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we’re going to show you two hidden easter eggs inside the Dodge Viper, arguably the most famous and coveted Dodge muscle car of the modern era.

Easter eggs in cars come in all shapes and forms. These are little telltale signs that are usually hidden from plain sight, meaning drivers have to do some digging to find them. Some easter eggs tell the history of a carmaker in snippets, while others are just fun little extras that designers enjoyed putting in. Tesla, for instance, probably has the most hidden easter eggs of any car company in their vehicles—and more are coming out every update patch.

Dodge is another company that revels in their fun little secrets. We’ve made an entire article on easter eggs found in Dodge cars. For instance, the newer Dodge Challengers have a silhouette of the car etched into the windshield. The Challenger SRT Demon has a graphic that pays homage to its Guinness World Record, as well as hidden SRT logos in the hood vents.

The list goes on. But here, we’re going to show you two hidden easter eggs inside the Dodge Viper, arguably the most famous and coveted Dodge muscle car of the modern era. These are secrets that most drivers probably missed, and they might not make sense to some people (especially the first one), until you know the history behind them. That’s what makes easter eggs so fun, and even more fun to find!

Starting with the fifth-generation Viper, two easter eggs were embedded into the car itself. These come in the forms of two famous racetracks that the Viper has a history with: the Nurburgring Nordschleife track in Germany and the Laguna Seca in California.

The famous Nurburgring track is etched into the plastic on the door pull above the window switch. At the track, the 2010 Viper ACR tracked a stellar time of 7:12:13. The second tattoo of the Laguna Seca track is etched in the cupholder over the transmission tunnel. At the Monterey, California track, the 2010 Dodge Viper ACR set a lap record of 1:33.944.

Also, the rubber floor mats of the fifth-gen Viper come with the same etched maps, but with the lap times of 7:12:1 and 1:33 etched into the respective maps.

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The other cool Dodge Viper easter egg that people might’ve missed is in the dashboard. Everyone hates speed limiters, and none more than Dodge, it would seem. The Viper has a rev limiter that prevents drivers from harming their engines, but you might be surprised when you hit it.

Once a driver hits the rev limiter, the Stryker symbol (aka the Viper symbol) that’s etched in black in the background of the gauge cluster lights up red! This is a cool way to turn a negative aspect into a positive one, though it might have the adverse effect of instigating drivers to try to reach that limit. Don't say that we didn't warn you!

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Before becoming community manager for HotCars' Facebook pages, Cory Barclay was a HotCars writer for three years, as well as an editor. He's also written for other car publications, such as Low Offset, and other Valnet properties The Richest, The Things, The Talko, CBR, and Screen Rant.