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The Detroit horsepower arms race continues to escalate.
As if the introduction of the Corvette Stingray Z06 and the Shelby GT350R weren’t already enough to make 2015 a watershed year, Dodge has jumped into the furball in a big way with the 2016 Viper ACR. Dodge says the new two-seat coupe is the fastest street-legal Viper track car ever. That’s right. A street-legal track car.