I Drove Every Dodge Viper

times and then CEO Ralph GEOS announced that the Viper was canceled in 2013. Chrysler's reputation was once again in ruins, three years had passed without the Viper, but Dodge boss Ralph GEOS had convinced Fiat to allowed them to bring him back. This is the Viper gtsr. It's a version of the ACR and an even crazier version of the car I just

drove

, yes this is a full race car, this is the closest thing to a Le Mans Championship winning race car that maybe there will ever be driven, yes, so without further ado, let's get going. Let's do it.

Ralph knew that for the car to be successful, it needed to appeal to a broader audience than just existing Viper fans and owners, they needed to design a car that could appeal to Porsche owners while also providing that raw feeling that fans From the Viper they finally expected Alcantara leather. I don't know if that's real or it's very well decorated. Here, yes, it's definitely more of a luxury car with this car. They knew that sports car drivers and people who could afford something like this wanted something a little better, so they're actually comparing the Porsche 911. There's a big one there, the last one is this one.

A big one I just hit the road, man, the Gen 5 Viper used more carbon fiber than ever with the roof hood and deck lid. Being made of a lightweight material, the new car had a geometry of Completely revised suspension to improve handling, OMG that sounds so good, that sounds nasty, dude, to retain that raw feel, software engineers tweaked the stability and traction control systems now required by the federal government only to activate in last possible moment, I mean, again, this thing can go a lot faster than I can, shit, oh my god, my god, like all the previous Vipers.

The corners were cut to save money wherever possible eg the mirrors are from the previous car the side markers are from the Fiat 500 my heart is pounding bro oh my god oh my god dude shit we are a roller coaster like versus like an animal, yes, faster, but it doesn't want to kill you as much as a previous car, but you do want something. that could be anything else on a track day, that's this car, unfortunately, although that wasn't enough to save the Viper. Dodge wanted to sell 2,500 units a year. The Gen 5 Viper reached peak sales of just 760 in 2016.

Dodge ended its own Viper races. program to save money on the project, but even that wasn't enough. Viper wrapped production in 2017. It's okay, I'm not that scared as a friend, there's something about you, you know, when we started this it was like, oh, like you're laughing, it's like such a visceral experience, it's like you're going a lot. faster than we've gone, but it feels safe, yeah, that fear factor isn't in this car, which is scary because that means we're just not. Pushing this car, the Gen 4, was terrifying, that's how cool, yeah, this is big shit, it was fun, it was so awesome, okay, this is going to be a tough decision.

The Viper team's dedicated engineers were able to perfect a relentless race car over 25 years there. There are tons of cars out there that don't last that long, so don't be sad, the Viper is over, be glad it happened. The Viper set the stage for what Dodge would later become the Charger Hemi, the Hellcat and Demon would not be. without this car it allowed Dodge to return to what it was in the 1970s a brand synonymous with loud ridiculous power and brash access and that's the Viper this is the last of a dying breed it's sad because I want more of these things out there where Did you put it on the list in my head?

It's a very difficult decision, but honestly, it's not really there, it's at the top. Oh, thank you very much for watching this video. Make sure you like it and subscribe so we can keep making more. To be honest I'm not sure where we go from here but you know we have some ideas now, there's also the Supra to do so we'll do that in the future if you like and subscribe make sure you go to donutmedia.com. get yourself some donut t-shirts of course there are a lot of people we have to thank for making this video possible.

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