Exactly. This car is an absolute monster and somehow they couldn't sell it. If you did get one though you better hang on to it because its value will soar over the next 20 years. Classic.
There is a ACR driving around in my small city and i found out it was a Doctor who owned the car (i worked at the same hospital and saw the car in the parking lot many times) and even more surprising/cool i found out it was a Lady doctor that owned it. Mad respect to that lady daily driving her ACR.
I was driving on the German Autobahn with maybe 140 km/h on the right side, and one acr passed me on the left with maybe 180-200 km/h and shifts down directly near my window. It felt like my left window wants to leave my car on the right side. I never experienced this kind of sound an feeling before in my life. Since that day, it is my not affordable dream car. Thank you Dodge, for that amazing 1-2 seconds
Almost 10 years later and people are still discovering how phenomenal the gen 5 acr is and it's still spanking much newer cars. I'm a proud Viper owner :)
@@birjarualin890 I'm just a regular guy, i saved my money after multiple deployments in the military and bought my first Viper (the one in my pic is my second). Work hard, be patient and you'll get there :)
@Ishaan Tiwari TV shows cost way more money to put out meaning producers take less risk and ultimately just stick to what they know works. Independent stuff like this is more unique, happy to take risk as they can stick it on RUclips without waiting for a network to agree it and schedule it. In the UK, there is hardly any motoring shows on TV worth watching, more so worth waiting a week for the next show. Top Gear is now fully awful. An hour of 2 idiots and an excited driver playing silly buggers in old bangers. You get 4 episodes then a years wait for the next series. Meanwhile creative content like this showcases real cars interesting reviews and in a lot of cases, pretty decent production values. I could spend an entire evening watching great videos on RUclips every night of the week. Or 1 hour of crappy top gear once a weeks 4 times then a year off.
The numbers of that would make me cream my pants, but I feel like that ruins the spirit of the car? Kind of like turning a 911 turbo into a drag car. Yes, it can be done, but should it?
I feel like the viper is one of the only sports/super cars where it makes every onlooker happy to see it. It's not the snobbish vide you get from other expensive sports/super cars
I drove a 2006 viper. I have never been more afraid in my life. It literally kicks you into the seat. The faster I went the brighter the viper would shine in the speedometer. I never got it out of 3rd gear. Got close but I wanted to live. 10/10 would recommend.
most of that changed, circa 2010... with the old GT500. I think the new top end Mach1 could give the new GT500 (non-track pack) a run. Nice to see the last of the manuals, go out with a bang!
@@BalexDawn they had to find driver's on a shot in the dark to set the times. If they actually had the assistance of Dodge for the lap times standards they probably would have if not the record, close to it.
@@SZUSEast1 And the only thing that held it back was the drag and horsepower limit on the fast sections, and obviously the driver has to manually shift. Id love to see the Viper introduced again with a V10 TT and DCT, and active aero
Very nice review! I run my ACR-E with -3 degree front and -2 degree rear camber. It transforms the car. It becomes beautifully balanced, no understeer whatsoever. Until you overheat the front tires that is...
Damn man I seriously wish I was blessed enough to buy one. I'm struggling right now just to get a car that I really want and might end up with a base model older mustang but it's all good. Your living the dream man, love it everyday.
I mean I hate dodge as much as the next chevy/ford guy,Mopar is amazing and the viper is Zeus of mopar,possibly to prestigious to put in the same name.
@Chungus Factory This has to be a joke. Sure, if it was something like a Caravan, you may have regrets not getting an odyssey or sienna, but be it a Viper or a Hellcat, you will have fun, even after they break down (which is what I am assuming you were going to use as your argument) because they rarely do. Fiat doesn't screw up pushrod v8s, or v10s, for that matter.
@@mikael4126 ya but he knows all about mopar dude. You should listen to him. He watches scotty kilmer and dailys his civic si. But it is not just any civic si it is a one off HE built himself. It probably has a cold air intake and thats it.
The fact that this car is what double the weight of the Mano and is actually drivable on the street but gets a similar time really speaks to the quality of the engineering behind this vehicle
@@GetOffMyLog I swear I remember jay leno seeing the undercarriage at his garage.He was looking at the X structure and welding.I can’t find it the video.Who knows 🤷🏻♂️
@@damian4727 The gen 2 is actually a very high quality vehicle. The gen 1 wasn't built very well but that wasn't the main problem with it. The main problem with it was that it was very unsafe. Safety was the least of dodge's concern when building it.
@@elvisdjango5920 its a pushrod which means only 1 camshaft instead of 2 and 2 valves per cylinder instead of 4, plus in general have legendary reliability and ease of maintenance
As Tanner Faust said after the first time he drove one: "This is the only car I have driven that feels like it hates people and actively tries to kill me by trying to lure me into being complacent when driving into corners".
@@jaybilis9723 yeah I was thinking about that but I kept my M3 E90s are the last amazing M3 ever made so I kept it and surely imma save up money and get the M5
I watched this video when it first came out, and here I am over a year later returning to it. This is one of my favorite Throttle House videos ever, with one of my favorite cars ever. Seeing how giddy and excited Thomas was over the lap time, you could feel that he was still running off the high of the adrenaline rush from pushing this beautiful machine.
It's hard to understand. An 8 liter NA engine must be super heavy for the power it puts out. Another car with a smaller, lighter, but turbo/supercharged engine and with same kind of crazy aero should be able to put out the same amount of power and beat the Viper lap times by weight alone.... Just nobody else bothered to put that crazy aero on their consumer market cars. Sure now we got GT2/3 RS and the like, but it's remarkable this beast of an engine can be thrown around a track this fast and got to set lap records. And all that for less price than a GTR Nismo - half the price of what the performance suggests.
