1996 Dodge Viper GTS | Retro Review
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2022
- Arguably the Viper GTS is the most timeless design of the modern era.
Show 1608 | Original Airdate 10-22-1996
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I always loved how the roof of the car looks like a Viper snake head
Legendary timeless car
I agree ☝️
That's why it's called viper
@@dennismichealsm3786you have it backwards my friend
Best 3rd brake light of all time.
Facts
Nsx in a close second
More fun than a barrel full of Ferraris! Love it!
4.6 is crazy fast, especially for '96
4.6 was fast for Motorweek drivers. It's capable of 4.0. I have an RT10 and get close to 4 flat without even pushing too hard
It's still fast
Didn’t the Supra Turbo from that same era also did 0-60mph in 4.6s with a 3.0L in-line 6?
@@lordmaster5522 yes it did. 4.6 is fast but with that much horse power it should be 3 5.
@@crazybear5475 not many cars can do mid-3 back then unless you have a McLaren F1, XJ220, F50, or 959. The Viper can get close to 3.5s if they have it an automatic, but that never happened.
A dream car that has been on my bucket list forever. That car was well ahead of it's time and still hasn't lost it's lust in almost 30 years.
Nearly 30 years later & this car hasn't missed a beat. It will still give serious competition to today's heavy hitters. Timeless design that still has so much appeal & sexiness to it. Legendary.
Yes agreed, it's a timeless design why anybody needs a new model viper compared to this is beyond me
I agree 100% brother and it not only looks a million times better than any import of the same era but it also looks a million times better than any modern vehicle you see on the road today.
@@CJColvin Oh 💯 bro. Today's cars designs are pretty repetitive & follow very similar design language. The imports of it's era were nice too but pale in comparison to a Viper. American muscle over imports any day 🇺🇲💪. This car had it all- the looks, the performance, all the right exhaust 🎶tunes. I absolutely love how they made the windshield & roof area resemble a Viper snakes head. Thing of beauty I'd say.
@@zohaib876 Amen to that brother.😉👍
@@CJColvin Amen brother 😎👍
Damn that thing still looks so good.
And it still is today.
Looks better than any “new” car!
@@brianlee9233 you just said what he said
@@henleybear2742 it's still a good looking car, even now.
@@BigWheel. Even now
My first operational tour in our Air Force (1996), i saw this beast in a car magazine (same color). I cut one of the small photos and kept it in my wallet. Few years later, gave the wallet to my eldest. In 2013, i was able to fulfil my dream and bought the real thing (had to be the same color). Few days later, my eldest showed me the photo!!! Now he claims the car is his but I guess it's too late, I've written in my will that the Viper is to be buried with me (just kidding 😅)!! I love my boy (and my Viper).
That's such a neat story. I had a scale model of a viper gts, in this blue white color combo I've personally always wanted one, maybe some day. I make do for now by using it in racing games.
I was in the USAF stationed at Ramstein Air Base, there was one this color for sale for about 2 years before someone bought it. As a lowly Airman I could only dream of owning it.
For the longest time these were 30-40k, then they just appreciated in value.
fix-er-uppers were 20-25k
@@growingup4487 now sure Id want a fixer upper haha headlights alone are like 10k
@jp23x why would headlights be 10k dollars? Seriously wanna know.
@@midnight347 I have no idea to tell you the truth. I wondered the same thing
A raging beast for the road even when compared to today's cars.
This has to be my favorite car of all time!
this was my dream car as a kid
This is my dream car as an adult
Seeing this takes me back to when this was the only information we can get. this was on before RUclips. and My friend and I were waiting to watch this episode and we were blown away on how different it was. thanks Motorweek❤❤
Back when 450HP was mind-warping and we were sure the piston engine was reaching its absolute output limits in streetable form.
Hardly. 450 was in production cars in the late 60s 30 years before this video lol.
@@idontlikecops1 Yeah, back when HP was measured in gross rather than net output. By today's measure those cars were making about 350-375HP. That's why a Viper with supposedly the same HP measure will absolutely smoke those old beasts.
