what I ment by EVEN a gen 1 is the fact that a gen 1 came out in 92 and my z06 is ELEVEN years late and as much of an awesome car as it is, imo the snake is tops.
With that said, the vette is a better ALL AROUND sports car, its more forgiving, better ride quality, bells and whistles, heads up display (kind of like that one) and its no pig by any means, BUT comepare the brute power of the viper? the vette is taking a sick day lol.
to sum of all of the above, I quote top gear (British show) "the dodge viper does NOT have an engine, it has a nuclear weapon"