@@Erafune You're ignorant to real engine dynamics as you've clearly never built anything in your life. Or if you did, it was simple bolt--on's. The V10 in the Viper isn't heavy at all. It is very light and smaller than a HEMI. The engine is also front-mid-engine. Something else not mentioned in this video. The V10 is extremely durable and well made. Stock bottom end with twin-turbos hits over 2k HP reliable. Look up Kratos and Juggernaut. Top of the food chain with no disputes on that fact. The main point here is that the V10 powercurve and massive torque allows for it to fully utilize the down force and massively wide rear tires. All of the MASSIVE torque that starts at IDLE is put down to the ground. Flying out of corners.
Left tire was dead, the fund cannot afford more time for the session. But it'll take more bites than any production car could ever reach, even gonna leave a mark for a while after automobile electricfication.
@@donnycorn3086 that's because FCA also owns Ferrari and they didn't want to fund the Viper in Nuremberg because it would make the Ferrari Brand look bad.
Dear Throttle House, This is the video I never thought would happen. This is one of my dream cars and I am sad to see this aspect of automobile brutality become extinct. This is the best send off of a generation I've seen in a video! Thank you for this!
You can see Thomas' tone changing after the lap run. He is so excited, talking fast, impatient. Like he's on a 8.2 lit red bull rampage....really its the adrenaline and its so representative in Thomas's case here. I love it.
Thomas and James already surpassed Top gear. Since throttle house I stopped watching other car channels like carfection, motor trend and top gear, they seem so boring now to me.
@@juanrivera8566 I watch modern day Top Gear for the EV stuff, engineering explained for the technical stuff, donut for the powah, Doug Demuro for "this", and Throttle House because it's the best of all worlds (and most like old school top gear, but more accessible).
I'm glad you guys got to drive this. The Dodge Viper ACR is the most aggressive and menacing car to ever come out of the USA. It is also the most capable. I've had the privilege of driving a few exotics and the ACR is hands down the most intense car I've ever been in. It is a true wolf in wolf's clothing. It's an absolute monster. You guys did it justice. Well done.
@@wendigo6667 I've driven an ACR E extensively on the track and a GT2RS once at Thunderhill 5 mile. There is no match for the aero on the Viper even though the GT2 has better acceleration with its 700hp and less aero. At the Thunderhill straight, I was 144 mph braking into turn 1 in the ACR, and the GT2 was 151 mph+, and I wasn't even driving it like it could have been. As for a GT3, I pass them regularly in the ACR at the track, even with very accomplished drivers.
It was explained to me before that the Early Vipers were capable of amazing track times. It just took a professional driver to get them. The rear end always wanted to come out. They told me it was just not a very good beginner car on the track. While I wouldn't call it beginner friendly, the ACR is definitely in a league of it's own.
@@barucgonzalez717 gran tour was way too overproduced, and would ran a skit/joke into the ground, bury it six feet under, raise it from the dead, before finally letting it die long past the point of being funny. There's a reason their run on Top Gear went for decades, but Grand Tour didn't.
I like how James is constantly throwing jabs at Americans "it's very similar to digging into a bag of chips" and Thomas always makes fun of his accent 😂
Viper ACR's failure in sales cannot be justified. It deserves so much more credit. This was the best collectible modern American muscle. Whoever chose to go with R8 or Aston Martin over this made a poor choice.
Depends. R8 and whatever Aston Martis has to offer, especially the vantage lineup, is a supercar that's cool to live with. The Viper, however, is an amazing car to die with.
@@hazardeur eh. Viper's V10 was brought to Lambo to be fine-tuned, since Chrysler owned Lambo back then. I don't see any argument here, like, literally. Volkswagen did a thing, and so did Mercedes. Yes, the SL lineup is built upon the Viper ZB platform, making it and many (SL) AMG cars the Viper's German Cousin. And wait till you hear bout its Italian and British cousins.
@@donnycorn3086 that might all well be but at he end of the day, the r8 revs up to 9'000 while the viper is already done at 6. nothing is beating the feeling and sound of a high revving engine, especially a v10
@@hazardeur that viper v10 has nothing to compete with any other v10, nor does it want to compete at first. it's not even a V10 to start with. so 'shut your commie mouth.' And it's not "nothing can beat something", you just like a high-revving v10 more than a viper engine.
As a Gen 1 Viper owner, it's amazing to see the differences in the Gen 5 ACR. Both are cool cars, but that ACR is on another level. Great video! You guys have a great dynamic.
I have a question as a Viper enjoyer. This guy on another video is dismissing the fact that the viper's engine is one of the most reliable track car engines out there in terms of being capable of withstanding large amounts of boost and being a low stress engine. I'm asking you and more people as to have multiple opinions on it from people who have owned Vipers or atleast know enough about them to include information.
FEENIN means "An Intense Craving Or Yearning" So now you know - FEENIN means "An Intense Craving Or Yearning" - don't thank us. Informal. disregard them. 1; noun feening a diabolically cruel or wicked person.
I love the evolution of your growth guys. You are my replacement for Top Gear... You know that is a huge compliment. Your commentary, humor and video production and ultimate presentation is equal if not BETTER then possibly the best auto journalist hosted show of all time. Love you guys.
The Viper has always been "the thing" for me - but theres one thing i love more than hearing that badass v10 going up the red .... its the face expression of you guys driving it - this is pure passion and pure excitement - Thats the viper :) thanks for the video
I love the Viper. A good friend had one (not an ACR). I do know for a fact it would do 181mph. Because I witnessed this from the passenger seat. Amazing machines indeed.
Saw one of these in person literally hours before this video dropped, last Thursday. It was just casually parked in a small out of the way shopping center at night... as i was getting out of my car the massively huge wing caught my eye as it was poking over the bushes next to where it was parked. I was like wait what is that... walk over and bam it’s a Viper ACR sitting there all alone, white with big black center stripe and smaller red stripe, with most of the businesses there closed and no one around. I stare checking it out and snap a couple pics to friends as I was shocked and amused by the randomness of seeing it there. Get home, open youtube and bam this video is first on my feed and uploaded only an hour ago... all really eerie haha (yeah finally watching this now a week later, I’m ready)
Same here. Growing up as a teen in the 90's and a fan of cars, the Viper was always my favorite. I loved the power, the look, the speed, and the name. Over time it started to fall out of favor for other cars, especially when they released the 3rd and 4th gen SRT Viper. I didn't care for that body style. However, once they released the 5th gen and I saw the ACR Viper, I was in love again. Now it had power, looks, speed, name, and handling. See that thing set lap records was amazing. I'll always love the Viper.
