Now that Chrysler has emerged from bankruptcy, it can finally resume production at the numerous plants it idled weeks ago. And which plant did it decide to fire up first? That would be the Conner Ave. assembly plant that produces the Dodge Viper.
It only employs 115 people, so maybe Chrysler figured it should start small. According to the article in the Wall Street Journal, Chrysler still expects to end production of the high-end sportscar by the end of the year.
WSJ: Chrysler Resumes Production
cah11705 says:
04:05 PM, 06/15/09
Does chrysler still sell all the vipers it makes?
estreka says:
04:18 PM, 06/15/09
If I recall correctly, Chrysler only sold a few dozen Vipers last year. I was under the impression that Chrysler had already discontinued the Viper.
Where do they get off stating the Viper is America's fastest production sports car? Isn't the Corvette faster? Certainly the ZR1 is. And what about the Saleen S7?
cah11705 says:
07:05 AM, 06/16/09
The saleen s7 was discontinued from what ive read and this says 2008 viper which was the fastest until the zr1 came around in 2009 and stole that title away.
ctpax says:
03:41 PM, 06/16/09
what do you mean by fastest? Dodge Viper ACR is the fastest production car around the Nurburgring. It's also quicker to 60 than the zr1. Their top speeds are roughly the same. That's all that matters.
ocramida says:
02:23 PM, 06/18/09
Funny how they're starting off with a mucho expensive prodution car in a down economy. You would expect them to start-up the plant building their best selling economy car. Or at least an affordable performance car like the Charger or Challenger? Doesn't matter their cars are subpar anyway. They should have died on the vine or at least got some stronger managment in there besides Fiat.
newcar71 says:
02:55 PM, 06/27/09
LONG LIVE THE SNAKE!