Dodge Viper Jewelry at Avon Park Rotary Legends Challenge, Avon Park, Florida 2018

CD says we should expect the same front-mid-engine layout and rear-wheel drive tucked into a new spaceframe. That engine will lose two cylinders, with Chrysler’s next-gen, aluminum-block V8 Hemi slotting into the engine bay. The previous Viper’s V10 had grown to 8.4 liters and 640 horsepower by the time it drove into the sunset. CD guesses the coming Viper will start with a naturally-aspirated version of the Hemi V8 working up around 550 horsepower. Healthy doses of aluminum and carbon fiber would restrain the car’s weight, on top of the weight loss from swapping an iron V10 for an aluminum V8.

SRT could tart up the horsepower with a few performance trims, before a supercharged V8 with 700-plus horsepower arrives at some point after launch. The mag also suspects the initial offering will be a convertible, the hardtop appearing “a few years after launch,” which could coincide with the more powerful engine. A row-your-own shifter will sit between the seats.

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