Dodge Viper's still defiantly incorrect — and we should celebrate it - Dallas Morning News
In these silent tweet-and-text times, the brash, brutal Dodge Viper bellows down the street like some sort of satanic delivery. But devilish intent boils from the Viper’s overheated side exhausts — gravelly warnings from down below. Each morning, I swore I could hear hints of the apocalypse rolling darkly from the Viper’s giant 10-cylinder engine. Just leave the wild and still woolly Viper alone. As you may recall, Chrysler killed off the Viper in 2008 in the midst of its bankruptcy, silencing a brash, gas-guzzling two-seat sports/muscle car rooted in the ’60s. Then, in a surprising blast from the past, unpredictable Chrysler plucked the... You’ll be plenty busy with other pressing concerns in the blazing, elemental Viper — like surviving. Nothing I’ve driven sounds, looks or acts like a Viper, today’s Big Snake. Low, wide and nicely curvaceous, the dark blue 2015 Viper GTS I had recently possessed almost cartoonish proportions. Meanwhile, a graceful power bulge in the center of the hood and exhaust vents on either side of it announced that something big and really nasty lived beneath it. One of the Viper’s best features was a deep exhaust vent recessed. Source: www.dallasnews.com
