The Chrysler Viper GTS-R is a V10 MASTERPIECE | Ben Collins | RM Sotheby's Le Mans Auction
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2023
- Welcome back to Le Mans! In this 5-part series with RM Sotheby's, I'm going to be driving 5 of the greatest cars to ever compete at the incredible 24 hour event, all of which are going to be up for auction in the upcoming RM Sotheby's Le Mans Centenary auction on 9th June, 2023.
Today in the final episode, I'm driving the Le Mans muscle car, the Chrysler Viper GTS-R. Hugely popular in the 90s and beyond with it's prominence in video games, the Viper has become a legend of the track.
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Hope you all enjoyed this epic 5-part series with RM Sotheby's! Which video was your favourite? 👇
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I enjoyed it, thank you. Favorites would be the Nissan R90ck and the Porsche 962, although they are all very cool.
My favourite was the Aston Martin, since it has the best external features and has the greatest heritage.
I really hope you consider making more videos like this in the future, along with regular vlogs.
Have a nice day and keep up the great work!
Some channels they just sit around waxing lyrical and show some close up shots of lifelessly still & silent cars. You bring these legendary beasts to life for us and let us hear and even feel them roar. This is one the coolest experiences since Keiichi Tsuchiya's Best Motoring, where I almost feel like I'm being chucked about in my chair. 😁
Thank you for doing all these great videos. You are a legend Ben and a class act. You should have a show like this on full time. Appreciate all the videos
only niggle I have is Ben saying it won in "1988"
This and the yellow C5 vette are so iconic, I cannot even remember the rest of the cars these beasts were racing back then by how iconc and legendary these cars are. Brutal machine
Like a dozen Porsches IIRC
Back then, they were just racing a bunch of copy & paste German cars. 😅
The Viper is definitely one of the coolest cars to come out of America 😃🙌
And people still says American cars can't turn. I'm getting sick of that joke already.
@@superlight1999 it was true for a while, aside from exceptions like the viper and corvette starting with c5 Z06.
But yeah if anyone has said it since ~2010 when the new camaro and Caddy platform came out they're just plain ignorant
My fave car
Oh yeah, it is.
Because it's old fashioned
The Viper was a chainsaw at time when everyone was using scalpels. Was it poised? Not at all. Was it brutal and got the job done? Hell yes it did!
Correct!
you are doing such a great job conveying what the car is doing, and how it feels, I hope you get many more cars to film :D
Glad you like my methods! More in the works...
This is probably the coolest of the LeMans mini series you’ve done. Mainly for that engine. Awesome
Glad you liked it! This car was insane to drive.
Vipers are just so special to drive. The racing success they had is unparalleled in the modern era for American Supercars. So underrated
I remember watching these dominate at Le Mans in the red white and blue Oreca paint. You could attach a house to them and they'd still win. 1999 is the first one I remember watching most of the 24 hrs.
Given how gnarly they look was surpised how docile they drive - and a great endurance machine
The 90's was one of the greatest era's for endurance racing. Amazing cars!
It just was. 90s ruled.
@@BenCollinsDrives Gotta give credit to the 80s as well, the era of Group C.
Youre joking aren't you? Most of the 90's was a wilderness for Le Mans while they overcame the loss of Group C, lowest attendances and participant numbers and liberties with the rules so you didn't know what the top category was with neutred prototypes and cars like the Dauer and Toyota TS020 allowed to participate despite being so far removed from the intention of the rules. Only two races in the 90's were of any quality 1990 and 1999.
The road going version of this is gorgeous. A dream car
For me it is the opposite. Love the Vipers built by the likes of ORECA. They seem like great racing cars - fast, really responsive engine and relatively easy to drive. They look and sound so raw as well.
@@vaenii5056 was a lovely car to
And a bit of nutter - drove it on Curfew the TV series and the wheelspin was outrageous in every gear!
@@vaenii5056 At the same time, an ACR or GTS-R would be close enough for me! I could easily modify it to feel similar anyway. They're probably the most reliable and cheap to maintain super car out there.
