Joe (1BAD),
C'mon guy! This is shocking testimony coming from a guy that worships Gen2's!, and I must say yours is unbelievably quick! I never thought you were a "style first" kind of guy!
As much as I posted this on another thread, I find it necessary to repeat myself here:
The SRT-10 demand will increase dramatically (even within our highly respected group of naysayers) as the true performance numbers are revealed.
This car was designed with ONE goal in mind. ULTIMATE performance, and as was discussed previously, that is why the FIRST concept car of the next generation Viper was the GTS/R. Our friends at Team Viper agreed that if they design the Track Car first, with a "field of dreams" list of performance criteria, then they could build the ultimate, never to be paralleled production car. Round fenders, "speaker grills", and other cosmetic touches, would just add to aerodynamic issues, and as little as these issues might be, you must consider that it's the little things, in combination, that make a car a winner! Think about weight factors... if you want to drop even 50 pounds off a car, you end up shaving, and removing a multitude of modest weight objects to move you in the right direction.
There is no doubt in my mind, that Mr Fernandez and the engineers at Team Viper are obsessed with racing, performance and speed! Just ask anyone where John F is on any weekend....
RACING! (and one heluva driver if I might add).
...was that Sterling Marlin in Arizona racing the SRT against an F16? Not necessary! We've got Herb Helbig as well!
In my opinion, there isn't one spec in Team Viper's DNA that spells bean counter! These guys build what THEY want to race! They build what they know will be bulletproof on the track, what will fly past ANY of their competition!
Gen 1's and Gen 2's are absolutely beautiful cars... and heck, at the time the original Viper was introduced, who else had the cojones to produce a 400 Horsepower "weather resistant" roadster? The combination of style, and unbelievable power, convinced all of us to write the check, and now our focus, on this website, at VOI's and through conversations, surveys and discussions has been convincingly weighted towards performance, with just a few of the topics on this site (until now!) discussing car shows, cosmetic niceties, and seat covers. Team Viper knows what we want! And through the years, Team Viper has learned more about reaping more power, more performance and more speed from our cars. But evolution sometimes demands change, and in my humble opinion.....
Change is good!
C'mon John, is the placard at the NY Auto Show our next tease? Are the SRT's hitting 525 lb/ft of torque? Keep the facts coming! We want to know more!
] I went to the Dodge area and the only thing that kept me gawking was the that Beutiful Badazz Viper Ram truck.....My God that has got to be the best looking truck ever made....I honestly think I would take it over the SRT/10....That truck has the presence tha original Vipers had.....The SRT/10 is a nice car but its just too "suble" to be a Viper....
