Friend picked up a 2013 Viper at the plant today. many pics

i have to be honest and say im not a fan of vipers, never have been. BUT that car is SWEET! it looks so good, your friend nailed it with the color and wheels etc. thats flat out just a really really good looking car. id drive the wheels off of it.
 
The 10.9 is for sure impressive...But I found that 129.XX MPH more impressive in one of his low 11 passes!!.......That car is badass......Thats crazy he got his best times off of allowing the car to bang the limiter slightly....I would have never thought it.

Glad to finally see a car like that driven like it was build, and not putzed aroun town just to show off the bling.
 
Thats sweet that theyd let you pick it up at the plant instead. One of these is next on my list.
 
That's awesome. They must have a decent clutch in those cars stock. I know you wouldn't get anywhere near 27 passes in one day out of a stock Corvette clutch.
Hell - I made two passes in my Z06 and had to pick the clutch up with my foot at the end of the day.
 
DETROIT -- Chrysler Group has suspended production of its SRT Viper sport coupe for at least two months because of slow sales.
As a result, 91 hourly workers at Chrysler’s Conner Avenue Assembly in Detroit will be laid off, a spokeswoman said. The Detroit Free Press reported the production suspension earlier today.
“Chrysler Group confirms that its Conner Avenue Assembly Plant will be down, beginning the week of April 14. Production will resume the week of June 23,” the company said in a written statement.
Through January and February, U.S. dealers had sold just 91 of the 640-hp two seaters, and had 756 vehicles unsold on March 1, a 412-day supply. Vipers have traditionally not sold well in winter in part because its specialized tires do not grip well in cold weather.
Chrysler said the Viper "is a hand-crafted American exotic car that is designed for a specific consumer that values performance, style and exclusivity. It has never been intended to be a mass-production vehicle as less than 29,000 vehicles have been produced in the past 20 years. The ability to increase and decrease production at the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant allows the company to continue to our consumer’s desire to keep these special cars exclusive."
SRT brand head Ralph Gilles launched a new marketing campaign for the Viper late last year in which factory teams visit Viper dealers to allow consumers to test drive the hand-built sport coupe.
Gilles said that many dealers keep the expensive cars, which list for over $100,000, locked in their showrooms, limiting sales. The test drive teams started their marketing push in the South over the winter, and will expand north as warmer weather returns
 
mdhmi said:
That's awesome. They must have a decent clutch in those cars stock. I know you wouldn't get anywhere near 27 passes in one day out of a stock Corvette clutch.
Hell - I made two passes in my Z06 and had to pick the clutch up with my foot at the end of the day.
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Hehe, funny you should mention that... The clutch was just replaced after that trip to the strip. He was not a fan of the factory clutch.
 
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