Dodge Coupe in chronological order

Built in 1995, chassis #CM-03 was not an actual GTS-R. This car was an engineering mule which had been used to develop the Viper GTS and then utilized by Viper GTS-R program as a prototype for the race car. CM-03 went on to be used for numerous developmental tests proving grounds until the first GTS-R chassis had been completed in summer 1995. From this point its location/existence is unknown.

The first Dodge Viper GTS-R, chassis #P1, was unvelied at Laguna Seca Raceway in August 1995 after five months of development. Named the "Mule", this car was a Chrysler engineering prototype and used for numerous tests. There is a version that the car raced in 1996 Daytona 24h as #97 by Canaska-Southwind but this info still needs of investigation. As of 2018, the #P1 was located in the Walter P. Chrysler Museum and looks like #97 in a white livery with blue stripes and Exxon inscription on the windshield.

Exterior color of the '96 GTS was limited to Viper Blue. However, of the total 1166 coupes built 3 cars were actually white. All were equipped with white painted wheels.

Key facts:

• The only model year when stripes on the Viper GTS would run through the rear license plate area.