Top gear - Dodge Viper Part 1

now i want to talk about the dodge viper [Applause] it was designed and built in a shed by a team of just 17 men at the time dodge was strapped for cash so they had to use whatever they could lay their hands on the 8-liter v10 engine was taken from a lorry the wheel hubs were lifted from a pickup truck the body was made from old canoes and the chassis from 19th century railway sleepers [Music] the end result however was astonishing it had no boot no roof no windows and it handled like it was drunk but so many people me included loved the raw simplicity that dodge has just made a new version here is the result of course this being a product of 21st century america the health and safety people have stuck their noses in we have got warning notices here and here which say that death or serious injury can occur children and 12 could be killed the back seat is the safest place for children right uh this one here tells me that the exhaust pipe can get hot that's a good one the vehicle may include mercury added devices including uh rear seat video display they are fairly determined it's got back seats but this i think is the problem with health and safety mods they live in a parallel universe this though is my favorite the top support behind the seats that's um this is not a roll bar this is an open vehicle drive carefully [Music] now they wanted me to drive carefully why have they given me an engine that's even bigger than it was in the old viper it's now an 8.3 liter v10 which kicks out 500 brake horsepower and that's a lot [Music] that in fact is a hundred more than you got in the old car and that means serious performance [Music] naught to 60 takes 3.9 seconds flat out you'll be riding a tidal wave of thunder and doing 195 miles an hour and this incredible turn of speed is only part of the makeover [Music] anyone familiar with the old viper simply wouldn't believe the features that are available on this one the sequel i mean it has a space which could be used for transporting goods look at this it has a roof which can be raised and then lowered depending on prevailing weather conditions i love this if you touch this button here glass rises out of the door and i love this the pedals can be adjusted using electricity this car is so sophisticated it could write its own name [Music] [Music] it is very impressive this writing business but if it was really clever it would know it's not called the viper anymore it's actually called the srt10 so don't worry it may look like lord grace stoke but underneath the new suit it's still tarzan [Applause] it's still an absolute animal it doesn't handle it the most extraordinary way you get miles and miles of grip [Music] and then when you reach the limits of adhesion it kills you [Applause]

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Length: 5min 2sec (302 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 19 2020