@@Guy_de_Loimbard no not all of them my friend. The big three all had heavy hitters that actually put down up to 500 horsepower to the wheels from their most potent big blocks. The problem was tire technology and actually putting the power down, which was ridiculous back then! But as far back as the early 60s the Ford thunderbolt 427s, the Chrysler Max wedge/Hemi cars and GMs 454/455 by yenko/copo etc... We're all capable of dipping into the 11s or 12s with proper tires (slicks). Admittedly the run of the mill 'fast' Mustangs, Camaros and Challengers with their small blocks would be smoked by today's offerings, but don't discount what kind of power the big 3 had at their disposal. Considering we're talking 60 years or so ago, it's actually pretty amazing what they could do with relatively basic technology!
@@Guy_de_Loimbard Yet those modern vehicles doesn't have the soul nor character as those muscle cars have.
@Guy_de_Loimbard it's not all about peak hp. Everyone always focuses on peak hp and ignore everything else like weight. Modern cars are way more heavy so they require alot more to do the same thing. 450 hp then was alot faster than 450 hp now is what I'm getting at. Everyone always talks power and totally ignore everything else.
Actually somewhat of a bargain at $73,000 when some models of Lamborghini and Ferrari were going for $150,000-$250,000. Heck in 2022 dollars that is still only $136,000. Would rather spend $136,000 on a Viper than $110,000 for a new Jeep Grand Wagoneer!
I agree
How much are charger or challenger hellcats again?
@@BigWheel. ~80k, but those cars are nowhere near as special.
This is like the "hero car" of 90s
I love the Viper & I miss it. A beautiful beast of a machine. There was nothing like it on the street at the time. This car made other car manufacturers step up their game & produce street legal performance vehicles.
This was the perfect American sports car, never pretended to be anything it wasn't, when you see one you can't mistake it for anything else and one of my childhood and all time favorites.
I don't know about that Luxury tax, seems like it was a scam, Viper was a lot of things but luxurious it was *NOT*
It was a sad day when they announced Viper will be discontinued for good in 2016😢 it was America's wildest automotive creation and the grandfather of the V10 performance engine !
I talk a lot of crap about Chrysler products but this really gave the exotics a run for their money especially because technology wasn't so advanced, so these were a steal compared to a Ferrari, I remember using this on NFS hot pursuit 2...
Me too!! Hell yea hot pursuit 2
HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY EVERYONE
Thank you, & you have a beautiful day too
Growing up, I had a toy Viper that looked very much like this.
I really enjoy these Classic Motorweek episodes. You've convinced me, I'm subscribing!
Such a timeless design love it*
I always love these old MotorWeek reviews especially the music that they use in the background.
Still the best gen of Viper in my opinion.
Being in high school in 1996 and dreaming of owning one lol
Forever my dream car. When I was 3 THIS was the car that made me wanna be a car designer or be anything in the automotive business.
Man they were pricey for that kind of interior, great looking though and I assume pretty fun to drive.
LOL if you're concerned about the Viper's interior, you are completely missing the point of the car's existence. Do you even appreciate older performance cars?
@@windwalker121 Not at all! I've only owned a few , well, 6 or 7 premier sports cars from the 90's and a bunch of chryslers. Obviously the Viper GTS is pretty sick, but they were like 120,000$ in today's money, so you know, you'd hope for ABS and some kind of interior quality.
@@Kingsoupturbo why? Why would you care about that in a car like this?
That's like buying a combat shotgun and wanting a scope and gold engravings on it because it was expensive.
The expense was put elsewhere in the car, in places that really mattered.
@@BigWheel. mmmmm it was a cash strapped chrysler that built this thing, and many cheap interiors after it (of which I have owned several!) its super Rad though, maybe the interior in person is not as bad as it looks in pictures, as it often is the case. Viper GTS the poster car of the 90's, the clownshoe before all the other clownshoes.
@@Kingsoupturbo Not true. By the time this car rolled off the line, Chrysler was flush with cash. The '94 Ram was a huge hit, the minivans were doing well, the Grand Cherokee was a home run, and the company had over $1 billion in profits in 1996. Things only got better from there until Daimler got involved.
Viper is such an iconic brutal american supercar.
