit Off [2009 Dodge Viper ACR]
So, is the Viper ACR really faster than the current American horsepower powerhouse, the 2009 Corvette ZR1? We'll have to get these two out to a track to really know for sure (Hello? Chrysler? GM? Are you listening?). Until that happens, take a look at the video above and the dynograph below t...
Friday, Jan 2
One-Off ASC McLaren Diamonback Viper Up For Grabs
The Diamondback Viper featured custom carbon fiber body panels, a special stainless steel quad outlet exhaust, a custom carbon fiber racing stripe with "Mclaren Orange" and "Viper Blue" accents as well as a custom in-hood trumpeted air intake system with individual port throttles.
Tuesday, Dec 23
2009 ROUSH Mustang Blackjack: First Drive
For 2010, Ford’s taken the old Mustang and bolted on nicer suspension, a new intake and exhaust, given it a more svelte body, a nicer interior and called it day. ROUSH has taken a slightly more aggressive approach, adding huge amounts of power, heart-stopping brakes and the blackest black...
Nissan GT-R Stomps Viper ACR On Drag Strip [Rise Of The Machines]
In an indisputable victory for technology over brute force, this video shows the Nissan GT-R laying down a seriously impressive 11.12 second 1/4 mile time, easily outpacing a Dodge Viper ACR. This is inverse to the two vehicles' Nurburgring laps, where the ACR managed a ZR1-defeating 7:2...
Monday, Dec 15
Snake-Bit: Twin-Turbo Viper V10-Powered Mustang
What you’re looking at is a 1994 SVT Mustang Cobra with a pretty unusual swap and one that gets us pretty excited. TurboForums.com member Cobra Scott, decided that he needed something a little more potent than the Cobra motor, something with a little more venom (we had to) and instead of swap...
Monday, Dec 8
CNBC: Lutz Calls Wagoner "Best. CEO. Ever."
On CNBC this morning, GM product czar "Maximum" Bob Lutz said GM CEO Rick Wagoner is "without doubt the best CEO I've ever worked for." Well, duh. Have you seen the other CEOs he's worked for? Heads to Chrysler to work with his buddy Lee again, then Bob Eaton. Gets to design the Dodge Viper (yay!)...
Tuesday, Nov 4
Kumho Launches Ultra-Low-Profile 15-Series Tires
Own a high-performance supercar but want to ruin its ride and handling? Well Kumho has just the thing for you! Presented today at SEMA were these new ultra-low-profile 15-Series “performance” tires. Available only in 385/15-22 size for now, they’re designed for the otherwise-compete...
Wednesday, Oct 22
Chrysler Offers Employee Pricing On Dodge Viper, Extends Deal To Wal-Mart, Cerberus Employees
Further bolstering snarky bloggers' ruthless ribbing of Chrysler as a company on the ropes and desperate for any money it can get, the Cerberus-owned brand is extending employee pricing to the Dodge Viper SRT10. Employees, spouses, friends and acquaintances (basically the entire cit...
Tuesday, Oct 14
Oh Yeah, Dodge Bringing Six Mopar Concepts Other Than The SRT10 Challenger To SEMA
The Dodge Ram R/T starts off with a 2009 Ram Sport with a 380-horsepower, 5.7-liter HEMI® V-8, a 4.10 gear and a high stall converter, which rockets the truck to impressive times. With this blank canvas, Mopar Underground created a Dodge Challenger-inspired version of the Dodge Ram. On the pe...
Friday, Oct 10
Maserati Claims Fastest Production Nürburgring Lap In MC12, Pretends Viper Doesn't Exist
Joining the "we're faster than you and we can prove it in a completely unscientific way by racing around the same racetrack in a production car under various conditions and providing our own timing" club is the Maserati MC12, which now claims they've made the fastest production lap aroun...
Wednesday, Sep 3
Detroit's 2008 Belle Isle Grand Prix: ALMS Results And Mega Gallery
In addition to the IRL racing on Belle Isle, we also had the fun and hard-charging swagger of ALMS racing. We has the opportunity to tag along with Corvette Racing, who snagged a swank chalet location right on the corner of turn seven this year, a perfect spot to watch the Jake-emblazoned Cor...
