SRT-10 TOP SPEED 176 MPH???

[CAP]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DEVILDOG:
SRT-10's top speed is 176 mph
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THIS is going to freak some people out.

 

[MES]

Maybe they meant the SRT/10 Ram Truck

 

[Craig 201 MPH]

top of 4th???

 

[King GTS]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MES:
Maybe they meant the SRT/10 Ram Truck

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I certainly hope that's what they meant! 176 for the SRT-10 is <u>very</u> disappointing!

 

[Tony Estes]

Try top speed OVER 190 mph and base price UNDER $80,000.
THIS CAR WILL NOT BE SLOWER THAN THE CURRENT GTS !!

 

[Steve Ferguson]

That is way off, sounds more like a RT/10 than a SRT/10. The speeds I have heard mentioned have gone much higher than that.

 

[DEVILDOG]

Just read in my latest Autoweek dated 4/8/02 page 20 that the SRT-10's top speed is 176 mph and it will cost " less than $100K ". Seems at bit low for top speed and a bit high on purchase price. Is Autoweek's information accurate?

 

[DEVILDOG]

Just to clarify the article was not referring to the SRT-10 Ram truck. The article pictures a red 2003 Viper SRT-10 and also refers to the 2003 Viper. That is why I asked if their top speed and price references were accurate. Could it be that the rag top or the run flat tires will limit top speed capability? Just curious...inquiring minds want to know!

 

[Steve Ferguson]

It is way off, don't worry. Maybe it was in reverse?

 

[gtsviper]

Time to move this to the whiners forum.

 

[Bill Pemberton Woodhouse]

Thanks Tony!!! Probably had some old fart that needed bifocals editing the script. Ya know a sloppy 9 could look like a 7, so it is obvious that 196mph was what it was supposed to read.


Sincerely,
Old Fart who needs bifocals

 

[Gerald]

I can't see a convertible hitting near 200 and the top still staying on. Call me pesimystic....

Gerald

 

[Joseph Houss]

After visiting the SRT at the NY autoshow (up close and personal, as it was NOT on a turntable), the top is VERY TIGHTLY locked onto the windshield header AND the top portion of it, seems to be a hard composite, covered in canvas.

I can't imagine that it will EVER blow/lift off!

 

[George Farris]

Remember, AutoWeek don't like us.

Dropped them long ago.

 

[George Farris]

Good observation, Joe.

When the door is opened and the top and windows are up, the window automatically drops down one inch. When the door is closed,the window goes back up into the slot on the roof for the tight fit you saw.