Vehicle Description
Chassis No. 1C3BDECZ3HV500080
The 1989 Viper Concept VM-01 car truly revived the performance
image of Chrysler around the world. With leadership from Bob Lutz
and engineering input from Lee Iacocca's friend Carroll Shelby, the
1992 400 hp, 488 cu-in, six-speed 1992 Dodge Viper roadster proved
Chrysler could not just dream, but also produce this unique sports
car, on-time, and on-budget.
1996 brought the Viper GTS, with strong hints of Shelby's Cobra
Daytona Coupe. It became the basis for the GTS-R Competition Coupe,
in which the factory-supported French ORECA team earned GTS-class
victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans three consecutive years, along
with two American Le Mans Series championships and five FIA GT
crowns. A street variant of the GTS-R was introduced in 1999, the
ACR - American Club Racer. With less weight and
competition-inspired suspension and brakes, the ACR became the most
extreme street/track Viper for its first four generations. How
extreme? On August 18, 2008, driver Tom Coronel blasted a Gen4
Viper ACR around the daunting N�rburgring Nordschleife in 7:22:10,
the track's fastest rear-drive production automobile lap for almost
seven years.
After a two-year hiatus the fifth-generation Viper debuted in 2013.
The unique hand-built all-aluminum pushrod 8.4-liter V10 returned,
now packing 640 horsepower (40 more than in 2010) with an
earthshaking 600 lb-ft of torque, which Dodge claimed to be the
most of any naturally aspirated engine in the world. New exterior
surfaces featured functional aerodynamic details integrated into
the carbon fiber and aluminum skin. Clamshell seats by Sabelt,
Ferrari's supplier, were a new benefit of the Fiat Chrysler
marriage. Then in 2016, the Viper ACR returned, which Dodge called
the "fastest street legal Viper track car ever and undisputed track
record king with 13 road course lap records as certified by Sports
Car Club of America."
2017 was the Viper's 25th anniversary and also its last year of
production. This 2017 ACR was ordered in the "Competition Blue"
paint that was the winner of the "SRT Viper Color Contest"
conducted to crowdsource the next Viper hue for 2014. It also
features black high-grip Alcantara leather seats with red
stitching, "Header Red" seatbelts (a $350 option), the
ACR-exclusive Alcantara-wrapped high-grip steering wheel with color
center stripe, and unique ACR badging.
Great power requires great handling, and the ACR has Brembo
six-piston calipers on 15.4-inch discs in front, four-piston on
14.2-inch discs in back with Carbon Ceramic Matrix pads all around.
This Viper also carries the original Kuhmo Ecsta V720 tires with
unique tread patterns specific to the ACR, 295/25/19 front,
355/30/19 rear. Dodge said those tires produce lap times "that are
1.5 seconds faster than off-road-only race tires." The electronic
stability system with Launch Control has five settings, while the
Bilstein coil-over shocks have 10-way rebound, compression, and
ride height adjustments.
The "Extreme Aero Package" (a $6,900 option) on this ACR will
generate literally a ton of downforce - 2,000 lbs at 177 mph -
created by a 74-inch adjustable dual-element rear wing, adjustable
rear carbon fiber diffuser, detachable extended front splitter, and
four dive planes. The unique ACR hood has louvers that can be
removed to reduce front wheel well air pressure during track days.
The ACR's technology delivers sustainable 1.5 g cornering during
high-speed turns, verifiable by the G-force meter on the seven-inch
multi-function configurable driver display.
Exclusivity is one of the keys to the Viper's appeal, and Dodge
handcrafted just 193 ACR models (155 for the US market) out of 585
total Vipers in 2017. With four owners and just over 3,300 miles
since new, this 2017 ACR represents the last year of the most
venomous Viper ever.