After the GT40, they lust for this car..lol
I had two models of this car when I was a kid, one looked like the one in the video the other one was white with white wheels and blue stripes I always thought these and corvettes were awesome
I just built a model of this a couple of years ago. I've got all kinds of models.
I made a clay model of one in the same exact paint/stripe pattern in an art class back in middle school. Still a very good looking car in the blue with white stripes.
I still have some haha
I still have mine!👌😂👍and the Danbury mint versions!
Viper is unbelievable fast and the sounds so good since the 90s! Wow!
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Agreed! The Viper is the only other V10 that sounds as good as Lexus’s LFA V10.
@@lordmaster5522 only if the carrera GT v10, bmw v10, Lamborghini v10 did not exist
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I LOVE IT THEN AND I LOVE IT NOW!!! GREAT VIDEO AND THANKS FOR SHARING!!!
I remember seeing one just like that in a Dodge dealership years ago. I have a collection of blue Viper GTS’s from 1/18 scale down to Hot Wheels and Matchbox size. Lots of toy companies made replicas of that car.
IMO, this is by far the sexiest and classiest of all Dodge Vipers.
A very nice drive down memory lane…
Still one of the all time best car designs.
I’ve had my 96 gts for 2 years now. I had it as a poster on my wall as a kid. I’ll never sell my viper
One of my fave cars of all time EVER
Still hard to believe they were only getting 450 horses out of 8 liters.
Because its a low revving engine. Some lorry/wagon/semitruck engines are like 14 liters and have a turbo and are only getting that amount of peak power. The understand that truck engine you need to realise that its making its power at less than 2k rpm. Talking about peak power without mentioning rpm, peak torque, and power-torque band lacks context.
To me best looking viper ever built! And my favorite! Period!👌🥰👍👉♥️
The absolute best
@@JDMHaze 👌😎👍
One of the best sounding sports cars of all time.
@motorweek do you have the video for the 2003 viper!!? Would love to see that!! Thanks!
My 8th grade math teacher had one drove it every day
I’d take this or an NSX
I got a chance to drive A Viper GTS 22 years ago working in the Automotive industry ! The guy traded it for a Hummer H1 ! One of The Best i have Ever driven!
Everything is so lovely about the GTS I find... Everything except the steering wheel. DAMN!
I love the look
Super awesome!
Not a dodge guy but that car looks good evening today
I thought this was an old Doug Demuro video for a sec when I saw the thumbnail.
I love the Viper so much.
Perfect 1990's supercar!
All vipers are my favorite car 🥰🥰🥰of all time. But the first gen GTS is my favorite especially blue with white stripes.
Craziest and beautiful american car of the 90"s !
the good old days
Dodge viper é muito da hora no jogo curtia muito esse carro parabéns pela postagem amigo 👍👏👏
Beggars belief they had problems shifting those from showrooms, when nowadays people crave for such a pure driving machine
Still my favorite car of all time. But damn those rear wheels look so tiny in those wheelwells.
Allows for suspension travel, and to minimized modifications for the race car to fit race tires.
The GOAT!
Sociable Snake
Dream car as a kid in this color, dream car as a teenager, Laguna Seca Blue E46 M3, so far I got 1 lol
Anyonr else like how the test driver almost spun out on the track as he was saying "just a touch of understeer". LOL
No traction control no anti-lock braking system when ABS was offered in the 1997 Honda Civic.
The car wasn't designed around it, figured it'd be out on the track rather than going to get groceries. You're paying for the raw experience of driving a machine
Standard CD player. Fancy!!!
Very cool
Craig Singhaus' beers catching up with him a little here
It's amazing
Gen 2 Viper is the coolest car ever made 😎
It’s a shame the Viper had to leave us. Thing is even if it does return I highly doubt the V10 will come with it.
Caraca esse ronco do motor é sensacional imagina como Dodge vper corre que velocidade
One sold at BJ for 52K, good buy!
A 90s V10 Road Car.....
Very dominant in Gran Turismo
2:05 Gallardo 'ish sound
450 hp was insane then.
What about mpg ?
the cam in the first gen rt/10 was better, much choppier/more lope than gen 2 (including gts) and up.
