ORIGINAL: 1 Bad Mirada
alright then...can any of you provide me an instance, throughout the entire history of the automobile, where a company has offered a vehicle in a class even remotely similar to their flagship performance model, while still keeping a large gap in price?
hell, GM found that people were leaning too much toward the f-bodies and away from the corvettes, since the camaro and firebird offered similar performance (sharing the exact same engine and transmission as the corvettes). while the camaro and firebird had a lower advertised horsepower rating, it is very common knowledge that the SS and WS6 models dyno about the same thing as the corvette from the similar years. granted, the vette has the "Vette allure" and will handle better, which is what you are illuding to with the comment about the viper being a sports car, and in a different class, but the bottom line is that the viper sells poorly enough, and until the viper gets the possible 8.4L engine and a bigger hp rating to keep abreast with the Z06, DCX isnt going to risk underselling the viper with the challenger. its pretty obvious that this isnt the 1960s, and dodge isnt looking to offer loyal dodge fans any bargains.
that comment was made because you can't compare the two. yes the viper does sell poorly the main reason is because no warranty.. Even if they do go to the possible 8.4L around the same time or a little later the infamous "bluedevil, or z07" (supercharged 6.2L) will come out. They'll both share similar prices 100k+ but it's already been said if the new z does come out it will come with a warranty... a possible 9 second car right out of the box is kinda impressive the 100k price tag is crazy but the mind blowing part is the warranty.... if the viper came with a warranty i can guarantee sales would increase, that's just common sense. The only reason it doesn't come with one is because the engine is hand built, and if it did it would still hold it's value just like the corvette because a v6 model isn't and won't ever be offered for the two. dodge isn't underselling anything when you take into account that they always out do themselves every 4 years or so it seems. IMHO i'd worry about increasing sales via possibly warranty before i worried about putting out a viper with .4 more liters.. that's just me though.