AT's have only gotten faster in the past few years once they started giving them equal numbers of gears (or more) to the manuals and matching the axle ratios. they have also improved the power loss from the transmission itself as well as made them shift faster and smoother than ever. up until about 10 years ago (maybe less), just about every car that was offered in both manual and auto, the manual was faster in both 0-60 times and 1/4 mile. now that's not as true.
the viper is a manual only for the same reason that the Z06 (at least for now) is only a manual. it's about saving weight and catering to the majority of customers. the race car is exactly that so it gets the fastest, strongest transmission you can get in it
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Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nism osis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs
09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now 
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