VCA Edition Red/White SRT Coupe - Deadline of December 2nd!

[Y2K5SRT]

Greetings!

It is my understanding that the VCA Edition SRT-10 Coupe program is 100% "go" as of this post. Now this is NOT the raffle and does not involve a Comp Coupe. This is for a very select run of fifty (50) VCA Edition SRT Coupes in Viper Red with Stone White stripes. They also include the new 5-spoke wheels, custom VCA badging, as well as red accents on the seats, steering wheel, shifter and hand brake. Until I get Austin to cough up a nice Photoshop, here is what it may look like from the sides (thanks to SW for borrowing the picture of his car):

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Now, here is the kicker: The deadline to submit your name for this drawing is THIS Friday, December 2nd. The drawing itself is to take place on Monday, December 5th. You will then have two weeks to arrange the purchase through your favorite Dodge dealer at the price you negotiate with them. The sticker on this car is $91,990, including the gas guzzler tax and destination fees. You will be able to pick up your new VCA Edition Coupe at a special ceremony at the Barrett-Jackson auction the weekend of January 20-22, 2006 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

To my knowledge very few have received the paperwork necessary to enter this drawing. The other Zone and Regional officers I have spoken with have not, so please don't blame them. As such, we are hosting this paperwork on the Kansas City VCA web site for you:

http://kansascityvca.com/vcacoupe/registrationform.doc
This is the form you will need to print, fill out, and fax in to VCA HQ this week in order to be considered for this car.

http://kansascityvca.com/vcacoupe/programguidesheet.doc
This is the program guideline that shows you what the requirements are for the program and what is expected from you as a buyer.

http://kansascityvca.com/vcacoupe/letter.doc
This is a letter from Steve Wedel, our National President, that outlines the offer and provides some details on the car itself.

Please understand that you have a VERY limited time to submit your name for this drawing. The previous VCA Edition car (yellow/black SRT-10 convertible) was a huge hit. Like that car, this VCA Edition Viper has a special paint and interior scheme that will not be repeated. Rare indeed!

If you have any other questions or comments, please contact VCA Headquarters at (800) 998-1110. This is one fantastic opportunity that is EXCLUSIVE to VCA members. Don't let it slip away...

 

[FrankBarba]

A New Special Edition!!! Can anyone tell me how many special editions dodge has done. Please do not include the 1998 GT-2. This really is the only special edition. Aren't the coupes selling either? So in a few years everyone will have a Viper Special Edition?

 

[Y2K5SRT]

ALL Vipers are Special Editions. Some just happen to include numbered plaques...

 

[98MODMTR]

Will there be red w/ white stripes available either before or after the limited run of 50?

 

[Lee00blacksilverGTS]

The link says these will be the only ones built this year. Given the rightful uproar over yellow being introduced after the last yellow VCA edition I would bet it will be quite some time before they do this color combo again.

 

[GTS Jeff]

special edition used to mean something.....not anymore.

 

[Y2K5SRT]

special edition used to mean something.....not anymore.

I agree with you 100% - and I own one of the suspect vehicles (VCA SRT). Vipers have generally had very limited production numbers when it comes to "variations", very few of which came with a plaque to note that fact. While the ACR's did indeed have an interior plaque, it did not have serial numbers or any such thing.

In my very humble opinion, DC marketing decided to take advantage of these numbers by making options appear as Limited Editions - hoping to fire up the SRT-10 market even further. Here are some of the more rare Vipers out there, each produced in numbers less than 200 (the Mamba number):

