Is the Dodge Viper a Supercar?

some people say the Viper isn't a supercar they say it's American it's a Dodge it's not expensive enough that the Viper is inferior to Ferrari Lamborghini Porsche and other sports cars made in Europe you see some believe owning a supercar is only about flash status money and impressing others but not everyone understands the relationships that we have with our cars or why we drive them you'll get as many looks driving a Viper as you would with any Ferrari or Lamborghini but owning a supercar is much more than that owning a supercar is about the cars history how it is built how it is designed how it performs and how exclusive it is every Viper is hand-built with extreme attention to detail racing stripes alone require multiple coats and 18 hours of meticulous hand painting it takes longer to paint stripes on a Viper than most cars take to build from start to finish there are five generations of the Viper each are unique [Music] while each has their own style and features all Vipers come with a v10 engine and manual transmission perhaps more than anything else the Viper is known for its massive horsepower and torque but how does the Viper perform its performance will always be compared to the supercars from abroad the Ferraris Lamborghinis and portions of the world well the Viper has a history of outperforming it's more expensive European counterparts from 1998 to 2000 the Dodge Viper GTS are made its mark on the international stage by finishing first three years in a row at the 24 Hours of LeMans powerful version of the Viper the Dodge Viper ACR set records at 13 racetracks in 2016 holding more track records than any other street-legal production car you may think of the McLaren p1 Porsche 918 Spyder or the Ferrari laferrari as the premier street-legal car however you would be wrong the Dodge Viper ACR outperforms them all and for a fraction of the price the Vipers style engine performance and exclusivity only around 30,000 Vipers built during 25 years of production check off all of the supercar boxes in our book the Viper speaks to our drive for achievement for perfection for being the best in the world the Viper is an embodiment of the American dream that says you can do more you can do better

Channel: American Supercars

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Keywords: dodge viper, viper acr, dodge viper history, dodge viper generations, dodge viper acr

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Length: 3min 27sec (207 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 15 2018