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Rocket65C · 12-11-2004, 02:10 PM

I think the first thing Dodge needs to do is style the current Viper so it doesn't look so Vette like. Looking at a 63 - 65 Vette, you'd swear that the current Viper is descended from that styling.

That being said, unless the Viper's go for a lot less, they'll have a hard time handling the Vette.
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FREAKING MIND????! Corvette is the one copying the Viper. I can't look at the new Vettes and not do a doubletake thinking it is a Viper. It is no coincident that the Corvette decided to go back to non-disappearing headlights after 40 years-they are trying to directly copy and compete with the Dodge Viper. The Viper was made to be a direct descendant of the Shelby Cobra, the GTS from the Coupe. Corvette didn't enter the picture except to get its ass kicked by the Shelby Cobra in the early-mid sixties on the race circuit. The Vette then began trying to covertly mimic the Cobra. That ended when Shelby America folded. The Vettes then showed their true lineage by developing the "great" C2-C4s. The guys at Dodge made no bones about it-they instigated the Viper concept to be a 2nd generation Cobra ie, to resurrect the greatest car ever. That 500hp C6 that looks like a Viper is finally getting close to Viper performance. We'll see what that model costs, which I bet will be close if not more than the $70,000 the new 2005s Vipers are going for off the showroom floor.

12-11-2004, 02:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Rocket65C Over 500 Posts Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 649	I think the first thing Dodge needs to do is style the current Viper so it doesn't look so Vette like. Looking at a 63 - 65 Vette, you'd swear that the current Viper is descended from that styling. That being said, unless the Viper's go for a lot less, they'll have a hard time handling the Vette. ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FREAKING MIND????! Corvette is the one copying the Viper. I can't look at the new Vettes and not do a doubletake thinking it is a Viper. It is no coincident that the Corvette decided to go back to non-disappearing headlights after 40 years-they are trying to directly copy and compete with the Dodge Viper. The Viper was made to be a direct descendant of the Shelby Cobra, the GTS from the Coupe. Corvette didn't enter the picture except to get its ass kicked by the Shelby Cobra in the early-mid sixties on the race circuit. The Vette then began trying to covertly mimic the Cobra. That ended when Shelby America folded. The Vettes then showed their true lineage by developing the "great" C2-C4s. The guys at Dodge made no bones about it-they instigated the Viper concept to be a 2nd generation Cobra ie, to resurrect the greatest car ever. That 500hp C6 that looks like a Viper is finally getting close to Viper performance. We'll see what that model costs, which I bet will be close if not more than the $70,000 the new 2005s Vipers are going for off the showroom floor.