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SRT Viper’s New Anodized Carbon Special Edition

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SRT refuses to not make the new Viper more appealing.

The power and speed may be enough to bring you over on the side of the reborn SRT Viper, but that doesn’t mean drivers shouldn’t look the best while speeding down the roads.  Even if you’re going to be just a blur, you may as well be a colorful blur.  SRT has announced a new package for the Viper and included in that deal is a whole new color.

The Anodized Carbon Special Edition package for the SRT Viper GTS includes new five-spoke wheels dubbed “Rattler” wheels decked out in Black Viper Chrome, Gloss Black GTS badge, Satin Black exhaust bezel, and Anodized Carbon fuel filler door.

The most noticeable feature of the package, however, is the first thing the eye catches.  A new color, a metallic matte exterior, is also included.

“We’ve been waiting for the right time to use this striking new exterior color at the Chrysler Group and as the flagship for the SRT brand, the Viper is the perfect vehicle to showcase this combination of finishes and details to create such a unique look,” said Ralph Gilles, President and CEO of SRT Brand and Motorsports, Chrysler Group, LLC. “The Viper’s unique, handbuilt and hand-painted process allow us to create these ultra-exclusive special series builds. At SRT, the art of the American exotic supercar is every bit as important as its performance, and this car is for the enthusiasts who feel that way too.”

The Anodized Carbon Special Edition Package for the SRT Viper GTS will begin in January 2014 and be limited to a production run of only 50 models.

If you want to know more about the SRT Viper GTS or how to get your hands on this limited run, then contact us at Bayside Chrysler Jeep Dodge.

SRT Viper Cares the Most About Raw Speed and Power

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Ezra Dyer wrote an article for the New York Times about the SRT Viper where he begins with an interesting tale of a race. It was a 5.2 mile up-hill road race where the winner was in a Chevorlet Corvette ZR1. But the twist on this story is that while the Vette won the race, it didn’t have the fastest time. That symbolic victory belong to the Viper ACR which the organizers of the race didn’t include due to a technicality with the tires. Nevertheless, it was the Viper that was the fastest out of all the cars that day.

The reason Ezra recounted this story is due to him being given the chance to take the new 2013 SRT Viper GTS for a spin. His impression from the new supercar is that the engineers at SRT are trying for one thing, speed. The Viper wants to set the fastest record.

It’s certainly getting close. The SRT Viper is the second-fastest production car to ever to race at the Nürburgring track. The only thing between the Viper and that much desired number one spot is a Porsche; one that costs $845,000 to have.

We’ve recounted before in this blog about the Viper’s power. Mr Dyer noted the same thing, that the cost of power is the need to be careful around the beast. For starters, the Viper is only available in manual, there is no automatic option. When it comes time to shift, Dyer warns to not touch the metal or else you’ll be leaving with a nasty burn. This same burning sensation is also applied to when stepping out a Viper as the exhaust is located underneath below the door. So be warned when driving with shorts on. “I imagine that the Viper Club of America includes a lot of guys with missing patches of leg hair on their calves.”

It’s an entertaining piece overall and really gives the impression of how the Viper strives for power. It understands that it is a super car and isn’t trying to be anything but. While it might never reach the point where it’s widely seen on every road and in every parking lot, that’s okay for the folks behind the Viper. They don’t want to wind up like the Corvette. “The difference between the Corvette and the Viper is that the ’Vette wants to be a new Ferrari, while the Viper wants to be a 1965 Shelby Cobra. Either that, or a big rock on a catapult. It hasn’t decided.”

So if you’re interested in learning more about the power of the SRT Viper, contact a sales rep at Bayside Chrysler Jeep Dodge for more information.

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.

For more information on the SRT Viper, contact us at Bayside Chrysler Jeep Dodge.  Visit our website to view a complete list of our new and used inventory.  Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for more news and specials.

Source: DriveSRT.com