I drove on in Forza and it was nuts, already 😅 I wish one day I can drive one on a misty twisty mountain road...
The unmistakable sound of the Viper, a howl & a gurgling at the same time. My favourite place to hear the Viper was at the top of the start/finish straight on the bank by the concert stage, hearing them come up into the first chicane and the blasting out on under the Dunlop bridge and down to the forest esses.
It took me a while to get used to see them on the starting grid as a newcomer back then. Didn't think it would be very competitive, but they were. The Viper became the choice of car quickly and it's a shame they stopped racing them. In my opinion, they should've been an evergreen like the Corvette and the 911 in GT and endurance racing.
This is the final video in the series, but I've got more in the works!
Forget the Mustang, the Corvette, the Camaro and the Charger. THIS is the greatest car ever to come out of America
The noise that car makes is remarkable! What a machine.
Hard to capture on video - in the car the tone reverberates through your whole body
The 96/97 blue on white Oreca Viper is my favourite of all the Vipers. The later red/white/blue and red/white cars were pretty great looking too, but the moment I first saw one of these aged 8 I knew I had a new favourite car.
I use to dominate Grand Turismo in the Team Oreca Viper!
Great vid, Stiggy!
What car was my dream car as kid and still is now. Lucky enough to see Oreca Cars in FIA gt series at Silverstone and Donnington in 2000 & 2001. That noise always takes me back to those days.
Legendary, this car lead the way for a revival of American sports cars, and really reverted the notion that Americans were hopeless when it came to road racing performance, that they didn't have a real worthy car culture. I remember some commentators of the time saying "the Viper has a huge v10 engine so it's faster on the straights, but it's heavy! Let's see how it does around the corners... oh... it goes well too..." Then the Corvette C5 followed, the rebooted GT-40...
An iconic car....respect!!!
Man, I miss those days of racing when the Viper had a great presence. Great video, Ben!
Glad you enjoyed it. The Viper has an INSANE track presence.
As an American I'm so proud of this car.
Best two seater that the US will ever had made. Sorry covette guys, this is the track monster. Beauty, attitude and brute force. #Masterpiece
Tough call vs Corvette - but the V10 does give it an edge 🔥
@@BenCollinsDrives The Vettes get the iconic status. The Vipers are pure menaces. The looks, the engine, the track records. The Vipers represents what the US can do when we decide to work outside our own traditional boundaries. I'm not shitting on Corvettes by any means. GM won't 'let go' like Chrysler has. The C8 is a new era for GM sports cars. Not Corvettes though, honestly. Front engine, rear drive, manual. The most desirable criteria for anyone who *enjoys driving. C7 will always be the last for me (and a hell of a car at that!). We'll see if the mid engine can rewrite some of Viper's records, I'm sure. Cheers Ben. Thanks for being the Best Stig!
The Viper & the mental looking Marcos LM600 are my favourite GTS racers
what about the Panoz? Another front engined bronco ;)
@@BenCollinsDrives The Panoz is the unsung hero that decyphered this formula and opened up the road to the Viper, and subsequently the Corvette C5. Underapreciated for sure, perhaps because its consumer offers were not so well structured (or well styled).
Just a beautiful car, an original that strikes the namesake's appearance, a snake, without looking cartoonist. Awesome look
Truly one of my all time fave GT racing cars. I never thought any GT racing cars could compete with my love for the Porsche 935's, but this car is it, specifically in the Oreca red/white/blue and the iconic red/white for the last two Le Mans victories. Vipers are truly epic street and race machines. Had I the coin, Id have a red/white Oreca in my garage along with a 935 Martini livery. Just such special cars these Vipers are. Sad day when Dodge decided to kill off its most epic car in its modern history.
Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you.
Beside for the Ford GT which was super limited production, the Viper is probably the greatest modern American car ever built, and maybe the greatest American car ever built, looking at performance. Especially the later ones.