RT/10's

115 Black built in 1993
133 Emerald Green built in 1994
83 Yellow built in 1994
166 Red built in 1996
3 (THREE) Red with gold wheel packages built in 1997
64 Red built in 1997
53 Blue built in 1997
1 (yes, ONE) red with smooth hood built in 1998
127 Silver built in 1998
3 (THREE) Red with Cognac interiors built in 1999
50 Silver with Cognac interiors built in 1999
116 Black with Cognac interiors built in 1999
131 Black with Cognac interiors built in 2000
158 Black with black interiors built in 2000
76 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2000
179 Red with black interiors built in 2000
99 Steel Gray with Cognac interiors built in 2000
197 Steel Gray with black interiors built in 2000
97 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2001
168 Red with black interiors built in 2001
120 Sapphire Blue with Cognac interiors built in 2001
132 Sapphire Blue with black interiors built in 2001
1 (yes, ONE) Steel Gray with Cognac interior built in 2001 (raffle car)
42 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2002
139 Red with black interiors built in 2002
1 (yes, ONE) Yellow with Cognac interior built in 2002
177 Yellow with black interiors built in 2002
43 Graphite with Cognac interiors built in 2002
143 Graphite with black interiors built in 2002

GTS-ACR

7 (SEVEN) Red with gold wheel package built in 1997
14 Red with yellow wheel package built in 1997
11 Red with stripes built in 1998
100 White with blue stripes built in 1998 (GT2)
21 Silver with blue stripes built in 1998
3 (THREE) Red with Cognac interiors built in 1999
22 Silver with Cognac interiors built in 1999
77 Black with Cognac interiors built in 1999
26 Black with silver stripes and Cognac interiors built in 1999
22 Red ACR's without stripes built in 1999
14 Red ACR's with stripes built in 1999
51 Silver ACR's without stripes built in 1999
30 Silver ACR's with stripes built in 1999
53 Black ACR's without stripes built in 1999
45 Black ACR's with stripes built in 1999
9 (NINE) ACR's built without Comfort Group (stereo & A/C) in 1999
111 Red without stripes built in 2000
55 Red with stripes built in 2000
32 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2000
134 Red with black interiors built in 2000
38 Steel Gray with Cognac interiors built in 2000
166 Steel Gray without stripes built in 2000
126 Steel Gray with stripes built in 2000
79 Black with Cognac interiors built in 2000
194 Black with black interiors built in 2000
179 Black without stripes built in 2000
94 Black with stripes built in 2000
35 Red ACR's without stripes built in 2000
25 Red ACR's with stripes built in 2000
39 Steel Gray ACR's without stripes built in 2000
46 Steel Gray ACR's with stripes built in 2000
39 Black ACR's without stripes built in 2000
34 Black ACR's with stripes built in 2000
1 (yes, ONE) Black/silver with BBS wheels (raffle car)
17 ACR's built without the Comfort Group (stereo & A/C) in 2000
108 Red without stripes built in 2001
36 Red with stripes built in 2001
21 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2001
123 Red with black interiors built in 2001
183 Yellow without stripes built in 2001
108 Yellow with stripes built in 2001
130 Sapphire Blue without stripes built in 2001
86 Sapphire Blue with stripes built in 2001
55 Sapphire Blue with Cognac interiors built in 2001
161 Sapphire Blue with black interiors built in 2001
31 Red ACR's without stripes built in 2001
29 Red ACR's with stripes built in 2001
38 Yellow ACR's without stripes built in 2001
51 Yellow ACR's with stripes built in 2001
28 Sapphire Blue ACR's without stripes built in 2001
49 Sapphire Blue ACR's with stripes built in 2001
4 (FOUR) ACR's built without the Comfort Group (stereo & A/C) in 2001
91 Red without stripes built in 2002
41 Red with stripes built in 2002 (not including 326 Final Editions)
21 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2002
83 Yellow without stripes built in 2002
37 Yellow with stripes built in 2002
121 Graphite without stripes built in 2002
60 Graphite with stripes built in 2002
15 Graphite with Cognac interiors built in 2002
166 Graphite with black interiors built in 2002
28 Red ACR's without stripes built in 2002
17 Red ACR's with stripes built in 2002
34 Final Edition ACR's built in 2002
14 Yellow ACR's without stripes built in 2002
26 Yellow ACR's with stripes built in 2002
17 Graphite ACR's without stripes built in 2002
22 Graphite ACR's with stripes built in 2002
8 (EIGHT) ACR's built without the Comfort Group (stereo & A/C) in 2002
1 (yes, ONE) Blue ACR with stripes built in 2002 (raffle car)

