SPEED TV's Test Drive: 2013 SRT Viper

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Tommy Kendall and Michael Andretti put the 2013 SRT Viper through the paces on the track at Road Atlanta. Also on this episode of SPEED Test Drive, Ralph Gilles, President and CEO of SRT, chatted about the inspiration behind the SRT Viper and the design process and elements.
Find out more about the 2013 SRT Viper at www.driveSRT.com

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@TheSearchandfind 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Speed and Tom Kindall, Now I pretty much know the SRT Viper inside and out with all the technical specs; and I'm not just talking about engine specs either. Another Tumbs up from me.

@95blckfirebird1 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome episode. I'm mad I missed the premier on tv lol.

@mitch2183 11 жыл бұрын

Wow, I really like how they revamped the entire car, especially with new technologies. Makes we want to trade in my 01 viper for this one!

@MojeYTube 11 жыл бұрын

WOOOWW!!!!!! THIS CAR LOOKS SO PERFECT!!!

@ayn777rand 9 жыл бұрын

Love this too and also Motor Trend's Video of SRT Dodge Viper.

@Averylawfirm 11 жыл бұрын

Dying to get behind the wheel of the SRT10!

@TomazHilton 11 жыл бұрын

I just learned alot of new things from the this TD of the Viper, especiallly about the Uconnect and Interior!!!

@Goff86 11 жыл бұрын

man these cars chasing each other look so awsome!!!

@mattpenner420 11 жыл бұрын

no way does it look better than the c7. they are both very nice. i didnt like the back end of the viper at first. but now its starting to grow on me seeing it from different angles

@abroome11 11 жыл бұрын

WOW! I don't think I've ever seen a video review without one dislike, amazing!

@NoChaserNoChaser504 9 жыл бұрын

Great great great review, way better than motor trend and I'm a die-hard MotorTrend fan

@hudsonensz 11 жыл бұрын

As a car photographer I was pleasently surprised to see one of these close to Dayton ohio. Unfortunately it was black though, not its best color. What a sick car my favorite car other then the 458 italia

@L3ChUg4S 11 жыл бұрын

I LOVE BOTH CARS THE NEW VIPER AND THE NEW CORVETTE! :)

@5637718 11 жыл бұрын

LOVE THE CAR !

@TheBizzle90 10 жыл бұрын

I dont know when, I dont know how.... But Im gonna own this car and Im going to show off when I drive it. Sorry :)

@sherwaynemorrison1301 10 жыл бұрын

VIPER!!!

@ReticentIndignation 11 жыл бұрын

Also realize that the engine was chosen and the car remade around it. Some of the designers think the V10 is iconic Viper and so with that in mind, the engineers did many things to make the car what it is, 3300 lb curb weight, insane torque with enormous and sticky rear tires/wheels, etc. Despite your narrow view of what is impressive, the new SRT Viper is pretty impressive. I'd venture to say there's some bias in your view of what is impressive. Remember the price point too.

@xm2012 11 жыл бұрын

Plus the vipers v-10 can easily put out 800hp n/a but due to Ferrari f-12 p/w limitations it was restricted. I did here somewhere that the vipers hp may soon be upped to 720 and that would set it exactly on it's p/w limitation set by Ferrari

@chrcowan 11 жыл бұрын

The Viper has had ABS since 2001.

@phantom5573 11 жыл бұрын

My sentiments exactly.

@Antoniocool86 11 жыл бұрын

Amazing car.

@TrailnTriggerTV 11 жыл бұрын

not the only car with tc or stability on the steering wheel. first gen cts v did

@ordunajettagls 11 жыл бұрын

Whats a neck breaker a Viper or ZR1?

@MrSouthvalley 11 жыл бұрын

@thybigballs is calls refreshed plus they might tak out a convertible version of this car ill prob get this model and the 2015 one as well

@Blackneck1994 10 жыл бұрын

9:07 Then you'd be back in the traditional Viper days! No driver assists! That's what I've always loved about Vipers. Pure bred drivers cars with nothing but a big powerful engine sending power through a 6 speed manual and RWD. That's all you need!