Ben Collins... you are the man 🎉
Beautiful car
My first memory is gran turismo 😍
Oh yes. Gran Turismo also provided some tidbits about the Viper, there's also the JGTC Viper. At this point it didn't even matter that the engine is up front or the giant engine. No turbo lag and no extra whoosh sounds other than the air at around 200 mph. Or as that Gran Turismo line said "Viper is about driving." Looks fun!
Pure driving - very special
The Viper V10 is actually behind the front tires. So even though it is "front engine" the car can be considered "mid engine" as a result. The engine itself is relatively small in width/height, excluding its length of course. The displacement is large but it's not like it's some kind of boat anchor lol.
The last of the vipers they built I thought was just amazing and if I had been a rich man I would have had one
I have as many pictures of it on my computer as a screen saver
Good one ben 😍😍👍👍
The Viper is a Car Guys Car. Just pure sport. Carroll Shelby and Bob Lutz are true innovators, The Viper is their quintessence
I was waiting for you to take this for a drive ever since I saw it in the intros of the other videos 😁
Love this first GTS-R
Ben, your channel is a goldmine, so glad I found it. Time to binge some of your videos 😂
Welcome along!
Ben was truly enjoying his time with this car. Analogue, powerful, engaging. Long live the STIG.
Love the Praga suit with Czech flag!
Who knew the Stig had so much to say? I love hearing Mr. The Stig really break down a car, thank you!
More of this!!!
More in the works....
My all-time favorite Viper remains the GTS-R GT2 Champion Edition Package, the street-legal version of this same car. Down to the white/blue paint, the huge rear wing and the front splitter. A dream machine.
The Viper was a raw car when it came out. No windows, a snap on soft top that totally impractical.
So beautiful!… So awesome!…Thank you!
Loving the excitement
Us mere mortals love sim racing, because its about as close as we can get to driving amazing machines like this! Awesome 👌🏼
Working on a new Sim - incher ever closer to perfect immersion
Ah man this is one of my favorite American cars ever it's so awesome to see you put it through it's paces thanks so much for sharing!
Pleasure glad you enjoyed it !
@@BenCollinsDrives you rock Ben thanks very much for the personal response
These cars are so iconic! The gen 2 bodywork is epically timeless and beautiful as well!
EDIT: I see this car sold for 623K EUR, that seems like a steal IMO!
I'm very proud you cooperate with Praga 👍
Fantastic! Love this channel. Hope you get to drive whatever you wish. Your descriptions nearly transport me to the driver's seat!
All the best.🎉
Love these & all the front engined GTR racers from late 90,s-early 2000,s.Try to get hold of a Panoz Esperante & the mental looking Marcos LM600!
Still remember this being unreal in Gran Turismo. Still love it in GT7 (the newer gen)
Those car was dominating the 24h of Nürburgring so much that the organization of the event have to banned it. A old GT car dominating the new one was quite humiliating for the manufacturer.
Somewhat the same scenario with the ‘69-‘70 hemi Dodge Daytona/Plymouth Superbird. NASCAR banned them cause of their dominance. IMO the competition needs to go back to the drawing board and build a competitive car, not ban the one that developed a winning formula. Only difference here is the Daytona/Superbird we’re backed by the manufacturer. I’m sure I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know.
I watched the whole of this with a massive grin on my face!
Good to hear!
I remember my first ride in a Viper. It was awesome!
Ben Collins, livin’ the dream, baby. 🤟🏼 His book The Man in the White Suit was fantastic, as well. Had me in stitches plenty of times. 😂
I'm glad I still have my 2001 gts!
Back in the days as a Young Boy i Had a 1:24 scale model of the zakspeed viper. I Loved IT so much.
Absolut timeless Design still looking so damn cool and that legendary V10 IS second to none!!!!
Thanks for the Video Mr.Collins
Greets from Germany
Legendary WIPER !
The Stig quoting Ludichris. How the coolest guy with the coolest job gets even cooler.
If the original was a widow maker i can not imagine this one. Lovely car❤
Been looking forward to this one for a while, it didnt disappoint. Look forward to whatever videos you have in the pipeline 👍🏻
Glad to hear it 🙌🏻
My all time dream car! I still have posters and hot wheels of these gts-r's! Such beautiful and awesome cars
So awesome!