SRT-10

1 (yes, ONE) Red with guitar graphics built in 2003 (raffle car)
1 (yes, ONE) Yellow with stripes built in 2004 (raffle car)
1 (yes, ONE) Dark red with flames built in 2004 (raffle car)
1 (yes, ONE) Orange with black stripes in 2005 (raffle car)
50 Yellow with black wheels, hood stripe built in 2005 (VCA Editions)
100 White with blue stripes Commemorative Edition built in 2005
50 Red with white stripes (Coupe) built in 2006 (VCA Editions)

Whew! Now the point is that there are a ton of rare variations which undoubtedly was more hassle for the factory to build. Rather than change every other car to suit an individual order (sapphire with cognac, then red with black, etc.), the factory can produce a run of between 50 and 200 in a row of the same car with the same "options". Make those "special editions" and it should (and has) help move product.

Why? Because everybody likes to have a car that is "limited production" in some respect. The blue RT/10's from 1997 are a hot property now because people realize how rare they really are. Rather than wait until the following year to find out how few or how many of your Viper were made, DC will now tell you well in advance - hoping to appeal to the collector in all of us.

 

[ABADASP]

All of my Vipers have been special.

 

[RS27J9A]

special edition used to mean something.....not anymore.

I agree with you 100% - and I own one of the suspect vehicles (VCA SRT). Vipers have generally had very limited production numbers when it comes to "variations", very few of which came with a plaque to note that fact. While the ACR's did indeed have an interior plaque, it did not have serial numbers or any such thing.

In my very humble opinion, DC marketing decided to take advantage of these numbers by making options appear as Limited Editions - hoping to fire up the SRT-10 market even further. Here are some of the more rare Vipers out there, each produced in numbers less than 200 (the Mamba number):

RT/10's

115 Black built in 1993
133 Emerald Green built in 1994
83 Yellow built in 1994
166 Red built in 1996
3 (THREE) Red with gold wheel packages built in 1997
64 Red built in 1997
53 Blue built in 1997
1 (yes, ONE) red with smooth hood built in 1998
127 Silver built in 1998
3 (THREE) Red with Cognac interiors built in 1999
50 Silver with Cognac interiors built in 1999
116 Black with Cognac interiors built in 1999
131 Black with Cognac interiors built in 2000
158 Black with black interiors built in 2000
76 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2000
179 Red with black interiors built in 2000
99 Steel Gray with Cognac interiors built in 2000
197 Steel Gray with black interiors built in 2000
97 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2001
168 Red with black interiors built in 2001
120 Sapphire Blue with Cognac interiors built in 2001
132 Sapphire Blue with black interiors built in 2001
1 (yes, ONE) Steel Gray with Cognac interior built in 2001 (raffle car)
42 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2002
139 Red with black interiors built in 2002
1 (yes, ONE) Yellow with Cognac interior built in 2002
177 Yellow with black interiors built in 2002
43 Graphite with Cognac interiors built in 2002
143 Graphite with black interiors built in 2002

