Dodge Viper

The Dodge Viper went out of production nearly a year ago, but it's alleged that the company's front-engined supercar could be getting revived once again – according to a new report out of the US. While official details are few and far between at this stage, Car and Driver says "trust us: A new Viper is happening".

American car maker Dodge has confirmed it will stop producing its Viper supercar in a year’s time, also celebrating the nameplate’s 25th anniversary. To commemorate the final year of the ‘snake’ and its 25th anniversary, the company has revealed five special editions that also pay tribute to some of the Viper’s most iconic offerings of years past.

The VLF Force 1 revealed today is the first bespoke supercar from the company calling itself “America’s newest, smallest and priciest OEM”. Touted as the “only American supercar without excuses”, the VLF Force 1 is a Dodge Viper-based muscle car with an 8.4-litre V10 engine shoehorned into a carbon-fibre body penned by former Aston Martin and BMW designer, turned entrepreneur, Henrik Fisker.

The unveiling of the limited edition 2013 SRT Viper GTS Launch Edition at this weekend's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California symbolises one very special thing: the snake is back. Chrysler Group's all-new high-performance arm, SRT (Street and Racing Technology), is celebrating the introduction of the fifth-generation Viper with a limited run of unique launch models in the lead-up to the start of full-scale production in the final quarter of 2012.

Dodge has been spotted testing the upcoming 2013 Dodge Viper in Death Valley in the US. It may look like the old Viper from the outside, but Dodge is simply testing new running gear and engine cooling systems using the old body as a disguise.