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The Dodge Viper ACR is a last hurrah before a more luxurious, possibly Alfa-based future. Here it gets the full Bonneville. [Kurt Niebuhr for InsideLine via iamrodnunez] More »
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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] More »
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Those sneaky three-headed dogs at Chrysler have slipped the 2009 Dodge Viper ACR out of the gate with a little bit more horsepower than originally advertised. That's if you consider 42 more horses "a little." More »
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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. More »
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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 there, we'd have told him that the key to traction in slippery conditions (whether they be caused by salt, rain, ice or snow) is high revs and small throttle openings, but then no one ever listens to that advice anyways. While he didn't quite hit 200 MPH, Ed did manage to discover a truth about driving a Viper: you pay for its speed with hard work. We just hope his back managed well with the strain. More »
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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 Gilles. If he didn't have to answer to Wert about the Sebring, life would be perfect. More »
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