New Viper SRT-10

[C.R.Y.]

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/12/28/2008-dodge-viper-srt10/

600hp, 8.4 liter which means lots of torque, and a badass new look.

 

[DeeezNuuuts83]

Bad ass new look? It's the same as before, but with a different hood and new wheels that look terrible.

I still like the original Viper GTS coupe (1997) the best.

 

[C.R.Y.]

Bad ass new look? It's the same as before, but with a different hood and new wheels that look terrible.

I still like the original Viper GTS coupe (1997) the best.

yeah its the same, but i consider a new look. its more sporty now than before when it looked more bland. i gotta agree with the older vipers. them things were sexy. especially with twin turbos and big 345s in the back:horny:

 

[PELLA]

interior looks like SHIT and the exterior looks the same, and i agree on how the rims look like GARBAGE, but an 8.4L, 600hp engine is fucken BAD-ASS!! God damn...8.4L? Christ. Tune that shit and it'll hit 1000hp easy, np.

 

[DeeezNuuuts83]

At least they're starting to work on efficiency... just a 100 mL bump with a 90 hp increase... nice.

 

[Duke]

It definitely looks better than the previous generation. Rims are terrible, though, and the bonnet has too many holes in it. But it does look to have "evolved" on a technical level. A bit, anyway. I dunno, though. In the end it's still a car from the early nineties, technically and styling wise. Looks to me like the Viper is kind of behind on the facts. When we compare it to it's obvious competitor, the new Vette, and most notably the Z06, it's looks like it's losing out. More so because it will likely be moderately expensive as well. Vipers never been cheap.

 

[DeeezNuuuts83]

When we compare it to it's obvious competitor, the new Vette, and most notably the Z06, it's looks like it's losing out. More so because it will likely be moderately expensive as well. Vipers never been cheap.

Agreed. As much as I hate GM, the C6 Z06 is un-fucking-believable, even before considering the relatively low pricetag for what you get. The Vipers were on top of their game when the GTS coupe came out around 1997, with 450 hp, a 0-60 mph time of 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 192 mph (before something under the hood popped and coolant started squirting all over the place in one of Motor Trend's older tests... I had the issue as well as the episode of Motor Trend TV that covered this) for the pricetag. However, with the introduction of the current SRT-10 convertible, what we had was a Japanese-designed Dodge that put out basically identical performance figures compared to its predecessor, despite actually have better aerodynamics tested in a windtunnel. So for a while, it was America's only supercar, but despite the 500-500-500 claims (cubic inches, hp and lb.-ft) it was basically no faster while even the idiots at GM and Ford were coming up with new tricks up their sleeves for their halo cars.