@Stag_Stopa Жыл бұрын

Cars like that are truly missed! Even sport cars todays are heavy, bloated with electronics and filtred. There is no other car that is as pure and powerful at the same time. I always have to laugh when I think about Porsche - rolling supercomputers ... without 4WD, PDK, PASM and all the other crap this cars would be way more uncontrollable and overpowered than even the Gen 1 Vipers were :-D I can't understand why lightweight, powerful, manual RWD cars aren't offered anymore ... the new Nissan Z would have been great if they just would have dared to put a real engine in. Same goes for Mazda RX-9 Concept - they're just too anxious to make it real :-D

@rcghalohell 11 жыл бұрын

I want mine in black, with red stripes

@jdmtoyota7079 9 жыл бұрын

My favourite car, and the best muscle car

@jordanmichael9652 11 жыл бұрын

My next car!

@dragoonuvl 11 жыл бұрын

The Viper was never designed to be an engineering maverick. It was designed to make a statement. To uphold and recreate an image loss in the fuel crisis of the 70's and 80's. The Viper does this well. The Corvette is designed to cram pack as much technological advancements with the lowest purchasing price.

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

SRT has recently put out that there will be an upgrade for the 2015 model. Of course, they won't say what it is exactly. I think it will be the paddle shifters they have hinted about and hopefully a hp bump (8.5L?). Maybe it's just an ACR model.

@fuqui035 2 жыл бұрын

They make it look easy

@mia1shooter 10 жыл бұрын

il take the red one, thank you!

@adismajor 9 жыл бұрын

black thanks

@xVIPER94x 11 жыл бұрын

Its the ACR. The question in, what will they do to it? Hopefully a power boost (not that it needs it but it would be awesome), definitely an awesome aero kit, new tires are said to be on the way (better Pirellis to beat the Michelins, SRT can't get Michelins), and not to mention better brakes, suspension, etc. Basically, it's going to be wicked fast and take a whole lotta records just like the last ACR.

@HIMI2003 11 жыл бұрын

nice

@sebastiantolvanen9590 8 жыл бұрын

Srt viper is very nice car!

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

Hp/liters ratios are NOT a measurement for fuel efficiency. Brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) is used for that.

@xVIPER94x 11 жыл бұрын

You're right in some ways, that engine probably does have more potential, I'd be willing to bet they're holding the reigns a little bit on the power output. But it's power to weight ratio is outstanding as is, 640hp is plenty. Most cars can't say they make that sort of power without forced induction. And the torque specs is what really shows with the displacement. It has more torque than any naturally aspirated car on the road today.

@spazysmalls 8 жыл бұрын

i always wondered how you can speak to some one else or a group of other people while driving like that with out using a phone, any one know what system that is ?

@CodysCarConundrum 7 жыл бұрын

Sorry for this really late response, but I think I have two possible answers for you. Answer 1: The Gen 5 Viper has a 8.4 touch screen with the same Uconnect system in other FCA products such as the Challenger, Dart, 300 and so on and so forth. So what they might've done is connect their phones to the BlueTooth system and do a sort of phone call from the BlueTooth system. Answer 2: They probably had some Walkie-Talkies in each car and put them on the same channel so that they could talk like this.

@spazysmalls 7 жыл бұрын

awesome bro thanks

@CodysCarConundrum 7 жыл бұрын

Np, glad I could help :)

@Inklebonker1 11 жыл бұрын

Wow i did not know that. I thought it was GM, Ford and Chrysler to blame for Tucker having not as much credit as it should have.

@BlakesWrld 11 жыл бұрын

New viper is badass

@TheSpartan180 10 жыл бұрын

Forgot that bit. Sorry. You know what I have always wanted to know, why are oval courses so popular in America?

@TheSpartan180 10 жыл бұрын

You know what, I have literally no idea. Roads in Europe are less straight, there are more twists and turns and the cars have to adapt to this. So cars are build to handle better which led to the development of the "hot hatch" which is extremely popular in Europe. This should translate into motorsport thereby forming F! which originated in Europe. The handling of cars, the skills of the drivers were thoroughly tested which made the sport exciting and technology developed was put back into cars.

