Probably old news but looks like Dodge is going mid engine with the viper. If it true hopefully the C8 will fair well against it.

https://speedsociety.com/mid-engine-...e-all-thought/

 

This was a story that came out back in May and actually FCA said it was false and there were no plans for the viper. I dont see why people make articles like this without even doing 2 mins of research. Hopefully it will come back though.

 

The Viper has been a huge money loser for Dodge, its toast.

 

I'm going disagree that the Viper is toast. It just needs an opportunity of timing and investment. FCA has been in a position, that I agree...if it happens it'll likely be years from now. Considering FCA's connection to Ferrari though, I theorized the moment that it was announced the Viper was dying that this was going to be a death like the 4th gen Camaro. FCA has to get their footing, they have to re-establish direction and then you WILL see the Viper re-emerge, and I think it'll re-emerge with a big dose of Ferrari DNA similar to the Gallardo/R8/Huracan sharing.

 

 

K.I.T.T. may have a point. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I strongly believe the Viper was a victim of its own marketing gimmicks. The bad attitude and in your face persona worked great in the 90s, but it did not transfer well into the new millennium. The moment Ralph Gilles said Randy Pobst was "afraid" of the Viper was the moment to me where I said, "Okay, there is a such thing as the car being too much of a bad *** for its own good." The cars just sat. For the prices they wanted for them, people in that pay band didn't want to be seen in a car with a reputation that the person driving it is over compensating.

If you parked a gen 2 GTS next to a C7, the GTS is going to get more attention all day. It's hard to argue any Corvette having the ability to command the initial attention a Viper can. The Corvette throughout the years has had enough styling to keep it exciting while they polished everything about the car. The Viper stuck to a formula so hard it just couldn't change because then it wouldn't be Viper. I miss the car but unless they make it a broader appealing car, it's more money down the drain for the company trying to make it. I think they should just keep the fork stuck in it at this point. It's beyond a remarkable car but it has pigeon holed itself so hard at this point.

 

Bullshit....you sound like the typical fanboi that attributes sales with superiority.....it conquered everything it set out to do which was beat everything in sight..In fact the racing body had to legislate rules changes so others could win again.


Also you can track the showroom car for more than two laps and it won't go into limp mode...Oh and no orange peel and real painted stripes.


Mustang guys are always yapping how it beats Camaro and Challenger in sales...The McDonalds cheeseburger has been the best selling burger of all time for decades....its a shitty hamburger....

 

 

Yeah and what happened to it? O yeah I forgot...couldnt sell worth a damn and got canceled.

 

oooohhh big comeback dude...I'm crushed. Lemme guess you've had several Mustangs.

 

 

 

 

I was the Viper Plant Manager from1995-2001, and I can assure you the Viper was NOT a huge money loser. That said, don't hold your breath waiting for it to be re-born.