There is a deep silence about Viper's futur and new developments at Chrysler. Basically we have to rely on rumors and so on.
However there are a couple of intriguing lines in Motor Trend ....
"Viper on endangered list" was the headline in our May issue. Is the Viper dead ? No, but it most certainly isn't breathing much. The fact is, Chrysler doesn't have a next-generation Dodge Viper in its product plans. The current Viper could soldier on indefinitely, perhaps, but even the C3 corvette was replaced after 15 years. SRT boss Her Helbig would love to swap the steel chassis for an aluminium one a la Corvette Z06. With no other changes, he reckons that would give the Viper better handling, more performance, and better fuel economu. But there is no money, and even less interest among the Cerberus brass ...
This is interesting. Would it be possible to swap a chassis in alluminium with the same dimensions but thicker wall tubing ?! I don't know if the fatigue points would be the same.
It should likely require extensive testing for torsion and so on.
However there are a couple of intriguing lines in Motor Trend ....
"Viper on endangered list" was the headline in our May issue. Is the Viper dead ? No, but it most certainly isn't breathing much. The fact is, Chrysler doesn't have a next-generation Dodge Viper in its product plans. The current Viper could soldier on indefinitely, perhaps, but even the C3 corvette was replaced after 15 years. SRT boss Her Helbig would love to swap the steel chassis for an aluminium one a la Corvette Z06. With no other changes, he reckons that would give the Viper better handling, more performance, and better fuel economu. But there is no money, and even less interest among the Cerberus brass ...
This is interesting. Would it be possible to swap a chassis in alluminium with the same dimensions but thicker wall tubing ?! I don't know if the fatigue points would be the same.
It should likely require extensive testing for torsion and so on.