@TrailnTriggerTV 11 жыл бұрын

I envy those dudes. My. Dream. Job.

@ReticentIndignation 11 жыл бұрын

That's cool. I like it it the way it is, although I wouldn't disagree with twin turbos.

@Inklebonker1 11 жыл бұрын

I found an article discussing it on google. Just type in: "ferrari tells srt not to exceed power to weight of f12" and youl get plenty.

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, how much heavier and what does this tell me?

@mopardriftking4473 11 жыл бұрын

of course...

@7123RUK90 11 жыл бұрын

How many cars are making 100hp per liter and are naturally aspirated? Also, how many of those cars are making 600 ft/lbs of torque naturally aspirated? There are different ways to make horsepower. The GEN V Viper makes 640 horsepower with room to grow.

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

Hey, have you seen this video? It is probably the best Viper racing video on youtube. It's during the 24 hr race at Nurburgring. The whole vid is great but the last lap has a great battle between the Viper and a Porsche (Sabine's team). It will have you on the edge of your seat as you get the Viper driver's POV. /watch?v=ILoIMJOuiHg

@mattpenner420 11 жыл бұрын

i didnt say it was a measurement for fuel efficiency

@rawrghblarghwaurgh 11 жыл бұрын

It's a different kind of power delivery & design. Vipers powertrain isn't about revving the piss out of it to get power at the top of the RPM's like some of the smaller supercharged/turbo engines out there. It's a brutish, if a little bit unsophisticated, meat and potatoes hammer that has enormous power at ANY gear and ANY rpm's. Thus a higher redline isn't that important. Also, Top Gear has spread this myth on engine displacement = weight. Other than efficiency hp/liter is mostly irrelevant.

@BloodstainedSinner 10 жыл бұрын

Why are circuits so popular in Europe?

@MasterChief0000117 11 жыл бұрын

1st who r u talking to(my bad if ur replying to vid, haven't seen all of it) 2nd the corvette was in development since 2007, while the viper since 2010, the years u said is which one came out on the market first

@gundamsentinel959 11 жыл бұрын

The 2010 ACR beat the 2009 corvette at laguna seca. The thing that makes the viper interesting is that even with its lack of racing technology its still holds some of the best times in the world. Do yourself a favor and look up the nurburgring and laguna seca track times and you'll see the viper cracking the top five against cars that are much more "refined". And as far as laguna seca track the viper has the fastest time on it :)

@amirkazemi2517 11 жыл бұрын

ram trucks are pretty awesome

@ChrisThaKidd9 10 жыл бұрын

Viper!!!!!!

@sheister 11 жыл бұрын

Is it weird that I can look at this car, and actually kind of see the Halle Berry inspiration?

@hatebreed79 11 жыл бұрын

parent company fiat wouldn't let the viper have a better hp/weight ratio than ferrari. i do believe it is 4.9 lbs./hp. that puts it right behind veyron and the f12. there is a lot left on the table with 8.4 liters

@xm2012 11 жыл бұрын

The new stingray looks like hot wheels designed it. This car looks simply amazing

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

Exactly! An Integra SC2000 1.8 liter engine puts out 120hp/liter and what does that mean? Absolutely nothing. Hp/Liter has little value when a car with less specific output, but more horsepower leaves you in the dust. How does the Integra get its high hp/L? Simply by running crazy rpm's. Also, you can't have a lot of torque because you have to limit piston stroke. The power/weight ratio is much more important. I know I'm probably preaching to the choir, but I'm just agreeing with you.

@TheCrEaSe44 11 жыл бұрын

pretty sure he means the "new" vette...not the one in 53.......

@Blackneck1994 10 жыл бұрын

Dude I'm a big GM guy and I absolutely love LS engines, but the Viper has always performed better and they are much better quality cars. The exception is the new C7. The build quality of those is definitely on par with the Gen 5 Viper. But, until we know for sure the performance of the (hopefully) upcoming Z06(7) or ZR1, the Viper is yet again the faster of the two. Mark Reuss of GM said they haven't even been working on a faster variant of the C7 at the moment. Viper ftw.