What happened to the industry? Oh yeah, customers today are more worried and happier of paying $10k for a screen with Android and Apple car play than for a real car with a real soul, the real question is : what happened to humanity? I'm gonna keep my $180 cellphone and continue saving money for a REAL car (actually I have a 1988 Monte Carlo, but a Corvette, a Firebird TransAm or a Viper could be really great in my garage). Greetings from Costa Rica. PD: by the way, I drove a 512 HP electric car, too boring for me, there's no replacement for (displacement) and an Internal combustion engine with its sound and soul.
We live in an era of entitled people that will say those computer on wheels is progress but in reality it's setting the world back as far as cars go. Teenagers nowadays don't even kno how to change a tire I was doing that at 8 spark plugs oil at 12 they don't even kno where those are located all they want is a computer on wheels to get em going. The want it now generation. As for me n mine iv taught the same as I was taught and also tell em it's better to fix your car than pay to get fixed I kno been a mechanic since a teenager
Dream Car 😎...
Still can't decide if I want stripes on mine or not.
Buy one while you can
Muito da hora 😁👍👍
Is it me or if I squinted hard enough, does the new Toyota Supra look a lil similar? From the long hood, to the dual bulging roof sides to allow helmets. Maybe I'm seeing things, lol.
117 in the quarter, in 96.
The last real muscle car?
It was never a Muscle Car, it was more than that, but i know what you mean..
It's just as well that the Viper never got an automatic transmission. To me, it sits way too low and rides too harsh. This car is truly not for the faint at heart. Only seriously hardcore performance car fans need apply!
I would still take a RT/10 for price difference
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Damn the 392 Charger is slightly quicker to 60. The Charger is heavier with a smaller engine making more hp. I love technology.
The Ford 3.5 ecoboost v6 is making the same hp and more torque.
Maybe, but I’d take the Viper every day of the week
The viper can go 3.9-4.0 0-60 with a better driver
@@tracc_dak4660 It was never that quick.
@@blackericdenice these were tested by car and driver and ran 12.0 at 120. So yes they were fast and would cream a 2020 scat pack or tuned ecoboost f150.
@@blackericdenice You might want to reference motortend who have documented that it was. The later generations didn’t require a shift to hit 60 which helped.
Jeremy Clarkson would flip over hearing this 8 liter 1960’s tech engine with only 400+ HP… a european tractor has more Liter/ horsepower rati. Even russian military truck in the 90’s had 400 Hp out of 7 liter Turbodiesel engine…
Did he say peter Brock
A Walmart toaster oven is likely better engineered but these still deserve a significant spot in modern automotive history for their simple brute force horse and buggy approach. The Corvette has matured into a true affordable mid engine higher performing super car for about the same money as this much older crude Viper.
The Corvette isn't affordable, not anymore.. The Viper should be sold like the GT40, sale a few per year n don't have to prove nothing to no one.. Dodge just got lazy with the Viper..
Sadly soon all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-(
In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!!! (BABBVEN LAWS AND TEBBVEN ORDERS)!!!!
They say driving a Ferrari is like making love to a beautiful woman. In that sense driving an early Dodge Viper is like getting pegged by a hot punk chick you just met at a Nine Inch Nails concert.
Geez....not a bad metaphor
@@jjpds1 I know it's a bit rique, but it's not incorrect
I hated this car in Gran Turismo
Ugh, low rent chrome wheels.
Terrible driver
The viper : embarrassing the Generic Motor Crap bellybutton plastic mullet mobile for 30 years
My corvette is faster 👴🏻
Why can’t you love both of them. Competition is good for everyone
MY VIPER IS BEST VIPER BECAUSE NOT CORVETTE HURRR DURRRRRRRRR
@@RobertSmith-le8wp because I don't have to. I don't want to. I don't need to.
I'd push the last mopar on this planet than touch Generic Motor Crap
Cry boomer
56 hp per liter? Lol weak
As opposed to what? 'MuH s2o0o WiTh 100hP PeR LiTtEr' at the end of the day this will still shit on a lot of cars
1996 and hp per liter is always lower the more cylinders the motor has, Especially given there's only two banks
At least it's faster than what you drive mate.
@@CJColvin 1800lbs miata @ 350hp sure buddy..