Rewatched the 9l viper video by that racing channel for the 30th time after seeing this comment. Dude has 6 tune maps, and map 1 is 1600hp. Ballistic missile
I started watching Top Gear on you tube way back when, it was filled with controversy . Ever since then I have yet to find a show that holds as much potential energy... until now. If ever there was a contender for the best car show, you two hold the keys. I wish you well on your journey. Plus 1 sub
I’m so glad you guys did this car. The paint is beautiful I got to detail one a few months back. It’s just this stunning super metallic blue. With a stunning array of blues silvers and a touch of black metallic flake to really give the appearance that it’s shifting colors
I run a detailing shop and I’m hoping I get one of these in eventually. I’ve worked on Bentleys and Rolls Royce’s and nothing comes close to how I’d feel to even sit in one of these
I love watching your content, you guys are like two little boys with giant toys and it’s just pure joy. Makes me smile and wish I had a Viper ACR. Good job guys. 👊🏼
The concept of the car was originally V8 until Shelby said "f*ck it add 2 more cylinders". So it took 2 more cylinder to haul even more ass than production supercars around the world. Maybe not that hurt, but still gonna leave a mark for a while after automobile electricfication.
@@donnycorn3086 As cool as that story sounds, it couldn't be farther from the truth. In reality, Shelby *really* wanted this car to be a V8, in order to be a true successor to the Cobra. However, back in the 90's, the only V8 that Chrysler was producing was the Magnum V8 for the trucks, and those were horrible on power. The only engine that made decent power was the Magnum V10, so they chose it to be the base for the Viper V10.
My all time favorite was the Viper's running the steel engine blocks from the related Ram pickup and essentially becoming the least expensive to race setups in ages. What an epic setup. My personal experience remains with the Viper 1 and 2 models that adorned my room for decades. So glad they lasted this long!
@@ThrottleHouse Please Review a Mercedes GT Black Series! (Viper ACR did 7:01 on the Nurburgring) Mercedes GT Black Series did a 6:43 in cold & damp conditions (did 6:36 in testing) 6:43 makes the Mercedes the #1 Fastest Production car on the Nurburgring & yes it's Front Engine / Rear Wheel drive beating the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ.
I’m watching this in my car with my phone audio connected to the speakers, and I kid you not, everytime that ACR drove past on screen, my ENTIRE car vibrates.
The viper has always been one of my favorite cars since it came out. And I just love how far it has come. I don't think there is a car that can say it came as far.
The level of production on these videos is great. The writing is great. But what really does it for me is how much Thomas sincerely loves driving these cars. Seeing his absolute glow after the track times and going over how the Laps, it’s Awesome to see these cars in hands of true enthusiasts
Amazing how far American cars have come, a couple of decades ago, literally no American car handled great (As Top Gear would always say), but now American cars can actually handle greatly
I've watched quite a lot of Throttle House and I don't think I have ever seen Thomas this excited over a car. He was truly blown away by what the Viper could do
This car is really scary, my very first car was a 2016 toyota camry and after a few years i bought a viper. It was the worst mistake of my life to buy a car like this without having that much experience, ended up hitting a curb and messing up the rear left axle but overall, this car is a masterpiece and im really enjoying it
I envy your having a chance to drive one of these on a track. I've only driven one once, and that was on 2 lane country roads lined with telephone poles. It's the only car I've backed off from using full power due to fear, rather than mere wisdom.
It's been a dream car for me. The level of brutal customisation you can do to the actual performance indicators, that's just next level. Pure love this is.
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This went massively under appreciated when it released initially. Glad people are realizing the absolute beast this is
I agree. Even Chris Harris was gushing over this car.
I dream of this car since I was a teen and if given a chance to own it, would be more than happy to see one like this in my garage
I thought official Chelsea FC channel commented and I was shocked
The market certainly has. My plan was to buy an ACR when it hit 80k....... now they are 180k, fuck
Exactly. This car is an absolute monster and somehow they couldn't sell it. If you did get one though you better hang on to it because its value will soar over the next 20 years. Classic.
I absolutely love how the Viper logo lights up as a brake light.
@Pure Cars He's talking on the back of the car?
no you dont.
it shows clearly at the end of the video, in case you think it's the "shift suggestion snake" ^^
Adding the Viper logo as a shift indicator at 6:12 is such a chef's kiss move too!
Why do you
There is a ACR driving around in my small city and i found out it was a Doctor who owned the car (i worked at the same hospital and saw the car in the parking lot many times) and even more surprising/cool i found out it was a Lady doctor that owned it. Mad respect to that lady daily driving her ACR.
That's straight up amazing, well done
Imagine her driving that acr manual, sheshhh my kind of girl
Yay. Extra respect because vagina. Please spare me.
@@watchandjewelryloft4713 right? Lol
@@erikthefarmer25 it shouldn’t 🤷🏻♂️
I was driving on the German Autobahn with maybe 140 km/h on the right side, and one acr passed me on the left with maybe 180-200 km/h and shifts down directly near my window. It felt like my left window wants to leave my car on the right side. I never experienced this kind of sound an feeling before in my life. Since that day, it is my not affordable dream car. Thank you Dodge, for that amazing 1-2 seconds
my diesel 1.5 rental car did 220kph. that viper was on a chill cruise
@@easycomeeasygo8901 gas money fir a fat girl
@@drewcraig6791 km per hr
LMAO 👍🇨🇦😎
@@HITEKSTRANGER oh Canada oh Canada 😆😉ha ha lol love it.... Ya fuck the united states'....
