Dodge Viper looks better with or without Targa rollbar?

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Dodge Viper looks better with or without Targa rollbar?

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Hobbs04
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Looks like an old e type

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Cause it's a very old Viper :D

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Looks nothing like an E type.
E type is 'art'. Viper is pig ugly.

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He's not that far off, same proportions^^

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Honda S2000 has the same proportions as well which doesn't make it look like an E-type.

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No it does not, it is not rounded at all, and has dofferent proportions... i won't even make a gif to prove you wrong;)

OFC it does not look like an e-type, but it has similar rounded lines looking at it from the side, one might say it's a crude, plump and well overall american attempt to make a roadster :D

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autogyro wrote:Looks nothing like an E type.
E type is 'art'. Viper is pig ugly.
Wow you're a sensitive Brit.
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Keep it. I've been looking at older Vipers too but, I just cant shake the feeling my money would be better spent on a Vette.
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“I've got to be careful what I say, but possibly to probably Juan would have had a bigger go”
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autogyro wrote:Looks nothing like an E type.
E type is 'art'. Viper is pig ugly.

Bro the question was about the roll bar.... If you zoom into that region of the car it has the shoulders of an e type

Mind you no viper will ever look as good as an e type.....

I'd spend my money on something else.

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Now that Sergio Marchionne owns dodge, the next one could be styled by the Italians.

sorry that has already happened

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WilliamsF1 wrote:Now that Sergio Marchionne owns dodge, the next one could be styled by the Italians.

sorry that has already happened

http://www.roadandtrack.com/cm/roadandt ... -img09.jpg
Well if they keep trying for long enough they will end up with something that looks like an Aston Martin I suppose.

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After pic looks cleaner, & Mopar Viper sure is a worthy/comp proven ( better racing record than XKE-type)..
.. addition to the fairly short production 'merican sports car list..

Best looking Vette -IMO- was the unit re-bodied for the 'Miami Vice' TV show - as a Ferrari Daytona Spider..
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J.A.W. wrote:After pic looks cleaner, & Mopar Viper sure is a worthy/comp proven ( better racing record than XKE-type)..
.. addition to the fairly short production 'merican sports car list..

Best looking Vette -IMO- was the unit re-bodied for the 'Miami Vice' TV show - as a Ferrari Daytona Spider..
The E type was the road development of the C and D types, I think the racing heritage is a tad better than the truck engined Viper or the plastic Vette.
When I was a consultant to Lotus and GM were in charge, I was involved in the power train of the joint venture corvette prototype. It was never put into production but was the best looking Vette if you like.
I cant post the drawings I have though could cost me money.
It was mid engined with a transverse version of the Turbo 400 auto box.
When GM sent the pre build transmission it wouldnt work.
So it was stripped and found that the GM engineers had put the friction and steel plates into the drums in the wrong order.
Carefree days. :roll:

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autogyro wrote:
J.A.W. wrote:After pic looks cleaner, & Mopar Viper sure is a worthy/comp proven ( better racing record than XKE-type)..
.. addition to the fairly short production 'merican sports car list..

Best looking Vette -IMO- was the unit re-bodied for the 'Miami Vice' TV show - as a Ferrari Daytona Spider..
The E type was the road development of the C and D types, I think the racing heritage is a tad better than the truck engined Viper or the plastic Vette.
When I was a consultant to Lotus and GM were in charge, I was involved in the power train of the joint venture corvette prototype. It was never put into production but was the best looking Vette if you like.
I cant post the drawings I have though could cost me money.
It was mid engined with a transverse version of the Turbo 400 auto box.
When GM sent the pre build transmission it wouldnt work.
So it was stripped and found that the GM engineers had put the friction and steel plates into the drums in the wrong order.
Carefree days. :roll:
I'm sorry but no, the Jags do not have a better racing heritage. The Corvette and Viper have both wiped the competition off the map at times. All three vehicles have fairly equal racing heritages. As an aside Corvettes have had the best performance/dollar ratio of anything available for decades.
“To be able to actually make something is awfully nice”
Bruce McLaren on building his first McLaren racecars, 1970

“I've got to be careful what I say, but possibly to probably Juan would have had a bigger go”
Sir Frank Williams after the 2003 Canadian GP, where Ralf hesitated to pass brother M. Schumacher