I have one on order, but have heard nothing yet and not even sure if I'll bother with delivery. I think that at this point, they will make a 2012 and the 2010's wont have the long term value I was thinking they would at the end of the day. I was going to buy it and put it away for 20 yrs, driving my '08 VVO vert...but now it doesn't sound like it'd be of much interest to me anymore.
If it's a collector value you're after then the 2010 would be an excellent choice since there's only 500 of them. '92 (?) only built 350 or so units and being one of the very first that would probably be a better investment that would mature a lot sooner?
I am soooo disappointed in Car Museums. The only car Museum I've been to that hosted a Viper was the prototype at the Walter P Chrysler. Talk about disappointing ... Lots of Ferraris, Porsches and vettes. Maseratis are pretty common. Where's the Vipers???
I visited a couple museums on our cross country trip of 3,000mi. and the only Vipers I saw were 1 in Scottsdale, Charley Reid's in Seattle and several at Bill Luke Dodge. Hello - Vipers are so rare that there aren't any in Museums? I think somebody screwed up. As pointed out in several threads, there are a lot of rare Vipers and many built that are 1 of less than 30. None in Museums yet?
The Imperial Casino's "Car Gallery" in Las Vegas had several 60s Shelby Mustangs for sale at over $100,000. They had an '02 (?) Jaguar "world's Fastest Car" (before the McLaren F1) on display for a couple hundred thousand. A Gen 2 GTSR would have fit into their collection very well and could have seen a $200,000 price tag. I was looking for Harrah's Car Collection. Found out in seattle that the name was changed after he died and that's why there was no instructions to his car collection. Best car collection I've found so far was Harrah's in Reno. No Vipers when I was there either.
I expected at least 1 Viper at every Museum and serious car collection. Now, I'm thinking that maybe I'm slightly biased?
I've never seen any Dodge Stealth R/T Twin Turbos either.
Museums don't look for rare hp cars any longer? See a lot of vettes at most car museums though. Although I can understand 1 vette or perhaps a few vettes if the museum is huge ... under a hundred cars shouldn't have more than 1 vette and should include a Viper before a vette.
Buy several older Vipers and store them away if investment is what you're after. Perhaps store them in a nearby museum so that they'll be insured and maintained for you?
Ted