SRT Boss Says Viper And Vette Buyers Are Not The Same Customers

It’s nothing new to compare the SRT Viper to the Chevrolet Corvette. People have been making the comparison ever since the first Viper debuted in 1992. Both are front-engined, all-American, performance machines, but SRT CEO Ralph Gilles believes the comparisons should stop right there.

Gilles recently stated that "we are not Corvette. We’ve never tried to be Corvette. We never will be. We’re handmade. It takes 18 hours to paint the stripe on a Viper
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PUGPROUD - 1/28/2014 5:02:28 PM

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Get real Ralph. I've owned three Vipers and four Corvettes and I crossed shopped them every time. The current Viper is overpriced, underengineered,too retro styled and made to a budget not a vision.
The base Corvette is awesome for the price and the Z06 will put the final nails in the Viper's sales coffin.

ParadoX - 1/28/2014 7:23:50 PM

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Well put. The Corvette is the better car for half the price.