Equipment
8.4-liter V10 paired with a six-speed manual transmission and a limited-slip differential. Equipment includes GTS-R badging, the Extreme Aero package, carbon-fiber trim, Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes, a back-up camera, and an 8.4” touchscreen infotainment system linked to a Harman Kardon sound system.
Condition
Number 001 of 100 built to celebrate the Viper’s 25th anniversary in 2017, which was also the Viper’s final model year. It has 57 miles on the odometer and its window sticker reads $145,340.
Market commentary
On the Chinese calendar 2020 was the year of the rat. The year of the snake technically doesn’t come until 2025, but we still called last year the year of the Viper. That’s because 2020 was when people finally stopped asking why these home-grown V-10 sports cars aren’t pricier. In the year of the ox (that’d be 2021), we’re starting to ask a different question: How high can they possibly go? At $407K, this is the most expensive Viper we’ve ever seen. (It’s unlikely that anyone is ever going to get the most out of that 645-hp, 8.4-liter V-10. According to the buyer, the car is going straight into the American Muscle Car Museum in Melbourne, Florida.) Meanwhile, a 52-mile 1992 Viper RT/10, also on Bring a Trailer, sold for $166,161 two days later. That’s yet another record for an RT/10. How long this record will stand isn’t clear. After all, there are 99 more GTS-R Final Edition ACRs out there, not to mention other special-edition cars and a buying pool that constantly proves its willingness to spend. As 2021 shapes up to be year of the Viper: part II, is a half-million dollar Viper even out of the question?