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2016 Dodge Viper ACR First Drive: Making the Viper Faster By Making It Slower

-The 2016 Dodge Viper ACR is the fastest Viper around a racetrack—at least that’s what Dodge claims—but a 177-mph top speed makes it the slowest Viper. With the exception of a finned differential for cooling, the ACR’s drivetrain is identical to that found in the rest of the Viper lineup. That means an 8.4-liter V-10 that throbs out 645 horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque and looks to be about

Ferrari Airbag Recall: This One’s Not Takata’s Fault

– In what is quite possibly the most one-percenter-oriented NHTSA recall announcement extant, it has come to light that Ferrari is recalling certain 2015 model-year 458 Italia, 458 Speciale, California T, FF, F12berlinetta, and LaFerrari models over improperly installed Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags. Notably, the problem is unrelated to the exploding, shrapnel-shooting Takata airbags fitted to roughly 19.4-million recalled U.S.-market vehicles. – – According to Ferrari’s filings with NHTSA, the driver’s-side airbags in the