The Lightning Lap, 2008: Part IV of V - Car and Driver

Round 3 of our performance benchmark at Virginia International Raceway, LL3: Cars $60,000-$120,000.

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[snakebitten]

I laugh at the ACR haters that are trying to discredit it dominating the GTR with all this "tires, and being track focused nonsense somehow negating its dominance. etc. I dont see this being done to the Scuderia, GT2, GT3 and cars like this that come from the factory setup just like the ACR. The Porsches can come with roll cages. ACR doesnt have that as an option. Its a streetcar with racetrack focus.  Wheres the Mosler hate? Oh its only for the Viper I get it lol.

[c0nv1ct1337]

Why are you guys arguing? The car is 30k more. Based on that logic it simply should be better. I know the ACR and GT-R outperforms cars that are 150k+ but that is beyond my point. When comparing the two it simply makes sense. You dish out another 30k and you get a faster car. (Just an assumption) but I'm sure 30k of modifications the GT-R can become close if not match the ACRs laptime.

[cardude1992]

why would anyone buy the mosler? its ugly and only for the track

[chrisbmxhowto]

@seroyer2 How does that make any sense in your feeble mind? A racecar that you can drive on the street, in your opinion, should lose to a street car that you can drive on the track, on a race track. That makes sense, how?

[nad77772]

It'll lose anyways

[nad77772]

When did the regular 2008 viper go

[redshift1340]

youre right but they dont have to mention that, it just goes without saying. People watching this and who read the magazine know what the ACR package is. And in other comparisons the reg viper lost to the gtr, but they dont need to throw in facts like that in completely separate tests do they? I mean its just redundant

[koukiR32]

Very good observation there, but one other interesting fact is that the ACR is a lightweight and R-Compound shod. track prepped model. Funny C&D fails to mention that the supposely SRT10 model which has the same amount of 600hp. with all amenities But still manage slower time than the GTR (street Radial, fully equipped model)

[JustDuck]

Mosler MT900S 02:45.9 Dodge Viper SRT10 Coupe ACR 02:48.6 Ferrari 430 Scuderia 02:54.6 Nissan GT-R 02:55.6 Dodge Viper SRT10 02:57.4 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 02:58.2 Ford GT03:00.7 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 03:01.2 Porsche 911 GT303:01.8 Cadillac CTS-V 03:04.0 Lotus Exige S 03:04.5 Audi R803:04.6 BMW M303:05.6 So GTR is very fast, but the ACR is just faster.

[mr2ya]

The viper can be bought at the the dealership, so i guess you consider it stock.

The tires on the ACR have a treadwear of 80, and if you drove the car on the open roads you would spend about $2K on tires every month or so, maybe less.