TA on discussion in HotRod

[gutterworks129]

Its good too read about the TA and the Man.
http://www.hotrod.com/feature_storie..._ralph_gilles/

[BlknBlu]

good article. One always know where Ralph stands. No surprises in his interview.

thanks

Bruce

[Space Truckin]

Means what he says, and says what he means.

[Brian GTS]

Good article....thanks for posting Jeremy.

[Stealth]

Did I imagine it, or did Ralph say in the article that the Viper will not be the most powerful SRT car since there is an in-house rival implied to be the upcoming Challenger re-do? Not sure how I feel about the Challenger having more HP than the Viper...

[ViperSmith]

Did I imagine it, or did Ralph say in the article that the Viper will not be the most powerful SRT car since there is an in-house rival implied to be the upcoming Challenger re-do? Not sure how I feel about the Challenger having more HP than the Viper...

I think the point is that the Viper won't (well can't) be the king of all domains in 2014. I really see SRT pushing the Viper to be a track focused machine and leaving the drag strip behind. With that, I think they'd argue that you don't necessarily need more HP to dominate on the track.

I think Ralph really just needs to sort of define better what the Viper will be in 2014 and going forward. It has an identity crisis at the moment, IMHO.

[gutterworks129]

Well they did sell the Drag-Pak with 800Hp...

[jdouglas]

Great article! Thanks for posting.

[RSNAKE]

The rumor on Allpar is that the Hellcat Hemi Challenger SRT (6.2L w/ screw type supercharger) may have 680 hp. Just rumor at this point, and I am guessing that we will find out the real specs at the New York Auto Show in April. I am hoping that we see either the convertible or ACR Viper there too. Time will tell.

[J TNT]

Great article, thanks for sharing !

[kdaviper]

The rumor on Allpar is that the Hellcat Hemi Challenger SRT (6.2L w/ screw type supercharger) may have 680 hp. Just rumor at this point, and I am guessing that we will find out the real specs at the New York Auto Show in April. I am hoping that we see either the convertible or ACR Viper there too. Time will tell.

I believe the Hellcat will be unveiled at LX Spring Festival 2014.... though we should see redesigned challenger at NYIAS
Edit: Hellcat Challenger and Charger confirmed for LX Springfest unveil. However, refreshed challenger and charger to debut at NYIAS. Apparently they're adding a non-SRT 6.4 to the lineup