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

The Viper/Ferrari hp/weight ratio is mentioned here: /watch?v=67EY_0xPEUQ

@mia1shooter 11 жыл бұрын

Corvette and Viper is on same team, VS Euro cars!

@Jacjas3 11 жыл бұрын

The only one off the top of my head that does that is the McLaren F1. 6.1L at 618HP. Other than that you end up with a lot of 500HP 6L engines. Maybe it was just someone saying only non-US cars can be supercars...?

@DominionSinist 11 жыл бұрын

Looks Like a Viper to me.

@c.vdh.2899 10 жыл бұрын

Everything on this car is better than a Corvette.

@VerisimilitudeDude 10 жыл бұрын

Even better than the C7 Z06? I don't know about that... They're pretty close in looks and performance.

@c.vdh.2899 10 жыл бұрын

***** Yes, I think it is. The SRT looks much much much nicer.

@m.m14433 10 жыл бұрын

***** I think the Viper looks much nicer then the Vette.

@VerisimilitudeDude 10 жыл бұрын

VDHcarspotter yiwei maximus14433 Really? So you don't think it looks like an over sized clown shoe?

@m.m14433 10 жыл бұрын

Lol def not. Seen only two in person and theyre even sexier up close.

@SClassFinalFlash 11 жыл бұрын

from the front angle I swear the viper kinda does look like the snake coming at ya!

@mattpenner420 11 жыл бұрын

i didnt say they were.

@bryanpablo12 11 жыл бұрын

The only problem is the fiat is limiting the viper because they don't want to make Ferrari look slow

@Verification11 11 жыл бұрын

I love corvettes and i like the new c7, but i can't argue with that, viper is a better looking car this generation, previous one i would say at bar.

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

I believe Tucker was banned a couple times by Ferrari and kicked out the door during a factory tour of a Ferrari plant.

@409mx 11 жыл бұрын

Looks nothing like a corvette. And thank goodness for that.

@martindeleon9863 11 жыл бұрын

The new GT500 makes more thank this

@brenjimin 11 жыл бұрын

Plus, it was never a $40,000 car with basically $70,000 in options.

@iPROFITDON 11 жыл бұрын

All of those kits are street legal and will last longer than any Viper Hennessey has ever built. Hennessey is the buisness man of the Viper world, but anyone who really wants a fast Viper would never take their car to him. Should look up on the stories of him chopping up customer cars and swapping parts from car to car. Horsepower has very little to do with if a car is street legal or not :}

@FuzzBall1616 11 жыл бұрын

is the "G" in GTS crooked at 21:22? lol

@Inklebonker1 11 жыл бұрын

SRT was told by ferrari to not let the power to weight ratio exceed the new F12. If you wanna get mad, get mad at ferrari.

@hemidesign 11 жыл бұрын

and don't forget, the Nurburgring fastest lap record by Viper ACR (7:12).. Btw, where is the Vette?.. LOL

@TheSpartan180 10 жыл бұрын

That's one way of putting it.

@fokjohnpainkiller 11 жыл бұрын

Check the laguna seca laptimes...

@V8Supercar1 11 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I've read someone say that a car has to make more than 100HP per liter in order to be a supercar. lol Thats just silly. What advantage does that even give a car? 100HP per liter is a nice attribute to look at. But it doesnt give you any advantage. Especially considering the fact that OHV engines are lighter than smaller DOHC engines.

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

Yes sir. The dry hp/weight ratio of the Veyron is 4.10, Ferrari F12 4.70, Viper 4.91, Aventador 4.96, ZR1 5.01, Porsche 911 T 6.22. When you go for the ACR Viper it should be slightly improved. I'm sure there are plans in the life cycle of this gen to increase hp, so it should get even better. I'd like to see a bump to 8.5L. Paddle shifters are in the works according to Ralph. I'm 50/50 on the idea, but everyone is going to em, so what can you do? The new Vette has a slight edge though (tires?)

