VIDEO: Dodge Viper Diamondback caught hot weather testing
Snakes aren't the onliy diamondbacks in the desert these days. A few Dodge Viper Diamondbacks were caught hot weather testing down in the Southwestern United States, complete with a hood bulge likely hiding the 650-hp engine we got a sneak peek of during the 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit (concept pictured). The powerplant, which is a collaboration between McLaren and American Specialty Cars, pushes the Viper to 60 in less than 3.5 seconds. Check out the video link to catch the beast in action.
[Source: Streetfire.net]
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pd 7:29PM (7/28/2006)
Geez, how embarassing is that? Here i thought i was going to see some high speed track work, not a bunch of guys pushing a viper in a parking lot. Looks like they got more work to do.
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Richard Owen 8:17PM (7/28/2006)
Pretty boring video, music didn't help. A couple pics would have sufficed.
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farris 8:33PM (7/28/2006)
i think you missed the most important point: the driver didn't try to kill the videographer a la the "Ford Super Crew Incident" :P
(sounds weird coming from me, a huge ford fan...)
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Jaymez 10:06PM (7/28/2006)
It's a sad day when the Viper blends in with the Corvette in the looks department. I saw one the other day and had to stair at it until I saw the cross-hairs to know what it was.
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Tom Elkins 10:10PM (7/28/2006)
There would be no point in getting upset for being that close. They were in public and the only thing changed so far is the engine, and being under the hood makes it easy to hide. They won't get really upset until people start catching the car with it's new front end. Whenever that is...
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elektronik devreler 8:22AM (7/29/2006)
It's fitting that ASC, which helped the Chrysler Group bring the new Dodge Viper SRT10 coupe to life, would, with the aid of McLaren Performance Technologies, show how the Viper
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dakota 1:19PM (7/29/2006)
"They won't get really upset until people start catching the car with it's new front end. Whenever that is.."
2008, they're skipping the 07 Model year alltogether. It's expected to have 650+ horses.
"They won't get really upset until people start catching the car with it's new front end. Whenever that is..."
And it's a powertrain test mule, it could have been a number of things that went wrong. But as it was shown the car was able to get up and running again and drive off. Embarassing would have been calling in a flat bed.
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DPC car videos 2:45AM (8/31/2006)
This new 650 horsepower dimondback will be a good challenge for the Blue Devil Corvette Z06.
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