Detroit Auto Show: ACR or roadster?

[ACRucrazy]

Vert will come before ACR

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A new color (not the blue) will also be announced soon

"Stryker green" perhaps?

[Newport Viper]

Got to sell some Coupes before they will bring the Vert. My guess is SRT will wait until they see how the sales go in the summer of this year. Just dollars and Sense..

[Policy Limits]

Better weather is only 90 days away

[rw99]

Challenger refresh with the Hellcat.

[72hemi]

I don't think there will be any announcements from SRT, so any hopes of the next generation Challenger or Viper model will probably be at NY in April.

[SWEEN]

They would of already hinted at it to hype it up if they were going to unveil it. My guess is that they won't.

[Capt Van]

Just my 2 cents worth but if I was a betting kind of guy, I'd put my money on a Viper Light (with V8 Hemi) before the ACR or Vert.

[Crotalidae]

Going w/ vert...

[Policy Limits]

Totally disagree Cap. I'm betting vert before ACR and bet there will never be a baby snake (thank God)

[cashcorn]

Wanting to see a vert myself..

[mnc2886]

Totally disagree Cap. I'm betting vert before ACR and bet there will never be a baby snake (thank God)

I'm pretty sure Ralph said the ACR would be before the vert. I need to look for that though.

[Policy Limits]

He specifically said the opposite. Then again it didn't seem as though he was in a hurry to make the vert.

[ViperSRT]

Hmm, just hmmm.

[brianmakse]

I don't have any facts, but my gut says no new Viper variant in Detroit - but if there is, it'll be the roadster.

[ViperGeorge]

I don't have any facts, but my gut says no new Viper variant in Detroit - but if there is, it'll be the roadster.

Ralph showed a full vert at the last VOI. Ok, a artist's rendering of one anyway. My bet is the next car to launch will be a full convertible with 12 million horsepower.

[ViperSmith]

I'm pretty sure Ralph said the ACR would be before the vert. I need to look for that though.

Lots of things change though. They may switch gears and crank out a Vert to help sales.

Can't run a business on something you said over a year before

[slitherv10]

It would make no sense at all business wise to bring out the top gun (ACR) at this point as Chevy looks like they want to play the waiting game. I will do the same and bring out the ACR after and only after the ZR1 is in the works and tested. At this point the TA and even the GTS can hang with anything Chevy throws at SRT, but, the only catch is, their car may cost a lot cheaper and unfortunately put some snakes in Vette seats because of it. Bang for your buck the ZO6 looks like a hands down winner at this point anyway. Testing will tell the tail of the snake.
Not fair to compare a 120K car with a 80K car. Just like its not fair to compare the Viper to a McLaren or the like.

[Policy Limits]

If GM's new camaro is 75k I wouldn't be surprised if the Z07 is 90-100k and if the ZR1 is 120-130k

[slitherv10]

Good read, but I would take this with a grain of salt. Would be nice to see though....


http://www.topspeed.com/cars/srt/201...-ar148260.html

[brianmakse]

Good read, but I would take this with a grain of salt. Would be nice to see though....


http://www.topspeed.com/cars/srt/201...-ar148260.html

They're smoking the same stuff as Toronto's mayor.

[Schen]

There won't be a ZR1, that title/design is used/created once a decade by GM. The Z06 is it.

Back to Cheysler, a big unveil (actually the only one I know of) at the NAIAS is the new 200.

--RS

[johniew398]

Good read, but I would take this with a grain of salt. Would be nice to see though....


http://www.topspeed.com/cars/srt/201...-ar148260.html

Yes, definitely with a grain of salt when you read comments such as this one:

"...Considering that the previous Viper ACR offered an extra 100 horsepower over the standard version..."

Kind of interesting since my ACR had the same horsepower as regular Viper.

And if a new ACR looked like the rendering they showed? Wouldn't sell. A new ACR has to look similar to the race version to sell.

[Troublemaker]

Just my 2 cents worth but if I was a betting kind of guy, I'd put my money on a Viper Light (with V8 Hemi) before the ACR or Vert.

I have to agree. Even if this isn't the announcement, it should be. They need to compete with the base Vette with a bread and butter car.

[Rocket]

My prediction for the Viper display at the show: Carbon edition, TA, and a new color. Can't imagine they would show anything else with the current sales levels and the fact that the Corvette will be the talk of the show. Unless they have something to one-up the Vette - no reason to show anything at this time.

[mnc2886]

A vert first wouldn't help IMO. The Z06 is being debuted with the Viper in its cross hairs. SRT needs to repsond with a higher performance model. It was stated in an earnings release that the Gen V would get a refresh in 2015. That may mean more power. I think it would be a better to stick to the performance aspect of the Viper and release an ACR. A vert release with more power that is higher performance than Chevy' s Z06 would sell by an order of magnitude better.