The trouble recently has been that so many times the Viper was not even being
included in new high performance car comparisons.
And when it was chosen, the reviews minimalized the Viper great capabilities and focused on the car's perceived flaws.
It's actually a good thing in one way that the Viper has had some poor newbie driver reviews, because it has set people's expectations for the Viper's handling low, and so the reviewers are now
all coming back impressed with the Viper's amazing handling (that we already knew about), and reporting that the new Viper is a car to be reckoned with, which will bode well for the Viper being in future track comparisons against $$$ cars like the Ferrari F430 and 599, Lambo LP640 and Gallardo SL, the McLaren SLR and the Porsche 997TT, as opposed to just seeing it reviewed against the Z06 and Shelby GT500.
The comparison that I'm really looking forward to is seeing the SLR convertible, F430 Spyder, Gallardo Spider, and 997TT Cabrio up against the 2008 Viper convertible.
They can throw in the 997S Cabrio, Jag XKR convertible, SL55, and '08 Corvette convertible into the mix too, because the '08 Viper convertible is the ******* car to beat now.