You know what killed Pontiac, their cars.
You know what killed Pontiac, their cars.
Aw cmon, couldn't break 200? Who the heck runs a Ferrari up to 198mph and thinks "Yeah, I'm quite content here...no need to go faster."?
Failed to achieve true epic status by 2.
I had that same expression when I accidentally walked into a gay bar in Las Vegas.
Negative... The drug movie where Michael Douglas is her dad.
I blame Topher Grace for introducing her to drugs
Learning to breathe out of her nose comes next semester.
That's just the face you get after spending more than a year in the Midwest.
Well that's just low.
The buyer will die in an accident that will total the car.
I image this would have something to do with the slow Viper sales...
There's probably a lot of validity to this (keeping the car on the showroom floor to attract people). In a year or two (or if a dealer gets another Viper), maybe they'll reduce to MSRP or below and it will sell.
Nobody is buying Vipers because Chrysler sucks. It has sucked since the 60's and nothing has changed. From a friend's mint, low mileage '69 Road Runner that won't take an alignment because the whole car is flexible tin shit, to the awful lean burn crap they built in the 70's, to the K-car and all of its variants…
Did anyone ever buy the Viper? I recall seeing my first Viper on the road around 20 years ago in Santa Barbara. And I've maybe seen enough Vipers to count with one hand since then.
The C7 is the reason people aren't buying the Viper. Why would you spend 130k+ on something when for ~80k you can get something that is just as well equipped (if not better), stops and handles better (as per the edmunds tests), and the only deficit is has towards the Viper is power? A deficit that can be remedied for…
Viper was always ambitiously priced. While its looks scream 100k+ sports car, its overall performance and build quality keep it solidly in the "should be 80k TOPS" region. The fact that Corvette has been delivering similar performance for much less should have been a message to the SRT folks. Ralph Gilles and Co.…
Sadly, I think the moment's passed for the Viper. In retrospect, it was probably a mistake for Chrysler to do a remake as opposed to a thorough reinterpretation. The Corvette has evolved a lot more in the same time frame.
1st Gear: The reason why the Viper isn't selling is the same reason why most American supercars fail to sell as well. The closer you approach $100k, the more likely your target audience will look to European manufacturers because of the perceived increase in quality and because they are established status symbols.
I know that several dealers with only one or two Vipers are marking them way up just to keep them in the showroom because it gets people through the doors. Also, it takes FOREVER to get one. I work at a Fiat dealer but our sister Chrysler dealership had Vipers on order for the last 8+ months and the first one just…
"Why is no one buying the Viper?"