Good Lawd, are you guys serious? These are grown men. Do you think they're gonna stop building Vipers because somebody thinks it doesn't have enough HP or doesn't like the color? If they can't take some criticism or whining they should go build Corvettes.
They did not make it as far up the ladder at Chrysler with thin skin. They most likely take the critics issues and use them later to their benefit. I would suspect that in the next couple years you will see a supercharged version of the Viper...
Remember when the new (retro style) Mustang came out? Nothing extreme. Then each year they added different hoods, spoilers, engines, hp, etc. The same with the Challenger. At first no 6-speed. They can't shoot their who *** in the first year. Wait for the upgrades because the car is set up to handle them and that is no mistake.
By the way, my only issue was it looked too much like a Vette from a straight on front view because of the entire grill being blacked out. In another thread the new Viper was photoshopped to make the grill cross-hairs the same as the car color. BIG improvement! It no longer looks anything like a Vette with that simple mod. I like it a lot with just that simple change. I suspect either people will do it or SRT will.