On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:51:35 +0000, hsg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:32:15 -0500, Dean Dark
<ddrake@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>wrote:
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>>>The automobile Dodge Viper was first introduced over fifteen years ago
>>>in 1992. Since then the Dodge Viper has changed, improved and faced
>>>many obstacles as well. But its popularity has never gone down.
>>
>>So why is Chrysler ****-canning the Viper in 2009, then?
>>
>><http://jalopnik.com/354292/the-dodge-viper-is-dead-in-lieu-of-flowers-please-send-rd-funds>
>
>Because they suddenly realised that it really is a Shelby Cobra with a
Pick-Up
>engine
To be fair though, the 'pickup engine' line is an oft-repeated
untruth, much like the one about the Corvette having cart springs.
I autocrossed a Viper once. It was an impressively brutal machine and
a lot of fun. Not that I'd want one, there are far more satisfying
cars out there and not all of them BMWs...
--
Dan.
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