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Originally Posted by truth411
Dude no offense but your entire premise is flawed. It is exactly the Viper Bare bones, non compromising, no electronic aid assisting approach is what made the viper popular in the first place. The viper is the spiritual succesor to the shelby cobra. Infact if it was not for the Viper constant corvette butt kicking we might not even have a Z06. Remeber's Chrysler Viper teams at Lemans some years ago led by team 'ORECA'. They slaughterd everybody from ferrari to porche and Chevy and won the championship like 5 years straight. The viper is a rare breed, it is extremely 'RAW' in comparison to other super cars. In other words it is exactly the Vipers Bare Bones, no compromising, non super luxurious interor, no electronic aid having, that make it appealing to many. It has a very different personality than most other super cars, also it has a huuuuuge following in Japan.
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No offense (and that is genuinely meant, I'm not trying to respond sarcastically to your first sentence), but it's also flawed to appeal to tradition and popularity. If you're going to justify the extra money, you have to give me more than heritage and the fact that it's popular in some parts of the world.
I was stating my personal opinion on the car, not trying to argue it as a general opinion. My premise was that the Viper isn't a good deal to me because of the interior and the equal performance to the cheaper Z06. To some, the Viper's heritage and no-nonsense approach may be worth an extra 15k (although paying extra for "no-nonsense" seems foolish), but to me it isn't. So my premise applied to only me, and isn't flawed.
I'm still not going to pay 15k more for a car that looks cheaper on the inside just because Dodge won a few races and it has a cult following.