Almost 10 years later and people are still discovering how phenomenal the gen 5 acr is and it's still spanking much newer cars. I'm a proud Viper owner :)
Right there with you brotha 🐍 I’m proud to own a 2016 GRC ACR E
@@951hellgato awesome!
i'm really glad for you guys. i'm working hard and studying as much as i can to get a well-payed job and maybe afford one someday.
@@birjarualin890 I'm just a regular guy, i saved my money after multiple deployments in the military and bought my first Viper (the one in my pic is my second). Work hard, be patient and you'll get there :)
@@giovanni4304 I wanna trade in my m3 but I wont cuz I don't wanna die lol
Man this channel deserves a TV show. The production quality alone is off the roof
Completely agree!
TV shows are over. Wake up
@Ishaan Tiwari TV shows cost way more money to put out meaning producers take less risk and ultimately just stick to what they know works. Independent stuff like this is more unique, happy to take risk as they can stick it on RUclips without waiting for a network to agree it and schedule it.
In the UK, there is hardly any motoring shows on TV worth watching, more so worth waiting a week for the next show. Top Gear is now fully awful. An hour of 2 idiots and an excited driver playing silly buggers in old bangers. You get 4 episodes then a years wait for the next series.
Meanwhile creative content like this showcases real cars interesting reviews and in a lot of cases, pretty decent production values.
I could spend an entire evening watching great videos on RUclips every night of the week. Or 1 hour of crappy top gear once a weeks 4 times then a year off.
Off the roof? Tf
This is their TV show
do you know what's crazier?? is that there are people twin-turbo them
The numbers of that would make me cream my pants, but I feel like that ruins the spirit of the car? Kind of like turning a 911 turbo into a drag car. Yes, it can be done, but should it?
@@PhelpsTalks absolutely. Those calvo vipers are insanee. 60-130 in under 3 sec thats insane
U see the tt one with the sequential gearbox on sorted? That thing was actually narsty.
@@zainb2261 lmao yeah, Farah gunned it and flattened by half. Incredible hookup for a RWD car, r888r's or not
There’s a good number of vipers doing 1000+ whp.
They are such a treat to be seen in person. Even more amazing a company like dodge was able to turn it into the track car it became.
I feel like the viper is one of the only sports/super cars where it makes every onlooker happy to see it. It's not the snobbish vide you get from other expensive sports/super cars
I don't get why they only make muscle cars now when they can make things like this. Muscle gets old after a while.
I saw on the loop in Birmingham Alabama. The things are beyond cool.
@@Ota_ku69I'm guessing because they only have about a year left and ots completely over lol. No more muscle cars ever again after 2024 I believe.
@@Shelikesfutarule34 until the people wake up and realize electric cars are not a viable sollution for pollution
I drove a 2006 viper. I have never been more afraid in my life. It literally kicks you into the seat. The faster I went the brighter the viper would shine in the speedometer. I never got it out of 3rd gear. Got close but I wanted to live. 10/10 would recommend.
I mean there are faster cars, but this thing would scare me more than a Tesla plaid
Doesn’t first gear top out at like 50
@@islami658 i remember switching it around 40, which is insane you can drive in town in first gear.
@@islami658 1st gear get you over 60mph! 😳👌🏽
@@ShawnChess wouldn’t that be bad for the motor though probably safer in second gear
The World: "American cars can't go around corners"
Viper: "Hold my lap times"
The Nurburgring video 😶
most of that changed, circa 2010... with the old GT500.
I think the new top end Mach1 could give the new GT500 (non-track pack) a run.
Nice to see the last of the manuals, go out with a bang!
@@drx1xym154 its not gonna come anywhere near this thing in lap times. Its the fastest american car at the green hell and its manual to boot!
@@BalexDawn they had to find driver's on a shot in the dark to set the times. If they actually had the assistance of Dodge for the lap times standards they probably would have if not the record, close to it.
@@SZUSEast1 And the only thing that held it back was the drag and horsepower limit on the fast sections, and obviously the driver has to manually shift. Id love to see the Viper introduced again with a V10 TT and DCT, and active aero
Such a sinister car it will forever have a place in my heart.
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Very nice review! I run my ACR-E with -3 degree front and -2 degree rear camber. It transforms the car. It becomes beautifully balanced, no understeer whatsoever. Until you overheat the front tires that is...
so jelly! enjoy
Damn man I seriously wish I was blessed enough to buy one. I'm struggling right now just to get a car that I really want and might end up with a base model older mustang but it's all good. Your living the dream man, love it everyday.
I run my viper behind a sheet of glass and wood frame. Doesn't steer for shit but looks good.
bro does NOT have an ACR
@@thecutlemon8101One look at his channel
“Honey, I’m back from the Dodge dealer with the new car, but I couldn’t get the Caravan…
also, don’t check our bank account.”
I mean I hate dodge as much as the next chevy/ford guy,Mopar is amazing and the viper is Zeus of mopar,possibly to prestigious to put in the same name.
@Chungus Factory This has to be a joke. Sure, if it was something like a Caravan, you may have regrets not getting an odyssey or sienna, but be it a Viper or a Hellcat, you will have fun, even after they break down (which is what I am assuming you were going to use as your argument) because they rarely do. Fiat doesn't screw up pushrod v8s, or v10s, for that matter.
@Chungus Factory not many regrets with a new Viper. Unless you someone who wishes they got a Carrera S for the same price.. boring
@@mikael4126 ya but he knows all about mopar dude. You should listen to him. He watches scotty kilmer and dailys his civic si. But it is not just any civic si it is a one off HE built himself. It probably has a cold air intake and thats it.
@@Sak-zo1ui Damn, dude. You're right. How could I have been so wrong? He possesses the knowledge of VTEC so yeah, have to believe him.
"The Viper has always been dangerous"
Yes, especially the 1st gen roadster, which had no A, B or C pillar.