@BloodstainedSinner 10 жыл бұрын

And that's the same concept behind oval tracks being popular in America. We have very long, wide, open highways, and just about every road in our country is 2x wider than the roads in Europe, along with being straighter. Although, we do have IndyCar, which still races on oval tracks, but also races on some of the same tracks as F1, as well as a lot of road courses.

@user-sq7mw6jr2y 10 жыл бұрын

Its nice to see a black man as the president and ceo of something that big..

@iPROFITDON 11 жыл бұрын

Hennessey? UGR is making over 1700hp and 1300ft/lbs. ART over 1800hp. Drummond/Heffners is making over 3000hp! There isn't another car that can make big power like a Viper.

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

Hp/liter ratio's don't mean squat. The ONLY two real reasons you'd care about it is when you are attempting to reduce (displacement) taxation in some countries or trying to meet class restrictions for a race. I'm curious as to why you think this measurement is an important standard. Power/weight ratio's are far more important. I'm not trying to sound mean, but when someone brings up hp/liters I tend to think they aren't really sure what they are talking about.

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

The auto journalist Chris Harris wrote an article calling out Ferrari and now he has been banned from test driving their cars. He alludes to it in this video: /watch?v=hIKu7l7XT3s His article is a very interesting read. Google: "Jalopnik (dot) com How Ferrari Spins". It seems Ferrari does everything it can to inflate the numbers... which apparently including squashing dissent.

@thybigballs 11 жыл бұрын

Hp/liters is meaningless except in meeting class restrictions for a race. Anyone can dump more fuel into a cylinder. Hp/weight ratios are more important.

@techgeek5212 11 жыл бұрын

An issue comes with Chryslers ties to Ferrari through Fiat, the Viper cannot have a better power to weight ratio than an F12 for political reasons. The 8.4 is one of the strongest engines on Earth and could Easily make 800 HP, with tuning and a new exhaust and adjusted timing. It's not that it cant.

@mattpenner420 11 жыл бұрын

its not about dumping more fuel, its seeing how little can be used and how much horsepower can be created per liter. so hp/litres are important/nice to know to be able to compare to other cars. but yes hp/weight ratios are very important

@kathleencarey5475 11 жыл бұрын

That's a history lesson not a car review!!!

@JackoReaper 11 жыл бұрын

why does everyone criticize Dodge on every car they make.

@rickd6067 11 жыл бұрын

The Viper is pure SEX!!!!!!!!! Absolutely beautiful, and remains the King.

@ReticentIndignation 11 жыл бұрын

You may or may not know this but a car's total displacement does not necessarily reflect how physically large the engine is. For instance the Corvette Z06 engine which is the N/A 7.0 liter may be physically smaller than the 6.2 liter engine in the ZR1 simply due to internal surfact area. Point being, this 8.4 liter Viper engine may be even lighter than the ZR1 engine, albeit most likely with the supercharger attached. I'd have to look it up, but this is hypothetical. The V10 is all aluminum too

@V8Supercar1 11 жыл бұрын

Yeah but your jetta doesn't make over 600HP. Chevy Camaro V6 and even the Ford mustang V6 make 100HP per liter. But they dont make 600HP. HP cost money if you are gonna do it reliably.

@DEMediaDrive 11 жыл бұрын

I want a white Viper GTS-R with chrome 20s...

@ramshaar2597 3 жыл бұрын

I am real sorry for them this car should be more and more better but they stop here no more vipers ..........

@rickd6067 11 жыл бұрын

Here's more proof: Google images of a 2003 Viper and then images of a 2005 Corvette...See the similarities? Again...who copied who?

@BloodstainedSinner 10 жыл бұрын

Take a step back, and think about what you just said. SInce the Viper was released in 1991, it's been faster than EVERY Vette, until 2009. Then, in 2013, the Viper came back, and became faster than the Vette again. Your Vette only had 3 years of being the king against the Viper, and the Viper has been around for a mere 24, almost 25 years. I'm afraid that Corvettes are pathetic here.