Jurassic Lark: With 8.4 liters and overhead valves up front, the Viper ACR seems to be an old-school supercar. Until you drive it.
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Chrysler's Street Racing and Technology crew have taken the already super snake up another notch in the form of the 2008 Viper SRT10 ACR (American Club Racer) -- which will hit the LA auto show stand next week.
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The 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10, like previous Vipers, is a demanding and somewhat intimidating car to drive hard. Do something wrong -- attack a corner too aggressively or dial in too much correction at speed -- and the laws of physics can mete out some serious punishment.
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The Viper remains a halo car for Dodge, more about bragging rights and magazine covers than big volumes.
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American Rockets. We light the candle on 1515 Star-spangled horsepower. A pace race ensues...
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Forget the 1960s. Now is the golden age of horsepower. Just visit your local new-car dealer, and you'll find an abundance of factory-tuned hot-rods, replete with warranties and that new-car smell.
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Forget the 1960s. Now is the golden age of horsepower. Just visit your local new-car dealer, and you'll find an abundance of factory-tuned hot-rods, replete with warranties and that new-car smell.
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Get the full rundown on all the upgrade parts fitted to each tuner vehicle, as well as their prices and general power specs in this exclusive online add-on to the Strike Force tuner sports car comparison test from the June 2006 issue of Motor Trend magazine.
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There are two questions here: What's the much-anticipated new-gen Dodge Viper coupe all about, and how does it compare with the 505 horsepower, aluminum-chassised Chevrolet Corvette Z06?
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America is going through a tough patch. Our forces are taking relentless flak in Iraq, and the best place in the country for jazz music has been flattened by a bitch of a storm.
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TOPGUN U.S. Navy pilots live for supersonic fighter jets and gut-busting g-forces. But for ourhigh-speed maneuvers, they're grounded.
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TOPGUN U.S. Navy pilots live for supersonic fighter jets and gut-busting g-forces. But for ourhigh-speed maneuvers, they're grounded.
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Dodge Balls: Let's say your vehicular shopping list calls for a pricey topless bauble with a Le Mans pedigree, something to tow said bauble with, and a small, cheap, and cheerful runabout for everyday use.
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With only 500 horsepower and 525 pound-feet of torque on tap, a stock 2003 Dodge Viper SRT-10 just isn't fast enough for some people. To put added bite in the already ridiculously fast snake, aftermarket venom is now available, including from longtime Viper tuners Hennessey Performance. Two years ag
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Enough talk. You demanded a legit, track-test showdown between America's 500-horse contenders. We're here to serve.
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Chrysler said it would race and win with its factorybuilt-and-backed Viper GTS-R racer, and indeed it has. And 1997 and 1998FIA GT2 manufacturer's championships, and a memorable 1-2 class win atLeMans last year, proved the point. So Dodge decided to celebrate theseevents with a special look-alike--a
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Chrysler said it would race and win with its factorybuilt-and-backed Viper GTS-R racer, and indeed it has. And 1997 and 1998FIA GT2 manufacturer's championships, and a memorable 1-2 class win atLeMans last year, proved the point. So Dodge decided to celebrate theseevents with a special look-alike--a
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Our recent instrumented track results from Dodge's super hot Viper GTS ACRplus left us puzzled. What we expected, based on the sheer number of Mopar Performance Parts components installed on this Viper ACR, was stronger acceleration and crisper handling.
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Here's the reason we came here: side-by-side test numbers--lots of them.
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Omnipotent is too tame a word for this 505-cube beast
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Omnipotent is too tame a word for this 505-cube beast
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When 500 horsepower just ain't enough try the Comp Coupe's 520.
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500 Horsepower From 505 Cubic Inches? Yeow
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500 Horsepower From 505 cubic Inches? Yeow!
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500 Horsepower From 505 cubic Inches? Yeow!
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