25 year Dodge Viper, but which one was the best?

25 year Dodge Viper, but which one was the best?

Posted on 24-06-2016 at 17:29 by MauritsH – 77 Comments”

Welke generatie Viper was het lekkerst?
Soon the curtain falls for this politically incorrect brute of a car. Autoblog looks back on almost 25 years, Dodge Viper, and is curious about your favorite generation.

The story all started with the RT/10, a car which colleague Lars you bijpraatte. The first Viper had a in-your-face appearance, a dope V10 and plastics in the interior where you have no plastic would like to make. To the party to make was that everything is underlined with rather brutal ride.

Then came of course the GTS with the famous stripes, which in a distant past played a prominent role in a clip of Busta Rhymes. Despite stringent uitstooteisen and other suffering that followed the different versions together, then in rapid succession. We have the different Vipers for the occasion, divided in five generations, of which the last after MY2017, unfortunately, no successor will get.

That is celebrated with four limited edition, special versions. They are on the picture below.

Laatste Viper special editions

To the extent that the present, back to the past. We are curious to see which generation(s) you are the coolest, but then we also want to immediately know why. Furthermore, we have for the performance metrics are becoming the standard coupe models as an example. They come!

Generatie 1

First generation Viper RT/10 (Phase I SR, 1992-1995)

  • Engine: 8.0-liter V10
  • Power: 408 hp
  • Torque: 630 Nm
  • 0-100 km/h: 4,6 s
  • Top speed: 264 km/h

Generatie 2

Second generation: Viper GTS (Phase II SR, 1996-2002)

  • Engine: 8.0-liter V10
  • Power: 457 hp
  • Torque: 665 Nm
  • 0-100 km/h: 4,5 s
  • Top speed: 290 km/h

Generatie 3

Third generation Viper SRT-10 (ZB I/ZB II/VX I, 2003-2007)

  • Motor: 8,3-litre V10
  • Power: 516 hp
  • Torque: 725 Nm
  • 0-96 km/h: 3,7
  • Top speed: 310 km/h

Generatie 4

Fourth generation: Viper SRT-10 (Phase II ZB 2008-2010)

  • Engine: 8,4-litre V10
  • Power: 612 hp
  • Torque: 760 Nm
  • 0-96 km/h: 3,7 s
  • Top speed: 325 km/h

Generatie 5

Fifth generation SRT Viper (Phase I VX 2012-2017)

  • Engine: 8,4-litre V10
  • Power: 652 hp
  • Torque: 813 Nm
  • 0-96 km/h: 3,5 s
  • Top speed: 332 km/h

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