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BIG-BORE BRUISERS; The king is dead, long live the king!(News)
In the past there was no comparison. The Dodge Viper always won. That is, if anyone ever thought about comparing it to the Chevrolet Corvette, which no one did because, like we said, the Viper would always win. How could it not, with all that displacement, all those cylinders, all that beastly harsh suspension?
Consider the history. Corvette has been around since the Late Pleistocene, while Viper, a fairly recent development, arrived in 1992 amid what was referred to then as much brouhaha. The Viper immediately kicked the Corvette's rear bumper.
The Corvette ZR1 we tested in 1993 recorded a 0-to-60-mph time of 5.2 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 13.48 ...
- Horsepower wars: get ready for an American supercar showdown soon. ultimate...
- Magazine article from: Popular Mechanics February 1, 2008 700+ words
...legal racing version of the Viper to drive to the course--because...is hardened up to boost the Viper's impeccable track manners...trim a good 40 pounds from the Viper. The Hard Core package replaces...have what it takes to smoke the Corvette ZR1? Only a stopwatch will...
- Safetyfast; Volvo takes on Corvette, Porsche, Viper & Cadillac. Are these guys...
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek Ceppos, Rich August 1, 2005 700+ words
...five-cylinder, all-wheel-drive four-door Volvo S60R can compete against racing versions of the Dodge Viper, Chevrolet Corvette, Porsche 911 and Cadillac CTS-V. World Challenge runs as part of major race weekends, in concert with American...
- SHARPENED FANGS; Dodge unleashes its 510-hp Viper SRT10 coupe.(DaimlerChrysler...
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek Hart, Roger October 10, 2005 700+ words
...its 505-hp 2006 Corvette Z06 (AW, Sept...back with its 2006 Viper Coupe, now packing...different league than Viper or Corvette. "With this car...Herb Helbig, the Viper team's "grail...development miles in Vipers than anyone else...
- Goodyear-equipped Corvette Racers Find the Winner's Circle.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 3, 2000 700+ words
...Two Chevrolet Corvette C5-R race cars...no fluke. Team Corvette made it two in a...the Team Oreca Vipers. While the Oreca...surfaces, the #3 Corvette sailed to victory...of the #92 Dodge Viper on the second to...for production C5 Corvettes, including the...
- The snake charmer. (Chrysler Corp.'s Dodge Viper)
- Magazine article from: Business North Carolina Neil, Dan September 1, 1992 700+ words
...70% of next year's Vipers are already sold. No...holding a $60,000 Viper sweepstakes ticket...there are two: the Viper and the Corvette ZR-1. The 'Vette...such luxuries as a top. Viper doesn't. It has air...
- Dodge introduces kinder, gentler Viper for 2003.
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) May 29, 2002 700+ words
...the first all-new Viper in the car's 12...version than the Vipers that came before it. The current Viper, by any measure...of the Chevrolet Corvette. The Corvette is...we already have a Corvette. The Viper was its blue-collar...
- VIPER BITES HARD.(News)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek January 8, 2007 700+ words
...eternal battle between Corvette and Viper will evolve again this summer, when the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 arrives well ahead of Chevrolet's Corvette SS "Blue Devil'' supercar...readers first spied test Vipers with this multi-ported...
- Dodge Viper Continues to Appeal to 'Back-to-Basics' Drivers.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 1, 2002 700+ words
...more than half of Corvettes. The Viper also doesn't come...changes to make the Viper more livable, Helbig...you've made a Corvette out of it," he...grow up." The Viper Club of America...considering only 15,000 Vipers have been built...
Source: HighBeam Research, BIG-BORE BRUISERS; The king is dead, long live the king!(News)