Dodge Viper ACR to sell for $117,895

The Dodge Viper ACR, described as the fastest Viper ever, will start at $117,895 and interested customers can start placing orders today, the automaker said.

FCA US, the company previously known as Chrysler, said last week that it would revive the Viper ACR, a performance trim level of the Viper that denotes that it is track ready. ACR is short for American Club Racer.

The 2016 Dodge Viper ACR has an 8.4-liter V10 gasoline engine rated at 645 horsepower and 600 pound feet of torque.

While the new ACR has more horsepower and torque than the model that preceded it, most of its improved performance comes from the attention to aerodynamcis and the 2,000 pounds of downforce created by its huge rear wing and front splitter.

Production of the Viper ACR will begin in third quarter 2015 at the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit, and the car will go on sale by fall.

The Viper ACR will be the automaker's highest priced Viper. The Viper SRT starts at $84,895, the Viper GT starts at $94,995, and the Viper GTS starts at $107,995.

The decision to reintroduce the Viper ACR is one of several actions the automaker has taken in recent months to generate renewed interest in the Viper. The automaker dropped the entry level price of the Viper SRT by $15,000 last year, launched a new website earlier this year that allows Viper customers to custom order their own Viper, and opened the plant for a media tour Friday for the first time in years.