Before I bought a Viper, I used to think they were good performing, beautiful looking cars but terribly flawed and built like crap. I came to this impression from reading these moronic magazines. Having corvettes, I was going to buy a new 2006 Z06, since, for the first time, it was competitive with the Viper. When the dealer told me, "15k over msrp", I walked out. On the same week, I saw a B/W SRT Coupe coming down the turnpike. My eyes popped out of my head and I said to myself, "I'm going to check out a Viper". I went to a dealer who had one and compared it to the Z06. The quality of the Viper seemed to be a whole lot better from the paint job, to the interior (especially seats and ergonomics). A few months after buying the SRT Coupe, I was at a Chevy dealer again. This time, they offered me my pick of a Z06 (black or atomic orange). I decided I wanted to add another car to the fleet but was put off by the feeling I got inside the Z06 (drove one about 5 miles) as well as the horrendous paint jobs. The car did not feel special to me. I walked away from the dealer without buying the Z. About 2 weeks later I bought the GTS with 12k miles on it and was happier to have that rather than a brand new Z06.
The mags are written by dorks and ****** who just understand that the Viper's appeal is rooted from how focused and pure it is. It is built with very high quality and has a presence about it that surpasses any other car, in my opinion. There are other exotic cars, more exotic than the Viper (i.e. Saleen S7) but there is something far more masculine and intimidating about the Viper that even they lack. No other car has this kind of character and Dodge should be commended for creating the ACR. As a pure sports car, it is obvious that it has raised the bar enough to frighten the establishment into writing bogus reviews like this one.
Since when is the ugliest, heaviest and slowest car the winner in a sports car shootout? Are they drunk? Are we drunk? Surely, somebody needs rehab.