Thursday, Aug 28
2009 Dodge Viper ACR Steals Nürburgring Record From Corvette ZR1, Laps In 7:22
A 2009 Dodge Viper ACR has claimed the fastest time ever for a production car around the Nürburgring. The lap of 7:22 is just a few ticks quicker than the 7:26.4 lap set by the 2009 Corvette ZR1. It doesn't come as much of a surprise, since the ACR is the most brutal version of the already-unforgiv...
Wednesday, Aug 27
Chrysler May Sell Viper — The Brand
Bob Nardelli, Chrysler’s Chairman and CEO, stated this morning that the company has "been approached by third parties who are interested in exploring future possibilities for Viper," according to Automotive News. Apparently, rather than just dropping Viper, Chrysler is now “explor...
Thursday, Aug 21
GM Employee Pricing Slashes Sticker Of 505 HP 2008 Corvette Z06 By $10,000!
GM's recent decision to re-offer employee pricing on all new vehicles brings the 505 HP Corvette Z06 down to an astonishing base price of $62,653. Normally, these type of incentives don't include high horsepower and halo cars, but according to the boys at Kicking Tires, GM will include bo...
Sunday, Aug 17
Opinion: 2009 Dodge Challenger
Wait, what? Multiple transmissions? Yes muscle car fans, it's what two of these models' engines are mated to that'll give Jalopnik readers cause for celebration. Both the R/T and the SRT8 get an optional Tremec T6060 six-speed manual transmission ported from the Dodge Viper. The option'...
Tuesday, Jul 29
Edmunds Inside Line Gets 2008 Dodge Viper ACR Salty At Bonneville
A guy named Ed that works for Edmunds Inside Line (we suspect nepotism) just got back from driving the 2008 Dodge Viper ACR to Bonneville. There, he discovered that driving really fast in a straight line, at least in a twitchy track special on the salt, is a lot harder than it looks. If we'd been...
Tuesday, Jun 10
Pam Anderson Sacrifices Viper For Animal Ethics
Pam Anderson continues in her current career as "vapid celeb throwing money at organizations forged from whining and communism," electing to sell her 2000 Dodge Viper RT/10 to benefit People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (NAMBLA). The white-striped Viper is probably better off...
Wednesday, Jun 4
Auto-Inspiration: The Real-Life Cars Behind Grand Theft Auto IV
This one goes out to the tuner crowd that is definitely playing this game. Seriously, we can't even enjoy a video game without carbon fiber madness? The headlights and spoiler say Lexus IS/first-gen Integra. In terms of performance, the Sultan RS is pretty speedy at 186 mph and the handling...
Monday, Apr 14
Jeep Commander To Get Canned Before End Of First Product Cycle
Neidermeyer, Dead! Dean Wormer, Dead! Jeep Commander, Dead! This, at least, according to Bloomberg and their sources. The largest of Jeeps, the Commander, never quite found a place for itself in this mean old world. Despite carrying Jeep's styling over into a vehicle capable of carrying...
Wednesday, Apr 2
Dealer Porter Totally Destroys Limited Edition Dodge Viper SRT10
Imagine being a lowly porter at a Dodge dealership when you're handed the keys to one of four limited production Dodge Viper SRT10's in Southern California. The salesman hops in the passenger seat of the freshly purchased supercar and instructs you to drive down to the station for a fill up...
Thursday, Mar 20
Saleen S5S Raptor Concept Unveiled At New York Auto Show
Compromise does not enter into the conversation at all. The Raptor 's hand-built 5.0L cubic inch engine with its patented twin-screw supercharger delivers its 650 horses at 6300 rpm and hits max torque at just 4400 RPM. This power sits on call beneath the knob of a close ratio 6-speed manual,...
Monday, Mar 10
ViperVette Scratches Your Project Car Itch
So after all that high end craftsmanship and attention to detail, we're assuming you need the equivalent of a unicorn chaser. We thought what better to rid you of the perfection of the main show floor and the primed and polished perfection of the Great 8 than with the 1986 ViperVette. That's r...
