SRT has been running a contest for months to let fans of the 2014 Viper choose the name for a cool new blue color being added to the available options. SRT says that there were over 11,000 color names submitted in the contest and the name chosen by voters is Competition Blue. The SRT blue […]
SRT has announced the 2014 Viper TA. The TA portion of the name stands for Time Attack and signifies a spec-package for the 2014 Viper that’s designed for extreme performance on the road racing course. The vehicle will be highly limited edition and will come in a single exterior paint color called crusher orange.
SRT will offer only 33 2014 Viper TA models that will be available starting in Q3 of 2013. The vehicle is configured in house by SRT in collaboration with professional road racers and the vehicle is street legal. The 2014 Viper TA will make its public debut on March 27 at the New York auto show.
The vehicle is based on the SRT Viper and is the lightest vehicle in the 2014 Viper lineup. Parts to make the vehicle more race worthy are mostly pre-developed components straight from the SRT parts catalog. The parts give the vehicle a 50/50 weight distribution and the largest tire contact patch in the production car world.
The car gets suspension that is upgraded specifically for track work and to maximize the performance of the vehicles Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires. The tires are mounted on light weight SideWinder II wheels. The shocks for the car are two-mode Bilstein Damptronic that has firmer levels of damping and a smaller spread between modes that one is using the current Viper GTS model. The vehicle also has firmer springs and road racing derived stabilizer bars along with a lighter carbon fiber structural X-brace. The car will use the same 8.4-liter all aluminum V10 under the hood producing 640 hp and 600 pound-foot of torque. Pricing is unknown at this time.
[via SRT]
2014 SRT Viper TA is ready to hit the track is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The matter how well a vehicle performs or how good it looks, there are always people who want to accessorize and soup up their car. Mopar has announced its new performance parts and accessories for the 2013 SRT Viper to meet the needs of such people. Mopar is offering over 50 performance parts and accessories for the car for people to choose from.
Some of the more interesting products available for the 2013 SRT Viper include a Performance Cross Car X-brace made from carbon fiber. This brace is attached under the hood of the Viper to help increase the rigidity of the chassis and improve handling. You probably guessed when I said it was made from carbon fiber that it wasn’t cheap; the MSRP is $3175.
Another carbon fiber accessory is coil covers for the engine with core construction made from stamped stainless steel. This accessory is $880. A more functional accessory for the SRT Viper is a wireless charging pad that has to be professionally installed allowing you to charge devices by simply placing them on the charging pad. This accessory is $275 plus installation.
Mopar is also offering a performance cat-back exhaust system promising improvements in horsepower and torque for $668. Mopar also offering a bulkhead satchel designed to hold a camera inside the vehicle, but the price is unknown at this time. Rounding out accessories are available billet shift knob at $163, black leather shift knob for $158, doorsill guards at $205, and six-point safety harnesses at a price to be determined. Mopar is also offering full leather interior replacements at a price to be determined and a stage III coil over suspension kit for $5995. The performance parts also include upgraded two-piece lightweight rotors for the brakes at $1445 per pair, a racing exhaust system, performance headers, and several vehicle covers.
Mopar announces performance parts and accessories for 2013 SRT Viper is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We already know the official list pricing for the 2013 SRT Viper in standard and GTS forms. The standard SRT Viper will start at $97,395 with the GTS starting at $120,395. SRT has now announced a full line of options available to customize the SRT Viper along with pricing. There are a huge number of available options with nearly 150,000 different combinations available.
Options start with six different paint colors available depending on the model. Standard colors are Adrenaline Red, Black Venom, and Bright White. Optional paint colors start at an additional thousand dollars and include Race Yellow, Shadow Blue Pearl, Gunmetal Pearl, GTS Blue, and Stryker Red Tinted Pearl.
SRT also offers a number of options for stripe colors, and the stripes are painted rather than vinyl. Stripes on the standard Viper cost $4500 and come in silver, black, and gunmetal. Straps for the GTS start at $5000 and come in billet silver, black, and gunmetal. White stripes are only available on Launch Edition models.
There are a number of wheel options that include different styles and different colors. Wheels can be had in a five-spoke pattern called Rattler in polished as a $500 option on the GTS, Hyper Black as $1100 option, and matte black as $1100 option. Six-spoke Venom wheels are polished as standard on the GTS and can be had in hyper black, or matte black for $1100.
Vehicles equipped with the track package have available multi-spoke Sidewinder II wheels with a $500 matte black option. There are also a number of audio options and options for Sabelt Sport Seats in different coverings and colors. The Track Package is a $3500 option and eight $2500 Grand Touring package is available. The Launch Edition package is an additional $15,500 and is only available on the first 150 vehicles. Several other options are also available.
SRT Viper’s abundant options get priced is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Interior technology is increasingly the main battlefield for automotive giants. We shouldn’t be surprised, then, that Chrysler is bringing in some bigger guns for its Uconnect service through a team-up with Sprint. The carrier will integrate its cellular data into a Uconnect Access system where the source of pride is precisely how little Chrysler drivers will need to touch it: the two want voice commands that cut down the amount of involvement needed to plot a new course, change the music input or send a text message. Smartphones also get much more of a say in the matter this time around, providing remote control to open and ready the car before owners even set a foot inside. WiFi hotspot support carries on as well. Just be aware that you’ll have to go big or go home to get an early taste of the new Uconnect — it’s available only in the 2013 model years of the Ram 1500 and SRT Viper for now, neither of which is especially gentle on the pocketbook.
Update: It looks like the 2013 Dodge Dart R/T will also get the Uconnect goodies, which Sprint’s press release neglected to mention. [Thanks, Nathan]
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