1st gens were known to be killers. 400hp, rwd, manual, no esc/abs, and no rollbar of any kind. A very visceral car.
Famous 1-2 seconds to a pole
as american as it gets
@@psychologicaltirefire8190 no air bags, no door locks, no roof
And no compromise
1st gen viper, the Widowmaker
The fact that this car is what double the weight of the Mano and is actually drivable on the street but gets a similar time really speaks to the quality of the engineering behind this vehicle
Isn’t there a video out there explaining how cheap it was build??
@@damian4727 i believe you're thinking of the gen 1 viper, which was very simply built.
@@GetOffMyLog I swear I remember jay leno seeing the undercarriage at his garage.He was looking at the X structure and welding.I can’t find it the video.Who knows 🤷🏻♂️
@@damian4727 The gen 2 is actually a very high quality vehicle. The gen 1 wasn't built very well but that wasn't the main problem with it. The main problem with it was that it was very unsafe. Safety was the least of dodge's concern when building it.
@@gasolinediesel972 Yeah I remember people doing reviews and saying how unsafe it was.But yeah thanks for the update 👍🏻
I always tought of the viper as that final boss in the racing game just insanely tough … a scary opponent and they nailed it 🤯
yo thats actually a great analogy
The Viper doesn’t need your approval, it demands your respect 🇺🇸
8.4litre 645hp 😂 guzzler for no precise reason.
@@elvisdjango5920 acceleration my child. It has 600lb of torq. The car was made for the track.
@Cinda Oppenheimer no
@@elvisdjango5920 its a pushrod which means only 1 camshaft instead of 2 and 2 valves per cylinder instead of 4, plus in general have legendary reliability and ease of maintenance
@@elvisdjango5920 Discussing practicality and the Dodge Viper completely misses the entire point.
As Tanner Faust said after the first time he drove one: "This is the only car I have driven that feels like it hates people and actively tries to kill me by trying to lure me into being complacent when driving into corners".
Gives me the chills i wanna trade in my m3 for this
Foist is a legend. People never mention him.
@@damonfryer8794 get an m5 instead, you will be happier!
@@jaybilis9723 yeah I was thinking about that but I kept my M3 E90s are the last amazing M3 ever made so I kept it and surely imma save up money and get the M5
@@jaybilis9723 buy a warranty! F@#k a bimmer
“The corvette is like a pocket knife, the viper is a chainsaw”
A brick, gasoline, and matches in one 😂
i mean the zr1 corvette is no joke
@@Louthemailman the great dodge viper ain't no joke either
They’re both good cars. I think they both get the job well done.
The viper is like a chainsaw, the zr1 is like a battering ram.
I watched this video when it first came out, and here I am over a year later returning to it. This is one of my favorite Throttle House videos ever, with one of my favorite cars ever. Seeing how giddy and excited Thomas was over the lap time, you could feel that he was still running off the high of the adrenaline rush from pushing this beautiful machine.
One of the most brutal and legendary cars ever made. And truly was the last of its kind. 13 lap records too.
16 actually
@@Ravenlocke118 Is that the Viper's overall history? 30yrs of classic muscle going head to head and winning against European cars. 🥶🥶🥶
It's hard to understand. An 8 liter NA engine must be super heavy for the power it puts out. Another car with a smaller, lighter, but turbo/supercharged engine and with same kind of crazy aero should be able to put out the same amount of power and beat the Viper lap times by weight alone.... Just nobody else bothered to put that crazy aero on their consumer market cars. Sure now we got GT2/3 RS and the like, but it's remarkable this beast of an engine can be thrown around a track this fast and got to set lap records. And all that for less price than a GTR Nismo - half the price of what the performance suggests.
@@Erafune You're ignorant to real engine dynamics as you've clearly never built anything in your life. Or if you did, it was simple bolt--on's. The V10 in the Viper isn't heavy at all. It is very light and smaller than a HEMI. The engine is also front-mid-engine. Something else not mentioned in this video. The V10 is extremely durable and well made. Stock bottom end with twin-turbos hits over 2k HP reliable. Look up Kratos and Juggernaut. Top of the food chain with no disputes on that fact. The main point here is that the V10 powercurve and massive torque allows for it to fully utilize the down force and massively wide rear tires. All of the MASSIVE torque that starts at IDLE is put down to the ground. Flying out of corners.
@Pure Cars Look up Kratos and Juggernaut Vipers. ;)
One of the best factory cars ever sold. Built for a rare breed.
Breed so rare, Viper died due to poor sales
@@sepg5084 🤣🤣but true
@@sepg5084 yeah very sad to see. And of course, now that you can no longer buy a new one, people are just now desiring them lol
a different breed
@@sepg5084 It died mainly due to growing safety regulations.
I can't explain the excitement I had when this popped up on my phone
Same, I always look for a video when I do my cardio and I immediately said yep out loud and clicked.
Same here
Same
Absolute dream car. Manual gearbox, manual gearbox, sidepipes and red flashing speedometer 😍😍😍
Same x4
Thomas's excitement after the hotlap was absolutely electric and palpable, and totally makes me keep the acr up at the top of my dream car list.
Remember that a few years ago the Viper ACR almost hit 7minutes in Nurburging, this car is amazing
Would've been sub 7 but a tire blew and it was not factory funded... they didnt have the money to keep going
@@bicboi1930 yeah, I wish they had made it. Those guys were very dedicated to hit 7 or sub7
Left tire was dead, the fund cannot afford more time for the session. But it'll take more bites than any production car could ever reach, even gonna leave a mark for a while after automobile electricfication.
@@donnycorn3086 that's because FCA also owns Ferrari and they didn't want to fund the Viper in Nuremberg because it would make the Ferrari Brand look bad.
@@paulj9821 Never heard something like that but sounds interesting
I love how we all go on and on about tech and the Viper keeps coming back year after year and just dominates with brute force.