Thursday, Mar 6
We Never Knew We "Wanted" To See Angelina Jolie Draped Over The Hood Of A Dodge Viper
We just got the following trailer for the movie Wanted in our tip box and seriously, we never knew that was something we could ask for out of life. But now that we've seen it, we're thankful to whatever deity it is one should be thankful toward for giving us this opportunity. We're also thankful...
Monday, Feb 25
1546 HP Twin Turbo Dodge Viper GTS Dyno Run
This has to be the loudest UPS truck we've ever heard. It's really important to notice during this dyno run how the hand held camera is shaking during one of the pulls. So it may not be quite as insane as the 2,200 hp quad turbocharged V8 we saw on Friday, but it's definitely more streetable, and h...
Thursday, Feb 7
The Dodge Viper Is Dead: In Lieu Of Flowers, Please Send R&D Funds
Originally, the new version of Dodge's halo car was set to start rolling down the assembly line in January of 2009 alongside two Chrysler badged platform mates. These two new Chrysler branded performance vehicles were to be modeled after the Firepower concept car. The first one, a roadste...
Thursday, Jan 31
2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Gets Tossed By Ralph Gilles
When you're a Chrysler VP, like Ralph Gilles, you can shoot video of yourself driving a 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR around the No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, Louisiana, post the video to your company blog, and expense the whole thing. This is reason number 3,201 why it is cool to be Ralph Gil...
Friday, Jan 11
Fast Lane Daily Talks Nano, GT-R, Viper and M6 Race Car
In today's Fast lane Daily, Derek D recaps the unveil of the Tata Nano, Nissan's new GT-R GT500, and dishes some gossip about Cerberus possibly forcing the demise of the Dodge Viper. Then we switch over to some nice video footage from Garage419.com showing off the baddest M6 we've ever seen. A...
Tuesday, Dec 18
Leaping Lizards! Edmunds Inside Line Claims 3.3 Second 0-60 with 2009 Nissan GT-R [2009 Nissan GT-R]
We'll just leave the snark to a minimum on Godzilla here. Instead, we'll give you the straight scoop from the Line on the Inside at Edmunds on their recent 0-60 time test with a borrowed JDM-Spec 2009 Nissan GT-R across the Pacific in Japan: "We know you want the numbers and we're not going to w...
Friday, Nov 30
Fuel Economy Rules Near Completion, Automakers Shift to Bicycle Production?
It looks like automakers will have to meet the dreaded 35-mpg fuel economy standard despite the gazillion dollars they claim it will take to get their cars sipping gasoline like it's Dom Pérignon. Senate and House members are working out the final details of a bill that will likely have a si...
Monday, Nov 19
Hennessey Reveals 1000 HP Venom GT Concept Car [Concept Cars]
Looks like Hennessey Performance Engineering -- the tuners of all things Mopar and SRT -- are not going to sit back and kick up their heels with their twin-turboed Viper -- the Venom 1000 SRT. No, they've just revealed their suspected new concept super car, the Venom GT -- and yes, it's mid-e...
Friday, Nov 16
2007 LA Auto Show [La Auto Show]
Chrysler 2009 Aspen Hemi Hybrid Dodge 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR 2009 Durango HEMI Hybrid Hyundai Hyundai Concept Genesis Coupe Lamborghini Lamborghini Reventon (US Reveal) Lincoln 2009 Lincoln MKS LA Auto Show Preview: 2009 Lincoln MKS Lincoln MKS Revealed Live
Wednesday, Nov 7
Nick Hogan Arrested For Racing, Crashing His "P***y Magnet"
The strange panties-dropping saga of Nick Hogan continues. We've just learned the son of Hulk was arrested today in Clearwater, Florida on "felony charges of reckless driving involving serious bodily injury." Clearwater police claim the crash the young Hogan (also known as Bollea) was...
Monday, Sep 17
Dodge to Auction First 2008 Challengers [Press Release Regurge]
All three vehicles will be 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8(R) models, featuring HEMI(R) Orange paint, hood stripes and a 6.1-liter HEMI V-8 engine The all-new 2008 Dodge Challenger - the ultimate modern American muscle coupe - will make its worldwide debut at the Chicago Auto Show on Feb. 6, 20...
