The future of the Viper has been a odd one. While Dodge CEO Ralph Gilles has confirmed the Viper’s return after a short year-and-a-half hiatus, we’re reminded of 1983 when the Corvette’s future was in question After nearly 20 years on the same C3 chassis, the Corvette was looking as old and outdated as it felt on the road. People thought that the ‘Vette had grown too long in the tooth and expected GM to shelve the once-darling sports car.

Of course, we know that a complete ground-up redesign was in the works after some internal strife. An all-new Corvette assembly plant was built in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the C4 proved to be the right step in right direction for the brand. The same can be said of the Viper. After investment firm Cerebus strip-mined Chrysler for all its assets and left the automaker for dead, Fiat looked at the Viper square in the face and said, “C’mon guys, we can do better!”

Now scheduled for a ’13 model year return (to be revealed around July of 2012), the new Viper will still tout the 600-plus-horsepower V10 but will also feature some traction management and creature comforts that the stripped-down race car-for-the-street had been long lacking in order to bring it up to snuff with the world’s super cars – and specifically, the Corvette.

Anyways, this video isn’t about the future of the Viper nor is this a video of the most recent body type. Nope, this was snapped as a Subaru WRX struggled to give chase to a red 1st Gen. Viper GTS through some heavy traffic. The Viper, not to give the Subaru the chance, took to the outside and stood on the gas only to find the slow lane had come to a complete stop.

This video does get good until the last 30-to-45 seconds, so if you’re impatient like we are, skip ahead and hold your breath.