Many different ways to skin a cat, dodge does it with the back of a hammer
@@raymonds7492 Underrated reply
Dear Throttle House,
This is the video I never thought would happen. This is one of my dream cars and I am sad to see this aspect of automobile brutality become extinct. This is the best send off of a generation I've seen in a video! Thank you for this!
The Viper is the peak of Shelby’s work
Every shot of the acr coming out of a corner looks like it’s on rails, incredible
7:01 Nurburgring time confirms it's on rails lol
This is old fashion performance and I love it. Just torque and downforce, no electric trickery.
THAT... That right there, at 22:36. Thomas, with his eyes bugged and crossed, has to be the next shirt. Hell, I want that as a fridge magnet!
You can see Thomas' tone changing after the lap run. He is so excited, talking fast, impatient. Like he's on a 8.2 lit red bull rampage....really its the adrenaline and its so representative in Thomas's case here. I love it.
0:43 That shot tho 🔥 the wing and the windmill 🔥
V12 Vantage by Clarkson ..
@@bukkuk5949 what
@@bukkuk5949 wtf is ur prnlem racist
2-EAT-V8 😂
17:05 "I'm still a bit on adrenaline"...? Could'nt notice at all though😁
I legit made a "GUH" when he revealed that lap time, insane, fortunately I still have all my money
🥕🐡
@@Ac3Mustang thank you
@@EYTH_Music it really didn't. Didn't even break 7 minutes...
@@Nathan1LE your right but it was the fastest rwd, manual, and american car on the nurburgring
I think the senna would definitely be the fastest around the nurburgring if they timed it
You guys are coming real close to the legendary Topgear 3 chemistry. Love your review style!
They're already there, or at least past motor trend there
@@DV-ou1yu motor trend top gear is atrocious
Thomas and James already surpassed Top gear. Since throttle house I stopped watching other car channels like carfection, motor trend and top gear, they seem so boring now to me.
@@juanrivera8566 I watch modern day Top Gear for the EV stuff, engineering explained for the technical stuff, donut for the powah, Doug Demuro for "this", and Throttle House because it's the best of all worlds (and most like old school top gear, but more accessible).
Juan Rivera agreed lol. However the Grand Tour on Amazon is amazing too
I come back and watch this video every couple of months.
It is arguably your best video.
I'm glad you guys got to drive this. The Dodge Viper ACR is the most aggressive and menacing car to ever come out of the USA. It is also the most capable. I've had the privilege of driving a few exotics and the ACR is hands down the most intense car I've ever been in. It is a true wolf in wolf's clothing. It's an absolute monster. You guys did it justice. Well done.
Do you know how the viper compares to a 911 GT3 (any model year. please state)?
Wait until the ZR1 C8 Corvette comes out
@@MrNinja806 🥱
@@wendigo6667 I've driven an ACR E extensively on the track and a GT2RS once at Thunderhill 5 mile. There is no match for the aero on the Viper even though the GT2 has better acceleration with its 700hp and less aero. At the Thunderhill straight, I was 144 mph braking into turn 1 in the ACR, and the GT2 was 151 mph+, and I wasn't even driving it like it could have been. As for a GT3, I pass them regularly in the ACR at the track, even with very accomplished drivers.
The chemistry between these guys and cars🤩🔥
It was explained to me before that the Early Vipers were capable of amazing track times. It just took a professional driver to get them. The rear end always wanted to come out. They told me it was just not a very good beginner car on the track. While I wouldn't call it beginner friendly, the ACR is definitely in a league of it's own.
That v10 has so much displacement stock and to add turbos sounds like a monster engine. So much power with a car that’s looks like that.
This show has become what I miss most about Top Gear when Jeremy, James and Richard were on it.
YES!
It’s better. It’s Canadian.
Look up The Grand Tour
@@leroirobinson-grant5885 Yeeess. -Jeremy Clarkson
@@barucgonzalez717 gran tour was way too overproduced, and would ran a skit/joke into the ground, bury it six feet under, raise it from the dead, before finally letting it die long past the point of being funny. There's a reason their run on Top Gear went for decades, but Grand Tour didn't.
I like how James is constantly throwing jabs at Americans "it's very similar to digging into a bag of chips" and Thomas always makes fun of his accent 😂
It's not "chips' it's "crisps" lol
@@scr3wblu313 no it's not the enemy of the bloods, it's crisps
@@jy5960 oh yeah typeo
it's chips
That was the best part ! Had me dying 😂
Viper ACR's failure in sales cannot be justified. It deserves so much more credit. This was the best collectible modern American muscle. Whoever chose to go with R8 or Aston Martin over this made a poor choice.
Depends. R8 and whatever Aston Martis has to offer, especially the vantage lineup, is a supercar that's cool to live with. The Viper, however, is an amazing car to die with.
@@donnycorn3086 also, r8 got the lambo v10. people can argue all they want, they will be quiet when they hear it
@@hazardeur eh. Viper's V10 was brought to Lambo to be fine-tuned, since Chrysler owned Lambo back then. I don't see any argument here, like, literally.
Volkswagen did a thing, and so did Mercedes. Yes, the SL lineup is built upon the Viper ZB platform, making it and many (SL) AMG cars the Viper's German Cousin.
And wait till you hear bout its Italian and British cousins.
@@donnycorn3086 that might all well be but at he end of the day, the r8 revs up to 9'000 while the viper is already done at 6. nothing is beating the feeling and sound of a high revving engine, especially a v10
@@hazardeur that viper v10 has nothing to compete with any other v10, nor does it want to compete at first. it's not even a V10 to start with. so 'shut your commie mouth.'
And it's not "nothing can beat something", you just like a high-revving v10 more than a viper engine.
As a Gen 1 Viper owner, it's amazing to see the differences in the Gen 5 ACR. Both are cool cars, but that ACR is on another level. Great video! You guys have a great dynamic.
I have a question as a Viper enjoyer. This guy on another video is dismissing the fact that the viper's engine is one of the most reliable track car engines out there in terms of being capable of withstanding large amounts of boost and being a low stress engine. I'm asking you and more people as to have multiple opinions on it from people who have owned Vipers or atleast know enough about them to include information.