The car I hated in Gran Turismo 1 before knowing how to tame RWD beasts. Once I got the hang of them this car was one of the best!
Impressive and very enjoyable video. Talking while driving Viper without it killing you, also impressive.
Thank you - actually it didnt want to kill me it was very friendly in a kind of tame T-Rex way
Every time you turned onto the Bugatti circuit instead of heading to Tertre Rouge, I felt the desire to just go left. It must have been tempting, but you're a pros pro.
One of my dream cars!😊
Absolutely incredible Ben...thank you for such awesome content man!
Another great video...loving the content 👌
God, wow. The memories of watching these machines race on TV, in Europe (I'm in Canada) and they would just effortlessly walk away from the competition.
ABSOLUTELY loving this Le Mans car test drive series !!!! Hope to see more of theses videos
Thank you will be working on some more specials like this one!
Masterpiece! ❤
Question....With all that vocal enthusiasum while riding cars, how did you keep so quiet in top gear as stig ?
Another great video. Keep them coming. 😊
Amazing video 😍i love Corvette and Viper ❤️💪
I saw one of these back in the day, here in Australia in Geelong. It competed in what they called 'Speed trials' along the Waterfront, which was a 400 meter track with a straight curve. People could enter, and drive their cars flat out. 2 day event, modern cars first day, classics on the second.
A red GTS-R was entered, and even with a slight bend in the track, the car ran close to a 10 sec quater.
Great video, thanks Ben. A friend of mine had a street viper, strangely at idle it sounded like a inline four motorcycle.
The zakspeed viper dominated 24hr at the ring for a decade, even with 500kg balast to slow it down it still won
Watching you feed the power in on corner exit, lovely
Love the noise off that thing man it sounds awesome. What a machine.
Saw these racing at Philip island back 1997. What a great sight!
Mr Colins seems to be saying the word “Playful” im sure he means “terrifying” 🤣
They where so dominant during the Nürburgring 24 hours that they where required to have 500 KG of ballast.
The most recent ACR is one of my favorite cars
Magnificent beast. Well done Sir; enjoyed every second of this video.
👍 thank you
A true legend
Cracking video squire, this little series has been absolutely epic. I think this and the porsche videos are my fav's. The viper is an incredible car, drive in equal measues of joy and terror. Thing wheels spins in every sngle gear. An ex's dad owned the road version and let me drive it. Big grin and brown trousers soon follwed I can tell you.
Yeah! Right on Ben !!! #HEMI #Shelby #701 #MorePowerBaby !!❤❤❤
One of my favorite cars since I was 5!
Iconic!
@@BenCollinsDrives Indeed! I remember getting Road & Track with all the cars and those Diecast Cars and 18 Wheelers Trucks/Lorries. All kinds of match box! Were the days. One day, I'll have me a Early 90's Foxy Body Trans AM-ed also heavily inspired by Carol Shelby, Ken Miles and Mickey Thompson. On day.
A mate of mine here in Australia had one until recently when he crashed it. He fitted a supercharger and had the same hp as this viper and it was crazy wicked fun to drive. And the noise, oh the noise
the copper: the car purposely designed to send their owners a early visit to their god. what a way to go i guess. great vid Stig!
Loving the videos, Ben. Quality stuff. Do me a favour and do a video on the XJR-9!
I'm old so I don't remember when this was but I saw this similar car at Laguna Seca in the same year that that car won Le Mans. 1997? Anyway, badass watching the (at then) World GT Championship.
Misha drove the non-R without a stock setup and tires and it was beastly. I can imagine this version has much better handling & performance than the road version. Iconic car, great job Ben.
loving this content ben
What a car I love it and we definitely don’t need background music 😁
Great vid thanks
Perfection ❤️
what a machineeeeeeeeeeee
one of my favorite cars of all time
Always loved the styling of the Viper.
Can you get any more sponsor stickers on there?
Peniston Oils ?
Another Great car. Great video and of course Amazing Driver 👍👍
The ACR is also my favourite car in its class in all of the Forza games 😂