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Is The Dodge Viper Coming Back?

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The poor Dodge Viper.  It was brought back to such fanfare and proceeded to slowly get pushed away as the drivers who wanted power saw the Hellcats and Dodge Demon as the new hotness in comparison.  It lead to the Viper once again being put away with no idea of when it would come back to the auto world.  It didn’t take that long it seems as Car and Driver is reporting that the Viper is making a come-back.

The new Viper is coming back but with some changes.  The biggest change that may dampen the excitement of some fans is the lose of the V10.  The new Viper will be powered by an aluminum-block V-8.  The new engine that the Viper will house is predicted to have 550 horsepower with a manual transmission still being offered.  A second engine option, a second-gen Hellcat engine as Car and Driver puts it, would be offered as a supercharged 700-plus-hp variant.

There is no confirmation of this being a thing, but as the article shows, the upcoming Detroit Auto Show in January would be the 30th anniversary of the Viper’s concept debut and if Dodge and SRT are going to bring the Viper back, you could not ask for a better time to really take advantage of the nostalgia it would generate.

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Dodge Viper Gets Legacy Honored at Former Production Plant

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The Dodge Viper may be gone, but new steps taken by FCA US will make sure that it is not forgotten.

The fate of the Viper is a sad one.  It almost feels like it was made before its time.  With the recent major releases of muscle cars with the Hellcat and Demon Challengers and Chargers, it seems that high-powered cars are popular again.  Yet, that didn’t benefit the Viper which tried to stage a come-back only to get put on ice once again.  Fear not Viper fans, as FCA US will be giving the plant where the Viper was being produced a new way of honoring the legacy of the Dodge Viper.

The Conner Avenue Assembly Plant was the former production home of the Viper and it will now be the home of the FCA’s concept and historic vehicle collection.  The collection will be made up of all things pertaining to the Viper.  This includes things found while the assembly line was being dismantled like signed sketches, photos, posters, and more.

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Viper ACR is Returning to Nurburgring Thanks to Successful Gofundme Campaign

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The Dodge Viper ACR may not be the talk of the car world anymore, but that isn’t stopping it from giving the Nurburgring one more go.
The Viper ACR, back in 2011, earned a record lap time of 7:12.13-minute lap. It was the fastest production car on record at the time. Since then, unfortantly, the time has been overcome by others such as Porsche and McLaren. As the glory of the Viper and the ACR wain as it goes out of production and the Dodge Demon is the new popular muscle car, it is time to see if the ACR can make some noise one more time.
This return to the track is thanks to a Gofundme designed to give the ACR another round. Russ Oasis put together the Gofundme with a goal of $159,000 which was raised. The costs handle the transportation and will be putting Dominik Farnbacher back in the seat of the Viper ACR. Farnbacher was the driver when the ACR originally made its record track time.

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