@@DodgeMyViper mine is 100% stock, but it gets it's legs stretched nearly ever weekend, weather allowing. It's a very reliable car.
@@DarkClosetOfTheMind Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated!
"MY FACE IS COMING"
"OFF" thank god you added that last word.
Either would have sufficed!
How does it do tha.. oh.. hahah
So i am not the only one 💦
NAH FR i said “hold up🤨”
@@3xoticG4m3r 😩
The Viper is so underrated
Underrated the entire time it was stacking lap records.
Underrated?
It's more expensive now than it was when new
@@iwannapoop, underrated meaning it doesn’t get a lot of attention. A lot of people probably don’t even know what the Viper is or that it exists
It's not underrated. It's just that many people don't even know that it exists.
@@gasolinediesel972 it is unfortunate that it is so because this car is actually a monster
I love how Thomas is literally FEENING to talk about the lap time the entire video after the hot lap
FEENIN means "An Intense Craving Or Yearning" So now you know - FEENIN means "An Intense Craving Or Yearning" - don't thank us. Informal. disregard them. 1; noun feening a diabolically cruel or wicked person.
The viper is in a class of it’s own. Doesn’t matter who is doing the review it always stirs up a lot of emotion. Would love to drive one someday.
The viper sadly doesn’t get enough love on social media. Hell of a machine and that sound and the feeling you get when driving it is like none other
The viper sucks... the viper ACR doesnt...
The viper doesn't get the love of should cause its manual only but that makes it one of the best cars ever made. Takes skill to drive it.
its fair market value has doubled msrp in less than 10 years. people who know, know.
I love the evolution of your growth guys. You are my replacement for Top Gear... You know that is a huge compliment. Your commentary, humor and video production and ultimate presentation is equal if not BETTER then possibly the best auto journalist hosted show of all time. Love you guys.
Thomas is an amazing driver. I love that he is really technical about how he is driving and can back up what he says in his lap times
The Viper has always been "the thing" for me - but theres one thing i love more than hearing that badass v10 going up the red .... its the face expression of you guys driving it - this is pure passion and pure excitement - Thats the viper :) thanks for the video
I love the Viper. A good friend had one (not an ACR). I do know for a fact it would do 181mph. Because I witnessed this from the passenger seat. Amazing machines indeed.
I’ve never clicked so fast. I’ve been waiting for you guys to review a viper. This exact spec has been my dream car forever. There’s NOTHING like it.
19:06 ''It mimics digging into a bag of chips'' hahahaha he said that with the straightest face I'm dying XD
Like fr
It’s not how fast it is, or how much it is, it’s how unique and fantastic this car looks! Absolutely intimidating.
These are the type of car that we will all sorely miss when everything is electrified. Well done Dodge, genuine,true to form apple pie engineering.
Saw one of these in person literally hours before this video dropped, last Thursday. It was just casually parked in a small out of the way shopping center at night... as i was getting out of my car the massively huge wing caught my eye as it was poking over the bushes next to where it was parked. I was like wait what is that... walk over and bam it’s a Viper ACR sitting there all alone, white with big black center stripe and smaller red stripe, with most of the businesses there closed and no one around. I stare checking it out and snap a couple pics to friends as I was shocked and amused by the randomness of seeing it there. Get home, open youtube and bam this video is first on my feed and uploaded only an hour ago... all really eerie haha (yeah finally watching this now a week later, I’m ready)
Since the Viper first came out I have been in love and the ACR makes parts of me extremely happy. Thank you for the blue pill this morning.
Same here. Growing up as a teen in the 90's and a fan of cars, the Viper was always my favorite. I loved the power, the look, the speed, and the name. Over time it started to fall out of favor for other cars, especially when they released the 3rd and 4th gen SRT Viper. I didn't care for that body style. However, once they released the 5th gen and I saw the ACR Viper, I was in love again. Now it had power, looks, speed, name, and handling. See that thing set lap records was amazing. I'll always love the Viper.
I have to come back and watch this video every once in a while knowing it has Ralph’s seal of approval. Best auto enthusiast channel on RUclips by far
I wanna see Thomas react to a 2000 whp ACR so bad 😂
Gotta hit up the guys at calvo lol
Rewatched the 9l viper video by that racing channel for the 30th time after seeing this comment. Dude has 6 tune maps, and map 1 is 1600hp. Ballistic missile
Or they can come here to Denver! Buddy has a blacked out 2600hp ACR with a sequential shifter, it melts faces
@@davidknuckles6330 sounds like Ryan lol if it was TRC or 1320 Video it was his viper
@@Sickwitit18 lol yup, same guy.
I started watching Top Gear on you tube way back when, it was filled with controversy . Ever since then I have yet to find a show that holds as much potential energy... until now. If ever there was a contender for the best car show, you two hold the keys. I wish you well on your journey. Plus 1 sub
Absolute monster, amazing that you guys got one
Ive only came across a handful of vipers on the road and ive honestly been intimidated just driving past them... Probably the coolest car ever made...
I’m so glad you guys did this car. The paint is beautiful I got to detail one a few months back. It’s just this stunning super metallic blue. With a stunning array of blues silvers and a touch of black metallic flake to really give the appearance that it’s shifting colors
I run a detailing shop and I’m hoping I get one of these in eventually. I’ve worked on Bentleys and Rolls Royce’s and nothing comes close to how I’d feel to even sit in one of these
@@FxntanylFathxr super easy to correct and coat definitely one of the more relaxing ones
I love watching your content, you guys are like two little boys with giant toys and it’s just pure joy. Makes me smile and wish I had a Viper ACR. Good job guys. 👊🏼
"Love to eat V8s" that number plate is badass
The concept of the car was originally V8 until Shelby said "f*ck it add 2 more cylinders". So it took 2 more cylinder to haul even more ass than production supercars around the world. Maybe not that hurt, but still gonna leave a mark for a while after automobile electricfication.
