Dodge Viper reclaims Production Car Lap Record at Nürburgring.

[Tyrannis]

http://www.victorymusclecars.com/?p=8333

Eat your heart out Corvette 

[Reaper90]

How many more 2011 Vipers do you think they're gonna sell now that they have that record?

[Shuffler]

0


lol

[Rich52]

How many more 2011 Vipers do you think they're gonna sell now that they have that record?

You probably couldnt find one if you wanted one already. If I was rich I'd buy one. I'd cruise every Fri. And Sat. night looking for races, shades of '76, with Zepp and Floyd blareing on the sound system.

[CAP1]

 i'd still take a vette over the acr any day. vette= very nice daily driver, and a race car when you want it. viper= crappy ride, weekend car, and a race car when you want it.

[Big Rat]

i'd still take a vette over the acr any day. vette= very nice daily driver, and a race car when you want it. viper= crappy ride, weekend car, and a race car when you want it.

CAP's right (did I say that), ask the guys who have both an ACR and a ZR1, if they had to keep only one to drive every day which one they would keep.  Don't get me wrong though, I'd love to have an ACR, but from what I hear are not very daily streetable. 

 
BigRat

[Widewing]

i'd still take a vette over the acr any day. vette= very nice daily driver, and a race car when you want it. viper= crappy ride, weekend car, and a race car when you want it.

The Viper ACR is a race car all of the time that just happens to be barely street legal. Waaayyy quicker than the Vette because it isn't compromised for ride and comfort. You don't want to even consider a Viper ACR for daily use.... But, if all you want is to go fast, there's very little competition for it.

[Steve]

How many more 2011 Vipers do you think they're gonna sell now that they have that record?

Heheh  well none, since they aren't making any 2011 Vipers.

Tyrannis, how many Vipers do you own?


The ACR is a cool looking car.  And mid 11's in the quarter is pretty darned quick for a car right off the production line.
I shopped Vipers once, I literally didn't fit in them.  At 6'2" my head hit the roof, no matter how I slouched.

[saggs]

I kind of agree with James May when it comes to the Nurburgring.   Great race track, but it's a little bit ridiculous that people are so obsessed with testing road cars there, sacrificing everything in the way of ride quality and comfort to go a few seconds faster and get some silly bragging rights is stupid.

[CAP1]

CAP's right (did I say that), ask the guys who have both an ACR and a ZR1, if they had to keep only one to drive every day which one they would keep.  Don't get me wrong though, I'd love to have an ACR, but from what I hear are not very daily streetable. 

 
BigRat

i'd take an acr, if someone gave it to me. if i had to buy or build my own car.......it'll be a mustang(obviously) or a corvette. or a real camaro(67-69).

 that being said, i got a friend that owns 2 vipers. one is an srt10 convertible, that's dyno'd to just over 1,000hp, and a coupe dyno'd to around 850hp. he likes em. he almost bought a ford gt, but couldn't get the guy to come down to the price he wanted........

[CAP1]

The Viper ACR is a race car all of the time that just happens to be barely street legal. Waaayyy quicker than the Vette because it isn't compromised for ride and comfort. You don't want to even consider a Viper ACR for daily use.... But, if all you want is to go fast, there's very little competition for it.

yea......it's kind of a modern day version of the old ford thunderbolt galaxies.....

[Reaper90]

Heheh  well none, since they aren't making any 2011 Vipers.

Exxx-actly.  

Tyrannis, how many Vipers do you own?

 

The ACR is a cool looking car.  And mid 11's in the quarter is pretty darned quick for a car right off the production line.
I shopped Vipers once, I literally didn't fit in them.  At 6'2" my head hit the roof, no matter how I slouched.

Yep, impressive car... if they could break the record with an actual car you could drive on the street comfortably, that wasn't a factory built race car shod with race-spec tires that will last probably 1500-2000 miles of street driving before they're corded.... then I'd care. But they can't. So I don't.

Just for shats and giggles I think GM should take a World Challenge GT spec Corvette over there, put headlights on it, and take the record forever. But that would be missing the point almost as badly as Dodge has. LOL.

[CAP1]

I kind of agree with James May when it comes to the Nurburgring.   Great race track, but it's a little bit ridiculous that people are so obsessed with testing road cars there, sacrificing everything in the way of ride quality and comfort to go a few seconds faster and get some silly bragging rights is stupid.

didn't the cadillac cts set the record for sedans there, in normal trim?

[Tyrannis]

Heheh  well none, since they aren't making any 2011 Vipers.

Tyrannis, how many Vipers do you own?


The ACR is a cool looking car.  And mid 11's in the quarter is pretty darned quick for a car right off the production line.
I shopped Vipers once, I literally didn't fit in them.  At 6'2" my head hit the roof, no matter how I slouched.

I personally dont own one. but i have a friends dad who ones a 98 which i have driven and hope to one day buy off him. im only $20k below the mark 

[Steve]

I personally dont own one.

So what's with the "eat your heart out Corvette" ?

You don't have a horse in the race.