New Viper Coupe in Car & Driver 253mph

[FE 065]

Oops, the 253mph car was the new Bugatti Veyron (488ci/1001hp/4300lb) in the same issue. (November 2005)

That's 253 top speed-governor limited mph.

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[Gerald Levin]

Yeah, I saw that. What was the MSRP? $4.5 million? For that kind of money it better do 300mph or I'm not buying.

 

[ViperJoe]

Yeah.....I confuse those two all the time!

LOL!

 

[97 Viper GTS]

$4.5 million???

The MSRP is 1.2 million, which is still a lot, but nothing close to 4 and a half...

One of my friends witnessed a Veyron running the 'ring in Germany and said it was quite impressive!

 

[KenH]

Any car that's a luxo cruiser, weighs 4500lbs and has to be speed governed to keep it under 253mph which still makes it the fastest production car ever produced by a fair margin is impressive in my book no matter what the price.

Wonder if anyone will have the **** to defeat the governer? I'm thinking it is probably there for a very good reason as in it turns into a glider at 255mph.

 

[vipah]

Any car that's a luxo cruiser, weighs 4500lbs and has to be speed governed to keep it under 253mph which still makes it the fastest production car ever produced by a fair margin is impressive in my book no matter what the price.

Wonder if anyone will have the **** to defeat the governer? I'm thinking it is probably there for a very good reason as in it turns into a glider at 255mph.

I actually think they are more worried about tires than aerodynamics.

 

[Mr Hemi Head]

Wonder if anyone will have the **** to defeat the governer? I'm thinking it is probably there for a very good reason as in it turns into a glider at 255mph.

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I'm sure Heffner could defeat the governer and squeeze a little more HP.

 

[DodgeViper01]

Interesting looking car. I guess they are trying to stop what happened to the Enzo and just milk the market instead of a third party making all the money. $652K for an Enzo. I would take one at that price...... so I could flip it!

 

[ruckdr]

October 3, Autoweek - same car only cranks out 987 HP, $1.2 million, and you can go from LA to New York in 11 hours and 9 minutes - oh, that's at 250 mph.
Good Luck.

 

[V 10 MAFIA]

A governor really isn't needed. Put on some of those run flats that the corvettes use and drill some holes to bolt on a rear wing from Pep Boys. Gliding and Tire issue solved. Simple.

 

[V 10 MAFIA]

Serious question: Can a Heffner Twin Turbo 1200 rear wheel horsepower car with a 3:08 rear top out higher than 260mph? Why or why not?

 

[Don]

Due to the drag coefficient, I would assume the answer is no... Didn't SVS run one close to these times though?

This is a record for a "stock" vehicle if I remember correctly even if a TT Viper could surpass these speeds.

 

[KenH]

According to the article, the drag coefficient goes from 41 to 36 once the car is put into top speed mode if I remember correctly (lowers even more and rear wing is mostly retracted to reduce drag). The GTS has a drag coefficient of 35. I don't know that anyone has really done much work going above 200 in a GTS other than SVS.

 

[Anthony - 98 GTS]

According to the article, the drag coefficient goes from 41 to 36 once the car is put into top speed mode if I remember correctly (lowers even more and rear wing is mostly retracted to reduce drag). The GTS has a drag coefficient of 35. I don't know that anyone has really done much work going above 200 in a GTS other than SVS.

[******] did 210 in the standing mile and a little over 220 before running out of airstrip.

 

[acrdakota]

Wasn't/Isn't SVS going for 3 bills with the 2k hp monster?

 

[Gerald Levin]

Not to shoplift the thread, but didn't Jesse James (Monster Garage) say something about trying to set a land speed record? I think he was on Leno when he stated this and I believe it will be by car not bike if I remember correctly.