And this week, Dodge announced the price tag: $117,895. That's the manufacturer's suggested retail price in the U.S., and it excludes delivery charge and gas-guzzler tax.
What makes the 2016 Dodge Viper ACR so fast? Several things, such as improved aerodynamics and lightweight material (think carbon fiber and aluminum) play a role.
But the heart of the 2016 Dodge Viper ACR's speed comes, naturally, from under the hood. There, we find an all-aluminum, 8.4L V-10 overhead-valve engine that's rated at 645 horsepower and 600 lb.-ft. of torque. According to Dodge, that is the most torque of any naturally aspirated sports-car engine in the world.
A Dodge spokesman said the top speed of the Viper ACR is estimated at 177 miles per hour. It will do 0-60 mph in the mid-3-second range.
Production of the 2016 Dodge Viper ACR begins in the third quarter of this year. It's being hand-built right here in Detroit at FCA's Conner Avenue Assembly Plant.
It will also go on sale in the third quarter. Pricing details haven't been announced yet.
FCA announced in September that the base price-tag of the 2015 Viper SRT was being slashed by about $15,000 to $84,995. The Auburn Hills automaker said that that prices the sports car more competitively, after adjusting for inflation, with the first generation Viper. The Dodge Viper was introduced in 1992 with a $50,700 price tag, the equivalent of $86,130 in today's dollars.
In December, FCA said since cutting the price of the base model sales of the Dodge Viper were up 26 percent.