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Old 04-04-2012, 03:42 PM
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Old 04-04-2012, 03:59 PM
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That thing looks horrible!! It's as if they crashed a Viper into a pile of Ferrari and Aston Martin parts. I always liked Viper styling because it was unique. I guess I'm over it now.
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I like it. Definitely has shades of other cars in it, but very much cleaned up and more integrated.
I'd like to see the race version.
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I don't find that it looks particularly "Dodge." Are they distancing it from the brand's design language to parcel it off to another company?
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It's not bad looking but if I was the designer, I'd be really ashamed of that nose for so blatantly copying Ferrari.
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I kind of like it, more sofisticated look than the old version.....
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you mean "sophisticated".
Sort of like "sorbetto".
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Originally Posted by gums
you mean "sophisticated".
Sort of like "sorbetto".
Esatto Francesco......
Old 04-04-2012, 04:45 PM
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Very nice... and will probably be still much cheaper to race in the ACR X version than most racecars as fast.
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Great looking car and great to have them back in ALMS.
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I think it looks great, a bit like my '01 GTS, I didn't like the later model styling.

Wonder how they will price it now that it has a lot of new electronic features... It will be great to see Dominik race one!!!
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I hate all Vipers.
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glad they joined ALMS; can't wait to see it on track!
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nice to see another factory effort in ALMS GT2, now if we could just watch live races on TV...
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Originally Posted by Ritter v3.4
I hate all Vipers.
ROFL! I was waiting for this from you.....


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