2013 SRT Viper First Official Teaser Leaves us in the Dark

We suppose it goes with the Viper's slithery nature to keep in the dark, but we can't say we're enthralled with the first official image of the Chrysler Group's re-branded sports car that was released just moments ago on the firm's Facebook page.

The black and white picture outlines the front end of the model, which seems like it will keep the familiar face of the previous generation Vipers, but that's about it.

We'll remind you that the new Viper drops the Dodge nameplate and adopts the SRT moniker.

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2013 SRT Viper Teaser Shot Coming on Monday

Last night, the Chrysler Group's SRT crew had us constantly refreshing its Facebook page to see if it would upload the promised teaser photo of the next generation 2013 Viper sports car once it reached 10,000 "likes".

A couple hundred clicks later, SRT came out with an announcement saying that the teaser was the teaser it would release the first official shot on Monday, 11:59.59 PM Eastern Time.

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SRT to Tease New Viper if it Reaches 10,000 Facebook Fans by February 1st

Top Gear isn't alone in promising to give back to its fans if they "like" its Facebook page. Joining the social media craze is the Chrysler Group's SRT brand, which promises to show a "small teaser" of the next generation Viper sports car if it reaches 10,000 fans on Facebook by February 1.

Currently, the page has received 9,686 "likes", meaning SRT should hit its goal within the next 24 hours at the latest. Maybe you can speed things up by clicking here to visit DriveSRT's page and give it a blue thumbs up.

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Watch this 1,500HP Twin-Turbocharged Corvette Accelerate Like There's No Tomorrow

There's really fast, there's super-fast and then there's this twin-turbocharged Chevrolet Corvette C6 with some 1,500-raging-horses under its bonnet eager to be unleashed on the asphalt.

The crew from HighTechCorvette put together a new video of the bow-tie beast that made headlines when it trumped a twin-turbocharged 1,200HP Dodge Viper SRT10 on the road, showing the C6 accelerate from 50mph (80km/h) to a little over 170mph (274km/h) in just a few seconds.

Feel free to watch both video clips right after the jump

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1969 Dodge Charger V/C: Are You Happy to See me or is that a Viper Under Your Hood?

We've seen the Viper's 10-cylinder engine slithering out of its old skin and sliding under the bonnet of many different cars ranging from a Chrysler PT Cruiser and a 300 sedan, to a Dodge Challenger and a Saab 9-3 Sport Combi, but what could be more fitting than seeing it in a classic muscle car like the 1969 Dodge Charger?

This bad boy was found for sale on eBay with the seller claiming to have modified or replaced just about everything on the original 1969 Charger, from the upper and lower control arms and the independent rear suspension to the rack and pinion steering system, all of which are said to have been sourced from the Viper.

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Chrysler Reopens Conner Plant to Produce All-New 2013 SRT Viper, Sales Start Next Year

It was July 2, 2010, when the last Dodge Viper SRT10 rolled off the assembly lines of the Chrysler Group's Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit. The end of production also meant that the facility was idled for the last 17 months.

But that's about to change as today, Chrysler announced that it will reopen the Conner plant for the production of the next generation SRT Viper, which will be unwrapped at the 2012 New York Auto Show in April before it goes on sale later in the year.

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Dodge to Drop New Generation 2013 Viper at Next Year's New York Auto Show

The time for the return of the Dodge Viper after a two-year hiatus is almost up. In fact, we'll get our first look at the Chrysler Group's next halo car as early as next April at the 2012 New York International Auto Show.

Chrysler's SRT Brand President and CEO Ralph Gilles made the revelation in an interview with Viper magazine, while Automobile Magazine says that it has also confirmed the news with its sources at Dodge.

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Dodge Viper GTS-R Race Car Reverse-Engineered to be Street-Legal

Usually, you hear about street-legal sports cars converted into racers but this time we have the exact opposite.

After acquiring a Zakspeed Racing Dodge Viper GTS-R in 2010, the current owner of the 1998 model turned to Heurich Classics, a Germany company that specializes in the maintenance, repair and optimization of vintage and classic cars.

The owner had two very special requests for Heurich Classics: recreate the looks of the Hasseroder Viper GTS-R that won the 24 hours of Nürburgring endurance race in 1999 and at the same time, make it completely street legal.

The German firm started out by eliminating, replacing, adding or modifying certain components of the Viper GTS-R to allow it to achieve road-legal status in Europe.

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Dodge Boss Says Next Viper will Appeal to a "Broader Segment of the Market"

The next generation of America's second most famous thoroughbred sports car after the Corvette, the Dodge Viper SRT10, is entering its final phase of development as we approach its market launch that's slated to occur sometime in 2012.

In the past year or so, Dodge officials have been letting out bits and pieces of the puzzle that give us some idea of the direction that the company plans to follow with the first new model to be development under the ownership of the Fiat Group.

On the sidelines of this week's 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, Rick Kranz from Automotive News had the opportunity to talk to Dodge boss Reid Bigland about the new Viper SRT10.

Bigland told Kranz that the redesigned model "will appeal to a broader segment of the market" and that we should expect it next year but most likely not at the 2012 Detroit motor show.

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Mopar Unveils 800HP Viper V10 for Drag Racing, Plus New Crate Engines and Performance Parts at SEMA

If you think the stock Viper is a brutal machine, imagine the Dodge sports car fitted with a Mopar-upgraded 800HP V10 like the one unveiled at the SEMA show.

The new engine, codenamed P5155872 Performance Series V10, has been developed especially for drag racing. It features an aluminum block and aluminum cylinder heads, forged steel crankshaft with forged steel connecting rods and forged aluminum pistons with a high compression ratio of 12.5:1.

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Ya Don't Say: New Dodge Viper Debut at…Rides and Smiles Rumor Debunked

We had no intention of reporting on the somewhat far-fetched rumor about the 2013 Dodge Viper making its world premiere during a…charity event called "Rides and Smiles" at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, but since Mr. Matt Hardigree from Jalopnik took another stab at you know auto-what called a Dodge spokesperson to see what was going on, here we are.

And yes, as you may have already figured out, the Dodge PR said it ain't happening. For the record, the rumor surfaced in the form of a report that appeared on TopSpeed and which cited a page on SAMA (Southern Automotive Media Association) talking about the…2009 Rides N' Smiles event as the source.

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Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale: Zagato's Italian Flavored Dodge Viper ACR on Film

Over the past few months, Zagato's limited production run Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale has made several public appearances including a pass from the Concours d'Elegance Uniques Special Ones event in Florence, Italy, this past September, just before the Frankfurt Motor Show.

If you follow the break, you can get a closer look at Zagato's unique creation from the motor show events as well as on the road.

As a reminder, the Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale is a road-going follow-up to the 2010 TZ3 Corsa racing car study. But while the one-off TZ3 Corsa was built on the Alfa Romeo 8C, Zagato chose to use the Dodge Viper ACR as a base for the TZ3 Stradale.

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