Truth is, the last thing you want to do with a very powerful rear-wheel drive sports car is to drive on wet or even worse, snow-covered and icy roads, especially if you’re not an extremely capable and experienced driver. Chrysler’s SRT division wants to provide some extra security for at least one of these scenarios on the newly announced 2014 Viper with the introduction of a Rain Mode for the traction and stability control.
Erich Heuschele, manager of SRT Vehicle Dynamics, says the Rain Mode results in a more aggressive intervention of the traction and stability control systems, adding that it has been tested and tuned on dry roads, as well as wet and cold roads, and can also be useful “for a driver new to the SRT Viper who’s getting used to the car”.
On the base 2014 SRT Viper, drivers can select between On, Rain Mode and Off settings, while on the 2014 Viper GTS and TA Special Edition that come with the Bilstein DampTronic Select adjustable dampers, drivers can choose from the On, Rain Mode, Sport, Track and Off settings.
Other changes for the 2014 model year include the addition of the GTS-R racer’s Billet Silver exterior paint to the standard color palette, and the dark blue accent color from the No. 91 ALMS racecar on the options list as GTS-R Blue replacing Shadow Blue Pearl, while when one orders the Anodized Carbon Special Edition package for the GTS version, it will now come in a matte black paint finish.
Prices for the 2014MY Viper start from $102,485 for the base model.
Story References: Chrysler via Autoblog-com
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