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Vipervette is the latest project to kill two performance nameplates in one go
The 1986 Vipervette is exactly what you think it is: part Dodge Viper, part Corvette, all painful. Riding on a 1986 Corvette chassis, the Vipervette is said to have inherited its body (and not much else, apparently) from a 2000 Dodge Viper. Because of this hodge-podge mix of machinery, we have a car with some very awkward proportions.
The car is motivated by the '86 Vette's power train - a 5.7-liter V8 and a 4-speed stick - so don't expect to be going anywhere in too much of a hurry. Inside is more of the 1980's, with the Corvette interior color-coded to line up with the Viper exterior (meaning it's the mighty played-out red and black).
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Corvette C7 Z06 Tries Dodge Viper Ta On For Size
The Chevy Corvette C7 Z06 has a 625 hp supercharged V8, while the Viper TA packs slightly more, at 640 hp, from its atmospheric V10. Both cars are somewhat evenly matched in a straight line, although even with more torque, the Corvette lags behind. Read...
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Man Power Slides A Corvette Z06 Loaner Into A Tree
While not as epic as last year's Corvette C5 vs. Corvette C6 incident, this crash involving a Corvette Z06 C5 ranks fairly high on the stupidity index (that is, unless it was done for insurance purposes since the same person allegedly pulled the...
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Dodge Debuts V10 Viper-powered Challenger For The Strip
Dodge is ready to keep fighting the Mustang Cobra Jet a quarter mile at a time. With its latest Drag Pack, available on the 2011 Challenger, Dodge has decided to ditch the 6.1-liter V8 and drop in the Viper's 8.4-liter V10 backed by a two-speed automatic...
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Chrysler Extends Employee Pricing To 2009 Dodge Viper!
Once upon a time, range-topping models used to be excluded from any offers that automakers made to their employees. Of course that was when dealers weren't seeing their lots filled up to the neck with unsold cars. Nowadays, even the almighty Dodge...
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Dodge Viper Acr Is (unofficially) The New King Of The Ring With 7’22’’, Slays Both Gt-r And Zr1
The barely road-legal Dodge Viper ACR has shattered the Corvette ZR1’s Nurburgring time by a whopping 4.3 seconds according to the folks over at Motortrend – Dodge has yet to release an official announcement. On August 18, FIA World Touring...
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