Chris Harris Drives: the 645bhp Dodge Viper ACR

Here it is, folks: America’s idea of making the fastest road-legal track car imaginable. Welcome to the Dodge Viper ACR.

Underneath sits an 8.4-litre, 645bhp V10 with a considerable amount of torque (600lb ft). There are huge tyres. There are huge brakes. And there is a monumentally huge rear wing; the cherry on the Viper ACR’s rather large aerodynamic cake.

But what does all of this V10-engined, aero-honed fury amount to? Chris Harris unleashes the Viper’s fury on a sunny Dunsfold track. Sit back, and turn this one up very, very loud...