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Viper Announces End of Production with 50 Final Edition

The current Viper saga is finally coming to a close. Last year, the future of the car was in doubt as Chrysler hit financial hard times. After they attempted to sell and only received one long-shot bid from the now-defunct Devon Motor Works, many thought they would be shuttered. However, the Viper plant was actually [...]

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VIDEO: Dodge Viper ACR-X Engine on the Dyno

Production of the Dodge Viper is set to end this year – but the car’s future won’t end there. Last year, Ralph Gilles, CEO of the Dodge car brand, said that production of the current Viper will end in July of this year. He said then that a run of 500 final edition Vipers will be [...]

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Sad: Devon Motor Works Closes

Another small operation starts, only to close. With Devon Motor Works though, it isn’t because the company ran out of cash. Back in the dark days of summer 2008, with Chrysler heading toward bankruptcy, Devon Motor Works made an offer for Viper while Chrysler was attempting to sell it. Being a lowball offer of only [...]

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VIDEO: Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Around Laguna Seca

News about the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR’s record-setting Laguna Seca run just came out. The Devon Motor Works GTX held the last record, with it scarcely beating the Viper SRT10 ACR’s time. Now a video has come out from the cockpit of the car as it goes around for the record-breaking lap. It is narrated [...]

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Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Sets Laguna Seca Record

The United States really doesn’t have a supercar equivalent to the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini. The Corvette and Corvette ZR1 are perhaps the best examples, as well as the Dodge Viper. The latter is a heavy part of a project that does aim to provide an American supercar – the Devon Motor Works GTX. [...]

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Viper Production To End in 2010, New Model Coming in 2012

At today’s marathon six-hour long briefing on the future of Chrysler, perhaps the biggest news we haven’t heard before was information about the future of Viper. The car’s future has been in doubt over the past year. Prior to bankruptcy, Chrysler deemed it as one of the assets it had worth selling. No buyers were [...]

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The Devon Motorworks GTX Is Official

The much-anticipated GTX from Devon Motorworks (that’s actually the correct punctuation) was shown live today at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Along with new pictures (cue the overwhelming applause), Devon has put out a press release now containing all the important information about the car. Say hello to the “American supercar”! Devon joins the list of [...]

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Viper Getting a Fiat-Sourced V10?

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Viper Lives On: Chrysler Apparently Not Selling

Well this one is a surprise! Chrysler’s latest announcement is good news for performance enthusiasts and fans of the Viper sportscar. When Chrysler began to run into serious financial problems and began seeking governmental help (which it received), the company opted to sell all it’s valuable assets in a bid to stay afloat. The “Viper [...]

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Devon GTX Spied

Well, what do you know – I could see this one coming! Devon Motor Works’ new supercar, the GTX, has been caught testing. Back when the company made it’s low-ball $5.5 million offer for the Viper brand, I said it would be a win-win for the company whether they succeeded with the bid or not. [...]

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