@@donnycorn3086 As cool as that story sounds, it couldn't be farther from the truth. In reality, Shelby *really* wanted this car to be a V8, in order to be a true successor to the Cobra. However, back in the 90's, the only V8 that Chrysler was producing was the Magnum V8 for the trucks, and those were horrible on power. The only engine that made decent power was the Magnum V10, so they chose it to be the base for the Viper V10.
V8EATR
@@donnycorn3086 Shelby didnt make this viper, nor any dodge.
My all time favorite was the Viper's running the steel engine blocks from the related Ram pickup and essentially becoming the least expensive to race setups in ages. What an epic setup. My personal experience remains with the Viper 1 and 2 models that adorned my room for decades. So glad they lasted this long!
They never ran steel or iron blocks in any viper and it shared 0.parts with the truck variant
i see a lot of people complaining abt no intro, this is a track series episode, they don't do intros for them.
Correct.
Victims of their own success lol
@@ThrottleHouse Please Review a Mercedes GT Black Series! (Viper ACR did 7:01 on the Nurburgring) Mercedes GT Black Series did a 6:43 in cold & damp conditions (did 6:36 in testing) 6:43 makes the Mercedes the #1 Fastest Production car on the Nurburgring & yes it's Front Engine / Rear Wheel drive beating the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ.
@@JESUS_IS_GOD Just waiting for the 992 GT2RS.....
@@1ce2berg or the mercedes project one
I’m watching this in my car with my phone audio connected to the speakers, and I kid you not, everytime that ACR drove past on screen, my ENTIRE car vibrates.
Damn, well it does sound like a fast dumptruck.
The viper has always been one of my favorite cars since it came out. And I just love how far it has come. I don't think there is a car that can say it came as far.
Are you forgetting the Toyota Camry
First time watching this channel. Wow, I'm blown away. Better than any TV show. So happy I found these guys can't wait to dig in.
My favorite episode ever, well done...I had an '05 for over ten years and loved every minute...and dreamed of an ACR.
Thomas: What's the cake for?
And I am James: It's for eating, of course. What a silly question!
That joke genuinely made me laugh 😂
Honestly cannot stress enough how long I’ve been waiting for this car specifically
What a treat, seeing the Viper get it's unrivaled recognition.
This feels like the most raw video I’ve ever seen from Throttle House, and that’s so representative of the Viper’s attitude. That makes me so happy
The level of production on these videos is great. The writing is great. But what really does it for me is how much Thomas sincerely loves driving these cars. Seeing his absolute glow after the track times and going over how the Laps, it’s Awesome to see these cars in hands of true enthusiasts
Dodge is like your drunk uncle that seems to talk crazy but actually knows what he's talking about..lol
Epic analogy. Or was that a metaphor? Epic!
just love how the viper logo in the gauge cluster slowly lights up as it comes near to the rev limit
I love how James says, “Pewmas” for his shoes 😂😂
great video! Love y’all!
6 speed manual, NA, V10, Sidepipes in a gorgeous shell - one of my dreamcars since it cames out
As an American car enthusiasts that likes cars that can actually take a corner, this car is amazing!
Even Shelby Gt350 is also supposed to be a track car right
@@rohitbchandy5272 gt 350/ 350r/gt500
Zl1/1 le/ss 1 le
Ford gt
C8 (almost)
@@-_--le3zk GT500 is a straight line car. GT350/ GT350R is for the corners.
Amazing how far American cars have come, a couple of decades ago, literally no American car handled great (As Top Gear would always say), but now American cars can actually handle greatly
@@rohitbchandy5272 ya I really like the GT350
I've watched quite a lot of Throttle House and I don't think I have ever seen Thomas this excited over a car. He was truly blown away by what the Viper could do
This is the first time I've ever seen Thomas so excited after a hot lap!!!
Love the channel. I’d love to see you guys review older cars too. Used Cars people still buy. Or “should buy”
Is it just me or is there something magical about discontinued V10 cars like the Viper ACR, Lexus LFA and the Porsche Carrera GT?
They do old vs new videos of current and decade plus old version on the same car
@@DefinitelyNotEmma m5 e60, one of the best
@@mak252 if it wouldn't look absolutely horrible, probably.
@@DefinitelyNotEmma you're not wrong.
have been waiting for this for so long
This car is really scary, my very first car was a 2016 toyota camry and after a few years i bought a viper. It was the worst mistake of my life to buy a car like this without having that much experience, ended up hitting a curb and messing up the rear left axle but overall, this car is a masterpiece and im really enjoying it
So enjoyed Thomas’s pure joy after his laps with this beast! It strikes me as odd though that it doesn’t come standard with harnesses.
14:59 it's nice to see that James has joined in on Mazepin slander as well 😂
IMO: One of the most beautiful cars ever made.
That is absolutely crazy, Huge Respect to the Viper ACR 💪🏼
Chaos is a pretty good way of describing the Viper. This was my dream car for so long.
it's like *active* chaos, like it's not just its nature to be chaotic, but rather TRYING to be violent and unrestrained
This might be my favorite video yet by the boys!
That adrenaline come down was real!
"I feel tired now, I need an apple." Best quote from this entire episode.
that needs to be a t shirt lol. I'd rock it
Take it 🍎
It's rare but every so often I see vipers running around my area. Always loved the viper.
"This emulates just digging into a bag of chips"
Me: (offended) why I never.... (digs into bag of chips)
Same here eating Doritos 😂
I envy your having a chance to drive one of these on a track. I've only driven one once, and that was on 2 lane country roads lined with telephone poles. It's the only car I've backed off from using full power due to fear, rather than mere wisdom.
Stop making stuff up.
@@drewcraig6791 Ah yes, because you were there.
@@AspireGMD I was actually
It's been a dream car for me. The level of brutal customisation you can do to the actual performance indicators, that's just next level. Pure love this is.
Great review, as always.
Love the old school element that this car exudes.