After a two-year "silence" at the New York car show in April 2012, the fifth-generation supercar Viper premiered, which received the SRT badge instead of Dodge. Despite the familiar shape and engine, the coupe has not only become more powerful, but also more comfortable, technologically advanced and more obedient than its predecessor.
In the second half of 2014, the Americans slightly updated the model, returning it to its former name Dodge Viper SRT, slightly increasing the engine power and adding: new options, interior trim options and body colors.
The aggressive design of the fifth generation Viper body is a clear legacy of the original model, which makes the car one hundred percent recognizable even among thousands of other supercars.
An endless hood, a large air intake in the bumper, divided by a proprietary crosshair, a backward-shifted cab with "humps" on the roof, side exhaust and lean stern - the two-door looks powerful and impressive.
Modern look is added by "snake eyes-headlights" with LED running lights, elegant taillights and beautiful wheel rims, standardly dressed in different-sized tires of 295/30 R18 and 335/30 R19 sizes at the front and rear, respectively.
The "fifth" Dodge Viper is a two-door sports coupe with the following body dimensions: 4463 mm in length, 1941 mm in width and 1246 mm in height. The wheelbase of the American supercar is 2510 mm, and its minimum ground clearance is 127 mm.
The interior of "Viper" for the first time in its long history corresponds to the high rank of the car - it is not only beautifully and modernly decorated, but also cut from high quality materials. Directly behind the chubby, cropped-off multifunction steering wheel sits a 7-inch color instrument cluster display with analog gauges on the sides. The wide transmission tunnel, dividing the cabin into two cockpits, turns into a stylish console with an 8.4-inch "TV" and an air conditioning unit.
By default, the car is equipped with deep Kevlar "buckets", tightly encircling the bodies of the driver and passenger, with sufficient adjustment ranges.
In addition to this, the supercar is quite practical, at least for its class - in the rear there is a luggage compartment with a volume of 415 liters.
Specifications. Under the long hood of the fifth generation Dodge Viper is a naturally aspirated gasoline engine with ten V-shaped cylinders, an aluminum structure and sequential fuel injection.
The working volume of the power unit is 8.4 liters (8390 cubic centimeters), and its peak output reaches 654 "horses" at 6200 rpm and 814 Nm of torque, realized from 5000 rpm.
It is paired with a Tremec TR6060 6-speed "manual" transmission and a GKN ViscoLok limited slip differential, which transmit full traction to the rear axle wheels.
The Fifth Viper is a real supercar with appropriate speed characteristics. Before the first "hundred" from a place "American" breaks down in just 3.5 seconds, and its maximum capabilities are limited at around 330 km / h.
The passport consumption of gasoline on the highway is declared at the level of 11.8 liters for every 100 kilometers.
At the heart of the American two-door is a spatial tubular frame entirely made of high-strength steel grades. Magnesium and aluminum alloys are abundantly used in the body structure, and the hood, trunk lid and roof are made of carbon fiber, as a result of which the weight of the basic version is 1521 kg (weight distribution along the axes is almost ideal: 49.6% of the mass presses on the front, 50.4% on the rear) ...
The fifth generation Dodge Viper SRT suspension is assembled on aluminum A-shaped lower and upper arms, both front and rear. By default, the car is equipped with shock absorbers of fixed stiffness, but the "top" version of the GTS relies on electronically controlled struts with two modes of operation.
The steering system on the "American" is standard - with a traditional rack and hydraulic power steering.
The brake complex is based on 355 mm ventilated discs "in a circle" with 4-piston Brembo calipers, which are complemented by a four-channel ABS system.
In the "base" the two-door "flaunts" a stabilization system with two modes of operation, but the GTS has four modes of operation.
In addition, there is a more extreme modification called ACR (American Club Racing) in the Viper line. The coupe is equipped with the same engine as the standard version, but differs from it in a "racing" body kit with a mass of aerodynamic elements, including a giant rear wing.
Such a car is equipped with an adaptive suspension with adjustable shock absorbers and special springs, as well as carbon-ceramic brakes with 391 mm discs and six-piston Brembo calipers.
Options and prices. In Russia, the fifth generation Dodge Viper SRT is not officially sold, but the car can be bought on the secondary market in 2015 at a price of at least 10 million rubles.
In the US, the base supercar starts at $ 89,090, the GTS version starts at $ 107,995, and the extreme ACR starts at $ 117,895.
As standard, the "American" is equipped with: two airbags, a zone climate control system, a multimedia complex, traction control, ABS, ESC, bi-xenon head optics, analog-digital instruments, a factory audio system and other modern "chips".
