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    Chrysler dealers eager to sell 2013 SRT Viper

    If it was a true free market then the consumer would have alternatives to buying from a dealer. Some time ago, one manufacturer tried to initiate a manufacrturer to consumer method of buying using the internet. The dealers rose in anger. This was competition they said! That's my point, there...
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    Chrysler dealers eager to sell 2013 SRT Viper

    I hope the dealers take the long view and don't try to price gorge with the old "market adjustment add on." But I fear that is asking too much. :(
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    Lighter and quicker than the current outgoing ACR

    In listening to Ralph talk, I get the impression that the amount of downforce built into the Gen V is for the purpose of creating high speed stability, not for the purpose of max lap speeds on any particular track. Recall that the rear duck bill has been raised slightly due to the results of...
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    Any Benefit From Being a VCA Member?

    As Thomas Jefferson said, “Equal rights for all, special privileges for none”.:lmao: Again, I hope that so many Vipers are ordered that the plant runs to capacity and priority is an issue.
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    We have a fresh CHAMPION driver!

    Maybe Andretti Racing would like to run a Viper Team in the new combined ALMS-Grand-Am series in 2014?:2tu:
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    Any Benefit From Being a VCA Member?

    I'll be happy if there are so many orders that priority is an issue!:rolaugh: The number one issue is not priority to VCA members but rather sales to maintain a production rate of around 1500 or more cars a year to justify the Viper as a continuing solid business case. That number comes from...
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    2013 SRT Viper pricing to be announced MONDAY

    The GTS suspension does not have an active suspension. It has shocks which have two different settings (two-mode). The settings can be changed by remote control from within the car. BUT they are not active shocks such as the ZR1, Ferrari, etc has. The GTS has a four-mode ESC system (Full-on...
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    2013 SRT Viper pricing to be announced MONDAY

    So far, all the announcements talk about a lighter brake package, lighter wheels and tires. No wing is ever mentioned. Package is available on both "models" and with either hood. No variation in downforce variation between hoods or heat release has been announced.
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    Will the throttle response be improved?

    As always, the proof of the pudding is in the tasting. :dunno: Never the less, there are several items in the announcements to make one feel that the answer is yes. Reduced weight of several of the reciprocating engine components. Reduce weight of the fly wheel. Change in the throttle (two...
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    New Gen V Videos

    A few comments about the gaps. First, I don't know if the car has rabbets at the skin joints and cut lines, but it should. Looking down at a body color gap instead of a black "hole" makes a lot of difference. It "appears" that the car doesn't have rabbets so that means all gaps are black...
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    Performance x .50

    I would imagine that there are some not so pleasant memories at Chrysler about letting the press drive developmental Vipers leading to the famous "fried egg" photos! :nono: This time finished product for the press.:2tu:
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    Engine Block Cooling

    I've been re-reading some of the announcement material and publications from the past Gens of the Viper. Apparently the even cooling of the engine block, front to rear, is an issue that has been addressed several times in the past. Even the use of computional tools to address this issue has a...
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    Gen V black with silver stripes

    It is interesting that the SRT hood has not appeared yet. As I recall, there was a slide showing one at the intro and one in the background on one of the film strips and that's all. You'd think that there would be some high speed testing going on as the SRT Viper is likely to be tracked or at...
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    Gen V black with silver stripes

    If they came from testing on a high speed track, all the cars probably had a roll cage. A roll cage is required by most high speed tracks, if not by SRT for pure safety reasons. I like the idea of "drive to the track, do some high speed testing and drive home." Even if it is from Michigan to...
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    Forecast 2013 Production Run

    On several occasions Ralph said that to be profitable SRT needs to sell about 1500 Vipers a year. At that level, the Viper is carrying its own weight and doesn't need subsidizing by marketing or anyone else. That comes to about 7 1/2 cars a work day. He's also said there is sufficient capacity...
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    My personal impressions of the Gen V

    Gentlemen, this conversation is bland compared to the conversations that centered around the change from Gen II to Gen III. The Viper is about passion and that means passionate conversations. No problem as long as we don't attack the person who has a different opinion. We don't have to agree...
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    Rd.2: SRT Viper GTS-R's @ Road Atlanta

    The Vipers are 11th & 12th in a field of 13 GT cars. They are 4.141 and 5.194 seconds off the pole time. Need more tweeking.:headbang:
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    2013 SRT Viper GTS Launch Edition Debuts at Pebble Beach

    Way back when, the first Viper painted this way was driven to Pete Brock's house by Chrysler before being introduced to the public. He was asked his opinion as he is the designer of the Daytona Coupe and Chrysler said they hoped he didn't mind them emulating the Daytona paint job. He said he was...
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    Rd.2: SRT Viper GTS-R's @ Road Atlanta

    It's Road America not Road Atlanta. The Wisconsin folks are not going to be happy with you.;) http://www.drivesrt.com/news/2012/08/adaptation-ensues-srt-viper-gts-r-receives-final-tweaks-prior-to-contest-at-road-america.html "The SRT Motorsports started on-track preparations for the...
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    2013 SRT Viper GTS Launch Edition Debuts at Pebble Beach

    Is this the higher duck bill spoiler? I can't really tell.
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    Chrysler will limit stores selling SRT Viper

    The only way the ownership experience will work is if Chrysler, SRT, the dealer network, and the customers can make their relationship a win-win-win-win situation. All who are cooperating should benefit.:headbang: The greedy should be punished, quickly and appropriately. :nono:
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    Two random 2013+ Roadster photoshops

    Didn't Ralph say (at the intro or somewhere) that the cut lines for the convertable could be seen by looking at the coupe? Darned if I know what cut lines are:rolaugh: Even so, how the top folds into the back is still interesting. :eater:
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    Chrysler will limit stores selling SRT Viper

    IMHO, the who is a Viper dealer game is afoot NOT over with! Ralph at one time said that a dealer may well be able to get an order through who was not a SRT Dealer. Second that he expected things to "shake out." I read that as saying there is a vision of the end state which is a network of...
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    How many are going to wait for the srt viper acr

    My favorite story is when Pontiac brought out its GTO. A magazine compairson tested the Pontiac GTO against a Ferrari GTO. The Pontiac won. Years later the magazine admitted the Pontiac GTO had no resemblence to the car being sold in the show room. In fact, the Pontiac GTO was trucked in with a...
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    How many are going to wait for the srt viper acr

    In a recent interview which I've lost, Ralph was asked if there will be an ACR. His answer was, "Am I bald?" He is bald and there will be an ACR. There will also be a convertable, already announced by Ralph. The only question is when and how will they be optioned. IMHO, in addition to...

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