Popular Mechanics Article

[JDR]

Finally, after five years, they wrote about the Viper again...

#1 Saleen S7 - 11.51, $447,048

#2 Ford GT - 11.69, $145,000

#3 Viper SRT-10 - 12.07, $84,795
"...to beat it at the strip, you'd have to roughly double its 84,795 sticker price." "...qualifies as scary fast in our book"

#4 Porche 911 Turbo - $12.39, $139,340
"The Porsche's feat is all the more impressive considering the Turbo had the second-lowest horsepower rating of our group."

#5 Mercedes-Benz SL600 - $12.48, $135810

#6 Corvette Z06 - 12.53, $52,720
"...a car you can drive every day" (that sounds familiar)

#7 Lamorghini Gallardo - 12.53, $183,364

#8 Mercades-Benz E55 AMG - 12.89, $81,660


Popular Mechanics, May 2004 Issue - Newsstand for $3.50, or download it right now for $2 at qMags.com.

 

[Toddh]

Got my copy last Friday A bit of a stretch to call the Saleen a "street car" IMO, but an interesting read. And they call Ferrari "wimps" because the company refused to send any of their cars for the test.

And if/when I ever get mine to the 1/4 track, I want to get a pic exactly like the one above.

 

[SnakeEye]

Great ... more accolades for the SRT-10! To think that's with a 12.07 to boot is even better as most would agree the beast is an upper ll sec factory ride all day long with a competent 1/4 mile driver at the controls. Looks like I’ll be grabbing a copy Popular Mechanics for my article collection. Thanks for the heads-up this write-up.