Chrysler axes Viper - Page 2

thebigjimsho · #16 (**permalink**) 02-10-08, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by CadillacSTS2003

whats so bad about the Challenger???

It's got a small interior and weighs well north of 4000lbs. Add auto only and looks that are underwhelming, that's what's wrong with the Challenger...

**Jesda** · #17 (**permalink**) 02-10-08, 06:59 AM

Snakeskin lime! Thats so obnoxious I think I could love it.

93DevilleUSMC · #18 (**permalink**) 02-10-08, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Jesda

Snakeskin lime! Thats so obnoxious I think I could love it.

It sounds like some kind of axe bodywash or something like that.

Sandy · #19 (**permalink**) 02-10-08, 11:51 PM

Go To

http://www.dodge.com/en/2008/viper/

and then up top to BUILD MY CAR and select Viper, to see it change colors.

Cadillacboy · #20 (**permalink**) 02-11-08, 01:57 PM

TexasCadillac's a good point

**Playdrv4me** · #21 (**permalink**) 02-11-08, 06:53 PM

Chrysler came closest to death in the mid to late 80's. It literally *SKATED* by on the back of the Minivan and the Jeep Cherokee.

So far, I see nothing wrong with what Cerberus/Jim Press have done to rescue the company yet AGAIN. They are trimming the fat wherever necessary to bolster the CORE products that are bread and butter sellers. Unfortunately some semi-nice product ends up being a casualty as the result. The Magnum and the Viper are probably the clearest examples of this. However, You simply can't be all things to all people, and what no one realizes, is that Jim Press would not have hunkered up with Chrysler and LEFT the almighty Toy for ANY amount of dough if he didn't have a CLEAR plan brewing in his head of how he was going to make this company profitable again and retain his position.

Just give it a chance, Chrysler will be back.

**I~LUV~Caddys8792** · #22 (**permalink**) 02-11-08, 06:56 PM

Wow, that's surprising! But you gotta do what you gotta do to stay alive.

**Playdrv4me** · #23 (**permalink**) 02-11-08, 06:59 PM

By the way, don't forget that a small percentage of these announcements are made merely as a strategic measure... i.e. to please investors and share-holders. There's along time left before 2011 for the Viper to suddenly "not die".

Destroyer · #24 (**permalink**) 02-11-08, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by thebigjimsho

It's got a small interior and weighs well north of 4000lbs. Add auto only and looks that are underwhelming, that's what's wrong with the Challenger...

But we can agree it looks better than a CTS right?.

AlBundy · #25 (**permalink**) 02-11-08, 11:47 PM

Tru-dat.

gothicaleigh · #26 (**permalink**) 02-12-08, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Destroyer

But we can agree it looks better than a CTS right?.

If you live in the backwoods south maybe...
Muscle cars were big, powerful, and ugly. The challenger continues that tradition (well, it's comparatively big and ugly at least).

thebigjimsho · #27 (**permalink**) 02-12-08, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by gothicaleigh

If you live in the backwoods south maybe... muscle cars were big, powerful, and ugly. The challenger continues that tradition (well, it's comparatively big and ugly at least).