GTS-ACR

7 (SEVEN) Red with gold wheel package built in 1997
14 Red with yellow wheel package built in 1997
11 Red with stripes built in 1998
100 White with blue stripes built in 1998 (GT2)
21 Silver with blue stripes built in 1998
3 (THREE) Red with Cognac interiors built in 1999
22 Silver with Cognac interiors built in 1999
77 Black with Cognac interiors built in 1999
26 Black with silver stripes and Cognac interiors built in 1999
22 Red ACR's without stripes built in 1999
14 Red ACR's with stripes built in 1999
51 Silver ACR's without stripes built in 1999
30 Silver ACR's with stripes built in 1999
53 Black ACR's without stripes built in 1999
45 Black ACR's with stripes built in 1999
9 (NINE) ACR's built without Comfort Group (stereo & A/C) in 1999
111 Red without stripes built in 2000
55 Red with stripes built in 2000
32 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2000
134 Red with black interiors built in 2000
38 Steel Gray with Cognac interiors built in 2000
166 Steel Gray without stripes built in 2000
126 Steel Gray with stripes built in 2000
79 Black with Cognac interiors built in 2000
194 Black with black interiors built in 2000
179 Black without stripes built in 2000
94 Black with stripes built in 2000
35 Red ACR's without stripes built in 2000
25 Red ACR's with stripes built in 2000
39 Steel Gray ACR's without stripes built in 2000
46 Steel Gray ACR's with stripes built in 2000
39 Black ACR's without stripes built in 2000
34 Black ACR's with stripes built in 2000
1 (yes, ONE) Black/silver with BBS wheels (raffle car)
17 ACR's built without the Comfort Group (stereo & A/C) in 2000
108 Red without stripes built in 2001
36 Red with stripes built in 2001
21 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2001
123 Red with black interiors built in 2001
183 Yellow without stripes built in 2001
108 Yellow with stripes built in 2001
130 Sapphire Blue without stripes built in 2001
86 Sapphire Blue with stripes built in 2001
55 Sapphire Blue with Cognac interiors built in 2001
161 Sapphire Blue with black interiors built in 2001
31 Red ACR's without stripes built in 2001
29 Red ACR's with stripes built in 2001
38 Yellow ACR's without stripes built in 2001
51 Yellow ACR's with stripes built in 2001
28 Sapphire Blue ACR's without stripes built in 2001
49 Sapphire Blue ACR's with stripes built in 2001
4 (FOUR) ACR's built without the Comfort Group (stereo & A/C) in 2001
91 Red without stripes built in 2002
41 Red with stripes built in 2002 (not including 326 Final Editions)
21 Red with Cognac interiors built in 2002
83 Yellow without stripes built in 2002
37 Yellow with stripes built in 2002
121 Graphite without stripes built in 2002
60 Graphite with stripes built in 2002
15 Graphite with Cognac interiors built in 2002
166 Graphite with black interiors built in 2002
28 Red ACR's without stripes built in 2002
17 Red ACR's with stripes built in 2002
34 Final Edition ACR's built in 2002
14 Yellow ACR's without stripes built in 2002
26 Yellow ACR's with stripes built in 2002
17 Graphite ACR's without stripes built in 2002
22 Graphite ACR's with stripes built in 2002
8 (EIGHT) ACR's built without the Comfort Group (stereo & A/C) in 2002
1 (yes, ONE) Blue ACR with stripes built in 2002 (raffle car)

SRT-10

1 (yes, ONE) Red with guitar graphics built in 2003 (raffle car)
1 (yes, ONE) Yellow with stripes built in 2004 (raffle car)
1 (yes, ONE) Dark red with flames built in 2004 (raffle car)
1 (yes, ONE) Orange with black stripes in 2005 (raffle car)
50 Yellow with black wheels, hood stripe built in 2005 (VCA Editions)
100 White with blue stripes Commemorative Edition built in 2005
50 Red with white stripes (Coupe) built in 2006 (VCA Editions)

Whew! Now the point is that there are a ton of rare variations which undoubtedly was more hassle for the factory to build. Rather than change every other car to suit an individual order (sapphire with cognac, then red with black, etc.), the factory can produce a run of between 50 and 200 in a row of the same car with the same "options". Make those "special editions" and it should (and has) help move product.

Why? Because everybody likes to have a car that is "limited production" in some respect. The blue RT/10's from 1997 are a hot property now because people realize how rare they really are. Rather than wait until the following year to find out how few or how many of your Viper were made, DC will now tell you well in advance - hoping to appeal to the collector in all of us.

The cool thing about the low volume "unique" combos that are RT/10's or GTS's is that they were unintentional. This, in my opinion makes them even more desirable than a specific alloted low volume run of "special editions"

Of course the 1998 GTS is an exception to this being that it actually comemmorated an acievement of the car rather than just being a limited run just for the sake of making a limited edition.

While all vipers are unique it's rare/oddball combinations that are what will become the most sought after cars regardless of generation. It's too bad that options are so limited on the viper.

 

[Y2K5SRT]

And thanks to Austin's incredible Photoshop skills, here is a more accurate indication of what this car could look like. AWESOME!!

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Registration deadline is this coming Friday, December 9th. Thanks again for the great work on this picture Austin!