Monday, Sep 3
Doug Levin Motorsports TT Murcielago Roadster
The TT means twin turbo. Right — dual turbines atop the Lamborghini Murciélago's already potent quad-cam V12. It's the handiwork of Doug Levin Motorsports, best known as a fitter of superchargers for the Dodge Viper. One poster on Lamborghini Talk says the tuner Lambo has the mannerisms an...
Thursday, Aug 30
Hulk Hogan Was Not The Driver Of The Viper Involved In His Son's Crash
Last news we heard in the Nick Bollea Toyota Supra crash story (See the photos of the smashed-up Supra here!) came yesterday, when we heard the son of Hulk Hogan may have been engaging in some stoplight to stoplight racing with a Dodge Viper. Although we knew yesterday police believed the Hu...
Monday, Aug 27
Driving the 2008 Viper SRT10
The Viper doesn't do irony either. In an age where zero-emissions are the new 200mph, it has 600bhp and looks like a giant penis crossed with a mid-'90s Dodge Stratus. If a Prius is an educated citizen-of-the-world dining in Paris, the Viper is a deadbeat dad in flannel trying to finish a 72oz...
Friday, Aug 3
The 600 HP 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 Is A Steal Starting At $83,145!
Wowzers! DragTimes just got themselves the details on pricing for the new 600 HP 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 roadster and coupe. Here's the scoop — $83,145 for the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 Roadster and $83,895 for the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 Coupe. That's a helluva lot of horses for a helluva lot of ch...
Tuesday, Jul 31
Hennessey-Tuned Dodge Viper Beats Bugatti Veyron in Zero-200mph Shootout
Soft life over at Road and Track, hooking up a bunch of peripherals to really fast roadgoing cars and seeing how quickly they can get to the double-century. Rather than give away the plot, we'll just say that if getting to 200 mph as quickly as possible is your aim, you don't need ten figures' w...
Thursday, Jul 12
Fact Versus Fiction On The New Hyper-Amazing Corvette SS Or Whatever
The boys at Popular Mechanics seem to be fed up with all the rumor-mongering going on out there in the internet chat rooms, the enthusiast forums and the (gasp!) blogosphere about the next-gen super-Corvette. This is the same Corvette Super-Super (or whatever) the General's designed to...
Monday, Feb 12
Geneva Pre-Show: Dodge's Demon-ic Concept Car
Dodge Demon Roadster Concept - Simple Soul, Artful Attitude Make for Radical Results The Dodge Demon concept is an affordable Dodge sports car which merges brand cues of bold design and powerful performance with an open-air "fun-to-drive" attitude.
Friday, Jan 12
Maximum Corvette: Lutz Confirms Blue Devil Is Nigh
According to the Detroit Free Press, GM's Maxibob Lutz says the new, 600-hp Dodge Viper will soon have some competition from the General. Lutz confirmed what sources have been saying for over a year — that Chevrolet will build the high-powered super 'Vette known as "Blue Devil" or "Stingr...
Tuesday, Jan 9
Detroit Auto Show: No Funny Here -- The 2008 Dodge Magnum R/T And SRT8 [Detroit Auto Show]
Every SRT vehicle showcases five key aspects: Exterior styling that resonates with the brand image; race-inspired interiors; world-class ride and handling characteristics across a dynamic range; benchmark braking; and standout powertrain.
Friday, Nov 24
Shed that Hide: Limited Edition Snakeskin Viper
Car-insides tweaker, Prefix is offering 20 Dodge Vipers with a limited-edition faux snakeskin interior and other such reptile-themed mods. For $23,880.00 + tax over the cost of a new Viper, self-aggrandizing bluesmen, 1980s hair-band refugees and armchair herpetologists can ride on...
Monday, Jul 24
Jalopnik Reviews; 2007 Saturn Sky, Part 1
There's more good news, because the Sky's interior comes off as much nicer than its Kappa-platform sibling, the Pontiac Solstice. There's still plenty of cheap plastic, but — seeing it's not a Porsche — expectations are reasonably lower. What is unacceptable is the lack of storage bins in...
