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SRT Viper Named “Collectible Car of the Future” by NAHC

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Last month, the SRT Viper was honored by the National Automotive History Collection (NAHC) as a “Collectible Car of the Future,” the third time the Viper has received this award.

The SRT Viper beat out 19 other vehicles from 2013 to receive the award. NAHC members voted on the vehicles based on perceived longevity, specifically which vehicle will receive more attention at the Woodward Dream Cruise in 25 years. The Woodward Dream Cruise is the world’s largest one-day automotive event where car enthusiast take their classic cars for a cruise along Woodward Avenue through eight different host communities in Southeast Michigan. Additionally, there is live music, events for the kids, exhibitions, and more. In short, the Woodward Dream Cruise is the ultimate destination for classic cars, making it the perfect judge of a vehicle’s popularity and longevity.

Ralph Gilles, the President and CEO of SRT Brand and Motorsports, received the award from the President of the NAHC Board of Trustees at a recent ceremony. In response to the award, Gilles is quoted, “With fewer than 30,000 Vipers built since the nameplate’s launch in 1992, the Viper has earned its place as a unique, hand-built American exotic supercar. The National Automotive History Collection further recognizes the exclusivity and collectability of our flagship performance machine from Chrysler Group.”

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SRT Viper: Car of the Future

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Trying to figure out what will be remembered in the future is a tough thing to do.  What is popular now may merely be a speck of a memory come a decade or more down the road.  Think of Oscar winners of the past, there are many that won ‘Best Picture’ but are vaguely remembered today.  So as far as cars are concerned, what will be a collectible in the future?  The National Automotive History Collection (NAHC) thinks they know what it will be, and they chose the SRT Viper as its ‘Collectible Car of the Future.’

This is something the group does on an annual basis.  They choose a vehicle built in the US that were put out in the previous calendar year.  Out of 19 all-new vehicles to choose from in 2013, the SRT Viper won out.

According to Charles K. Hyde, president of the NAHC Board of Trustees, “We ask our members to predict which of the year’s new vehicles will command the highest attention at Detroit’s famous Woodward Dream Cruise 25 years from now.  Car enthusiast select this award, making it unique among vehicle-of-the-year awards.”

This is now the third time that the Viper has been awarded this from NAHC.  The NAHC is the world’s largest public archive of automotive information.

For more information on the SRT Viper and to get your hands on one for when a future time traveler comes back to our era to get one in order to strike it rich in 25 years, contact a sales rep at Bayside Chrysler Jeep Dodge.  Be sure to like us on Facebook and like us on Twitter for more SRT news and monthly specials.

Source: Digital Journal

New Book Goes Behind the Curtain of the SRT Viper

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In this day, keeping something secret seems almost impossible. Not a day goes by where I don’t see one story featuring someone grabbing a spy picture of a new car secretly on the highway. That makes it harder for companies to keep things secret, and for car companies, it is a long time for a car’s life. There’s designs to pour over, prototypes to build, prototypes that don’t work as intended, rebuilding, and so on and so on. Years pass by before something is ready to be presented to the public and begin to build hype. That makes it very surprising to find out that Ralph Gilles, President and CEO of SRT, invited someone to document the entire process in building the new SRT Viper.

Gilles had author and photographer Maurice Liang on hand for the two years that it took to bring the Viper back to life. The entire experience has been put together and being sold in the book “SRT Viper – An American Supercar Returns.”

The books tell the story of what Liang went through as part of seeing the Viper come together. In the two years, he watched as the team tested the Electronic Stability Control in freezing weather. He later roasted and sweated as the Viper was tested in Death Valley.

None of those extremes diminished the once-in-a-lifetime experience. As Liang put it, “I’m not complaining. It was the experience of a lifetime.”

In order to bring Lian in, trust was necessary. Like I said before, in this day and age, it’s hard to not have work uncovered by the public. Giving someone such access to meetings, testings, and other such things seemed like a one-way ticket to leaking information about the Viper before the company was ready. That was a risk Gilles was willing to take in order to give fans the full look at what it takes to make a supercar.

The book is available for purchase and a leather-bound verison will be given to owners of the 2013 and 2014 SRT Viper.

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Source: DriveSRT.com