He added that “The Viper lives. The new leadership team the Chrysler Group gets it.”

Now the Chrysler Group comes under the leadership of Fiat and Sergio Marchionne’s and due to this the Viper will persist forward. It will serve its niche of quality performance fanciers.

In spite of everything, the Viper SRT10 ACR holds the production car record lap time at the Nurburgring with a Corvette ZR1, Porsche GT2 and Nissan GT-R-beating time of 7:22.4 minutes.

With its 8.4L, 600hp V10 engine and capable managing, maybe it’s not a surprise. More than 25,000 Vipers have been produced since the car’s unveiling about 17 years ago.

The ACR employs the same 600-hp, 560-lb-ft aluminum V10 and Tremec six-speed physical diffusion as the new Viper. A 40-pound weight savings comes from using street-legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires, lightweight Sidewinder wheels and Stop Tech brake rotors.

The ACR model comes with a stiffer front anti roll bar and coil-over racing dampers from KW dangling that are adaptable for softening and ride height without taking away the wheels.

The car has race-car-like down force with 1000 pounds generated at 150 mph. Front aero betterments include a three-inch front “fanged” splitter and front dive planes that produce 25 % more down force than on the coupe. The centre segment of the front wing is detachable to keep from scratching it when driving on the street.

The car will be on sale in the second quarter of 2008, with a price of $100,000.