SOLD --- An iconic Dodge Viper in very good condition. This example is an original European one with the speedometer in kph. It drives as it should and is very comfortable. The color combination makes people desirous.

Exterior:

This example is finished in super good condition Viper red paint, so are the side skirts and lower portions of the bumper covers.  Exterior features include fog lights, a removable soft top, a forward-opening clamshell hood, and side-exit exhaust outlets (which are not in use, because original European Vipers usually have rear exhausts).

Interior:

The cabin features in great condition grey bucket seats upholstered in Quartz leather with a matching dashboard, center console, and door panels. Additional equipment includes a heater, air conditioning, and an AM/FM/cassette stereo.

The three-spoke steering wheel, a speedometer that frames a 320-kph and a tachometer with a 6k-rpm redline. Auxiliary gauges for coolant temperature, oil pressure, fuel level, and voltage are mounted atop the center stack. The six-digit odometer shows 70k kilometers. 

Mechanics:

This year of the Viper the car was equipped with a 8L, 10-cylinder that had originally been developed for use in the upcoming Ram Pickup Trucks. The engineering team took this concept and remade it in aluminium to keep the weight off the nose of the car which would send all of its 400BHP and 450lb/ft of torque directly at the rear wheels of the supercar using a 6-speed gearbox.

History:

The Dodge Viper – One of the most iconic, raw and visceral supercars of the 1990s. But, why was it so barebones and hardcore? Well, to answer that we have to look back further into the early 1960s.

It all begins with one word. Another car which would become synonymous with its generation – The Cobra. Developed by Carol Shelby in the early 1960s, the Cobra would bring European styling and handling combined with American Muscle thanks to its new heart, a small-block Ford V8 which now sat in the nose of the nimble sports car.

Yes, the Viper is the spiritual ancestor to the legendary Cobra. Even its name is a reference to the sports car/ racer of the 1960s…

In 1988, Bob Lutz was the president of Chrysler (the parent company of Dodge) and underneath him was his Chief of Design Tom Gale. Over a series of conversations, the pair formed an idea to make a modern interpretation of that legendary roadster. The basis was simple, an elegant but imposing exterior styling with the all-important manual gearbox fitted to a monstrous engine. The American contingent could handle the engineering underneath the car, but for the exterior it would need a European flair.

To create the visual flair of the Viper, Chrysler turned to the best in the business at cars with a huge presence. Lamborghini. At the time, Chrysler owned the supercar manufacturer so the job of creating the Viper's curvaceous and ample proportions was done in Italy. Meanwhile, the engineering team had decided on the engine for the project. It couldn't be a V8, by that point it was almost a given that "real" supercars had more than a V12 but what could they use?