America’s newest, baddest and fastest sports car, the 206mph (332km/h) 2013 SRT Viper from the Chrysler Group, is available for order today.
It offers buyers a choice of two models, the base version priced at $97,395 and the better equipped GTS at $120,395 (equal to €76,000 and €93,900 at today’s rates). Both MSRPs do not include a $1,995 destination charge.
“The Street and Racing Technology brand team is extremely proud that our hand-built-in-Detroit, flagship supercar is back and ready to take on the performance-car world,” said SRT CEO Ralph Gilles.
“Our returning customers will see the world-class levels of pride, quality and hand-built craftsmanship built into the 2013 Viper,” he added.
“With two price classes of the SRT Viper and SRT Viper GTS, we have offerings for both the traditional core Viper customer and for the new customer who wants the same performance in a package with more technology and premium creature comforts.”
Together with the opening of the order books, SRT also unloaded a fresh batch of images of the new generation Viper, which brings the tally to 224 images (including some 100 from a previous set).
The 2013 Viper gains its venom from an 8.4-liter mid-front V10 engine producing 640-horsepower and 600 lb.-ft. of torque, which Chrysler says is “the most torque of any naturally aspirated sports-car engine in the world”.
An improved Tremec TR6060 six-speed manual transmission with closer gear ratios and a final drive ratio that has been shortened to 3.55 from 3.07 drives the rear wheels, allowing the Viper to achieve its top speed of 206 mph (331 km/h) through 6th gear with maximum engine speed (redline) at 6,200 rpm.
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