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The Dodge Viper's road to reality is one of the most intriguing stories to come out of Detroit since the creation of the Corvette. Born of the desire by Chrysler's then-President Bob Lutz and Chief of Design Tom Gale, the Viper concept was cobbled together by a dedicated cadre of car guys. There were no focus groups involved and no bean counters or advertising men telling them what the public would or wouldn't buy. Their vision was to recreate a modern-day, Cobra-inspired sports coupe devoid of high-tech gadgetry, turbocharged engines and the dreaded automatic transmission.

Borrowing the 8.0-liter V10 engine developed by Lamborghini for the RAM pickup, the Viper's aluminum block and head design pumped out 400 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque. Under Gale, Chrysler's Highland Park advanced design studio was tasked with designing the Viper's exterior, while famed racing legend and Chrysler Performance Consultant Carroll Shelby was brought in to help with the concept. Unfortunately, due to health issues at the time, Shelby was unable to play a direct role in the Viper's development, but the fact that the car bore more than a passing resemblance to an overgrown Shelby 427 Cobra was a clear hat tip to the man.

Dodge has a rich heritage of craftsmanship. The Viper builds on this, seamlessly blending the highest calibre of contemporary engineering with the craft and beauty of the artisan's work. It is the very essence of dodge.

The Viper fuses advanced technology with stunning design to create possibly the world’s most desirable automotive art form and expresses all the ingenuity that dodge has acquired in recent years. It is the culmination of all the beauty and emotion that we can bring into the car and by this, it is an expression of what dodge stands for.

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