As much as the Chrysler Group would like to have kept the next generation of the Viper sports car completely under covers, a series of leaked images from Hot Wheels have afforded us our first view of the SRT branded model well ahead of its world premiere at the New York Auto Show in April.

And it’s not only the digital rendering from the 2012 Hot Wheel list, as photos of the actual toy car version of the 2013 SRT Viper also slithered their way into an enthusiast forum.

The styling details and the overall shape of the burgundy colored die-cast car with the black and white racing stripes matches that of the rending, while as a bonus, we also get a gaze at the rear end and the bubble shaped roof.

Granted, Hot Wheel’s models aren’t exactly accurate replicas but they do provide us with a scaled-down idea of what the real cars they are based on look like.

Story References: NFMS via Autoblog.com

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