Yahoo Autos There Could Be One Final Dodge Viper Special Edition Coming for 2017
I'm in Phoenix this week to try out the new Dodge/SRT Bondurant racing school. In other words, I'm in Phoenix this week to drive a bunch of Hellcats and Vipers flat-out around a closed course (terrible, I know). That's really all I can say at the moment, but I'll have more on the school and experience soon. In the meantime, I've a juicy tidbit to offer you fine folks.
Talking to a member of the Viper team last night, I jokingly asked if FCA had changed its mind and whether the car was to live on. Apparently a lot of Viper owners have been asking this question too. The answer is still no. However, when I asked if we might see one more variant, that didn't get a direct answer at all. In fact, what it got was a hesitation, a look around the room, and this vague statement: "Well, we do still have the 2017 model year."
Oh, you don't say? While we know the Viper production is supposed to cease sometime in 2017, Dodge hasn't said much about what could happen during 2016 for the 2017 model year. After all, 2015 gave us the winged God that is the Viper ACR, and apparently the company can't hand build them fast enough. There's currently a backlog of orders.
So what could this new Viper be? Well, if Dodge were to make a final edition of the Viper, it could be even more powerful or performance-oriented than the ACR, but, more likely, it will be one or more special editions of the ACR. That's how Dodge said goodbye to the Viper in 2010, and it would be surprising if the company just let this generation quietly ride off into the sunset during 2016. That's not how a car like the Viper deserves to go out.
